I think the failure on the part of many Americans to understand us Sanders diehards is rooted in the erroneous belief that we're campaigning for a nice, slightly irascible old guy who gives us a warm fuzzy.
In fact, what we're fighting for is a return to our founding values: E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one), the Bill of Rights, the common good. We're interested in reclaiming our democratic republic from the jaws of plutocracy. We don't want our kids and grandkids coming back from various hell dimensions in boxes (or shattered in body and mind) so a handful of rich sociopaths can get even richer.
We think that a Supreme Court decision that has put every elected office in the country up for sale to the highest bidder deserves to be tossed in the trash. That sending kids to college is better than sending them to the desert to kill and die for fossil fuels.
We agree (with Thomas Jefferson) that the separation of church and state is an absolute requirement for a free society. That the bodily autonomy rights of women are not up for debate. That to poison the environment is to poison ourselves; that failure to act immediately and decisively against climate change will have a disastrous impact not just on future generations, but on people trying to survive today.
These are just a few of the things we're deeply committed to. The fight doesn't begin or end with one man, one politician, one campaign. Being a Sanders supporter is a state of mind.
Copyright 2016 William K. Ferro
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