Condescending Hillary fans: Man, did this pro-Bernie blogger get it right. [View all]

[Fawke Em]

Reinforcement of this general public preference for Sanders may be alarming some Clinton fans, who seem to be launching a backlash against Sanders’ supporters for being too, well, vocal. Sanders supporters who have criticized the media and punditry for quickly calling the debate victory for Clinton are being called conspiracy nuts. This is condescending and ignores genuine complaints progressive have with media conglomerates, especially its support of political candidates. Time Warner, which owns CNN, the network which hosted the Democratic debate, is the eighth largest donor to Hillary Clinton.

The portrayal of Sanders’ supporters as conspiracy theorists and quasi-racists, due to their disagreement with Black Lives Matter protesters’ complaints about Sanders, may become more highly publicized during Chapter Two of the campaign. As Sanders becomes more of a threat to Clinton, his supporters will likely be further pilloried and accused of sexism, misogyny, and all manner of extremism. Already, Sanders’ supporters are being accused of harming the Democratic Party by championing “extreme” views that will, according to critics, never win a general election.

http://thebernreport.com/now-that-its-a-real-race-bernie-sanders-supporters-must-remain-vigilant-positive/

So far today, I've seen Clinton supporters on this board snidely compare Bernie supporters to stupid teenagers, Ron Paul fans, conspiracy nuts, Alex Jones wannabes and all sorts of condescending names in some sort of attempt to "prove" that they're the adults in the room.

Well, I'm 45 years old, a former newspaper reporter who now works in public relations for a cyber security company, I'm the mother of two wonderful children, I have a house, two cars, a husband and a bevy of adult responsibilities, I have a college degree and I have worked political campaigns in the past.

I do understand how the media shapes opinions and didn't appreciate their narrative after measurable and scientific conditions like focus groups, donations and Google searches that showed Bernie won the debate buzz during and immediately after the event. Heck, I didn't even vote in any of the online polls, myself, and I do agree they can be rigged, but they weren't the only things measuring his performance.

But, having worked in media for 26 years, I can confidently say that our current media system DOES support the status quo candidates. It's not so much a conspiracy. It's out of a perceived need for access. Yes, the media does "go after" Hillary, but when she's running against a candidate the media CAN'T own, yes, they will side with the establishment candidate every time.

I couldn't care less about the Republican's trumped up Benghazi committee and the issues surrounding the content of HRC's emails, but I do know the dangers of an unsecure server. It looks positively hypocritical for Clinton, who wholeheartedly supported the Obama Administration's prosecutions of those who leaked national security information, to fly all over the world with a Blackberry that could have been easily hacked to gain access to a server that didn't even have an encrypted VPN. Any first-year hacker could have gained access to that server.

I have fought to wrest this country back from the corporate control with my vote and my volunteer work for years. Bernie isn't the first candidate I've supported who understands that the top 1 percent are actively trying to suck all the money out of the middle class and working poor. That's not a conspiracy, either. It's calculated and real.

I understand how social media works. I am the content manager at my company and I work with it several times a day. It is, btw, the only way Millennials get their news and it's becoming a more popular medium for those of us who are in our 40s and 50s, as well. In fact, the most accurate, researched and fair-handed reporting now comes from people on social media who see how corrupt our mainstream media have become.

In other words, I'm not a child, a conspiracy theorist nor a Ron Paul fan. Don't talk down to me: I actually do know what I'm talking about a lot of the time and, when I don't, I am not a bit shy to ask a question.