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What are these folks names?Have you forwarded this information to the Political Director, Youth Coordinator, or the Executive body of the State party? There are a few reasons other rank and file Greens would want to know this as well since in the past we have fielded candidates who wanted to force women of color receiving state assistance to be sterilized etc, I think it's ok for us to know who they are and to check them out.
This vote is against non-intersectional Democrat party ideals and false, do nothing liberalism. This Green party member from Denver County will not be complicit in the genocidal practices of the duopoly. Agree.
Here is Andrea trying to tell folks what happened and here is Bill (violently) shutting her down and you people doing nothing about it. Starts at 9:42 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByNZ1Gqvs9d5cUtSaXF6MkFONXc/view Let's address the accusation with facts.
My vote is No. Joseph Scardetta is correct in saying this proposal is about race. In Denver, we have been organizing and adding new members from communities of color. We offer them a safe place to talk about their life experiences dealing with white supremacy without fear of white people telling them that their feelings or experiences are illegitimate or saying to them that "All Lives Matter." If they knew that there are white liberals in this party who are not fully intersectional with their struggles, Black Lives Matter, police violence on communities of color, Immigration and detention of families escaping violence in their home countries, LGBTQIA+ issues, especially queer and trans youth living on the street, income inequality between white people and communities of color, they would not be involved in the Denver Greens. How dare the writers of this proposal fail to believe that Bill Bartlett physically threatened Andrea Mérida when I was there and had to stand in front of him so he couldn't take a swing at her. But the white-privileged proponents of this proposal couldn't believe it, because maybe you feel she had it coming? Do you feel that way about other women as well? Or is it just women of color? Shame on you. These half-baked allegations are scurrilous lies at best and serve a racist, sexist, and classist agenda. There is a clear direction that the national party is taking after the Houston convention,which is to become intersectional and fight for the rights of oppressed communities. Why is it that the 7 new chapters that have come/are coming online are made up of former Berners? Isn't this the very same outreach to Sanders supporters you're accusing Andrea of not doing? What is your part in that effort? How does that happen if she is "not welcoming?"This proposal has no merit, no integrity, no truth, not compliant the bylaws or procedure, and is fulfilling a racist and sexist agenda that these so-called white liberals are upholding by failing to hold accountable those who show these behaviors. Whether or not you hold these ideals in your hearts, the outcome is the same.
