Power Line
Paul Mirengoff
Aug. 22, 2018
David McReynolds died a few days ago. McReynolds came to semi-prominence as an anti-war activist in the 1960s. He devoted the rest of his life to advocating and organizing for socialism and pacifism. He ran for president twice as the candidate of the Socialist Party USA.
The Washington Post’s obituary is here. The following paragraph near the end jumped out at me:
In 2015, he resigned from the Socialist Party after being censured for Facebook comments that the party deemed “potentially racist†and Islamophobic. (Mr. McReynolds said his remarks about the “thuggish†behavior of Michael Brown, whose fatal shooting sparked riots in Ferguson, Mo., had been misunderstood, and he said he was “absolutely opposed to efforts to demonize Muslims.â€)More...
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/08/democratic-socialism-in-america.php
