Are harsh, intolerant, self-indulgent radicals trying to hijack Seattle? We have a progressive city to defend.
The hothouse response to Saturday’s disruption at Westlake, at which Black Lives Matter protesters blocked Sen. Bernie Sanders from speaking, yielded this Facebook missive Tuesday from veteran 34th District Democratic activist (and former Seattle Times copy editor) Ivan Weiss: “You don’t believe that Black Lives Matter is your fight also, there’s a name or what you are: It’s called Republican. And if you don’t like BLM’s tactics, f*** you. I mean serious, f*** you. Winning this election is more important than maintaining your personal comfort zone.” A lot of people wanted to hear when Sen. Bernie Sanders had to say. They heard him at the UW’s Hec Edmundson Pavilion. At [...]