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IamMab

(1,359 posts)
2. Yeah, these men are supposed to represent what it means to be progressive? Glad I stuck with liberal
Fri May 6, 2016, 05:02 PM
May 2016

as the label with which I identify! Those trolls can keep "progressive," especially since it means nothing anymore.

BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)
3. Same here., If THAT is "progressive,"
Fri May 6, 2016, 05:25 PM
May 2016

I NEVER want to be. They look exactly like Trump supporters.

"Liberal" was good enough for JFK, RFK and MLK. It's good enough for me. Not one of them would act like this, nor would any one countenance supporters behaving in such a way.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
5. Another proud liberal here!
Fri May 6, 2016, 06:01 PM
May 2016

We need to take back that proud term. Republicans have spent decades smearing it and it's time to reclaim it.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
4. Like the rest of ya, glad I stuck with liberal as well
Fri May 6, 2016, 05:33 PM
May 2016

you can TELL that much of it was based on Sanders rhetoric. "whore" very loudly, many, many times.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
6. Are those Sanders supporters?
Fri May 6, 2016, 06:11 PM
May 2016

Because that is scary. Like the anti-abortion protesters before the Supreme Court made them stand way from the entrance of the clinics. Not a good look, if those are "progressives".

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
8. Some are. They're chanting "Bernie" in this clip from where the kid's crying
Fri May 6, 2016, 07:10 PM
May 2016
https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728388122304598016

And some of the signs are anti-fracking. Don't think Trump peeps are into that.

It looks like they're just being funneled through these angry crowds. The "free hugs" guy is someone I think I remember seeing protesting at an anti-Trump rally. That's not determinative that he's a Sanders guy.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
10. This video is shot by journalism students who indicate this one is of Sanders supporters
Fri May 6, 2016, 07:58 PM
May 2016

Still not sure the top one is exclusively his peeps

SAC On Scene
?@SAConScene
@Braveswyn The video is by our student media team from Mt. San Antonio College, commonly abbreviated Mt. SAC: "SAC on Scene" #SOSPolitics

https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728703972794499073


That was in response to another person's question in which the people were referred to as Sander supporters (in less neutral terms)
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