Populism: Sights And Sounds | #Demagoguery and #Democracy on Blog#42

In an age of renewed political upheaval, criticism has been leveled at Donald J. Trump and his supporters for behaviors that remind us of the Nazi era.

I thought I’d give readers some food for thought on where we’re at as a nation, when it comes to the politics of dissent:

Then,

https://youtu.be/YmzwhWB9i7U

This is what a Sanders heckler can look like:
 

 
How does Sanders handle a heckler?

Bernie Sanders dispatches a Donald Trump heckler by ewillies


Of course, the mother of all disruptions of Sanders, in particular, was Black Lives Matter’s. We all know how that ended up, with the most progressive civil rights platform by any US politician.

https://www.rimaregas.com/2015/08/bernie-sanders-plan-for-racialjustice-civilrights-and-blacklivesmatter-on-blog42/


 

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