It’s really been something to watch Bernie fans rewrite history in front of our eyes over the last few years to make him out to be a longtime movement organizer and progressive leader. Until very recently, he was neither of those things - he was a backbencher crank in Congress.

He went to a few civil rights protests in college and then he took a solid 40+ years off from movement work. His ideology was mostly very consistent, yes. But he didn’t have a fucking clue what to do with it.

If you support him now and believe deeply in the way he has inspired people since 2015, that’s great! But be honest about who he is and what he’s really done.

And not for nothing, when Occupy, a clear antecedent of Bernie’s following, first came on the scene, Bernie was nowhere to be found. He wasn’t part of it. But guess who was?

Elizabeth Warren.

Anyway I’m going to mute this thread and enjoy my Saturday.