This past Saturday's "out in the street" for Bernie commentary...
I've been meeting up with a local Bernie Sanders group and have shared a few experiences here. We've mostly walked and talked among the student population, the lower income black population, and Saturday, we were in Shadyside's higher end shopping district. It was an extremely good time to see and speak to persons who were middle class or higher, young, middle aged, mostly white, I'd say, though I had some good conversations with black couples who didn't know much about Senator Sanders.
One sidewalk cafe moment when asking some diners about Bernie, a woman made a remark in a condescending manner with, "No, thank you... We're capitalists!" I paused and made sure she saw my curious face as I answered back, "That's interesting, because I am, too." I continued talking to the adjoining persons and then said, "It's interesting how many people think that a thriving economy wouldn't be primary to everyone, regardless of income." I'm pretty sure this woman was in disbelief.
What would you have said extemporaneously to a comment like that, I wonder?
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