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Related: About this forumPro-Bernie Trolls on Why They Harassed Nevada's Democratic Chair
Here's what several men had to say for themselves after threatening Roberta Lange and calling her a "b-tch"
Democrats have been in a froth this week in the aftermath of Saturday's contentious, and at times violent, Nevada state convention. As Rolling Stone reported Tuesday, Bernie Sanders supporters, incensed by the party's handling of the proceedings and the fact that Sanders failed to hold on to two pledged delegates he unexpectedly gained at the Clark County convention clashed with Clinton supporters, who in turn called for the Sanders supporters' arrest.
Pissed off Sanders supporters, watching the events unfold online from around the country, began circulating the personal contact information for state party chair Roberta Lange. As a result, Lange became the target of a barrage of harassment, including death threats and threats of violence sent via voicemail and text message. On Monday, the party shared many of those messages notably, and perhaps regrettably, without redacting some of the senders' phone numbers.
Rolling Stone spoke to several of the men who sent Lange angry, menacing text messages to find out what was going through their heads as they pelted a stranger with epithets and threats, both veiled or explicit, to her and her family's safety, and to find out if as some diehard Sanders supporters have suggested they were actually Clinton campaign operatives out to smear Bernie.
They were not. All of the men we spoke to were genuine Sanders supporters, most with well-documented histories online of feeling the Bern. (Although only their first names are used below and their phone numbers have been redacted, we verified all of their identities.)
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/pro-bernie-trolls-on-why-they-harassed-nevadas-democratic-chair-20160518
stopbush
(24,396 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)eastwestdem
(1,220 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)Something about that just doesn't feel right. Are these men who called and sent threatening messages afraid of the consequences of their actions or something?
okasha
(11,573 posts)I've believed for some time that a large segment of Bernie supporters are people who think they should have made it into the 1% and haven't. And along comes Tyler the Troll with "Nobody in my family ever made more than six figures."
Oh, the poor things! The beaten down and oppressed white males sub-millionaires!
And they have to continue to endure such horrors because people of color, women and LGBT's vote for a woman who isn't going to provide them with free tuition, dispense free pot, and allow them their naturally superior place in the world.
The horror! The horror!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)LisaM
(27,811 posts)It's like the stories you hear where a small business says something stupid online -often things I disagree with- and then they are swarmed with thousands of bad Yelp reviews. This makes me very uncomfortable even if I disagree with the stance the business owner has taken. The people Rolling Stone interviewed weren't even there. I agree: cowards.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Lange were paid operatives by the Clinton Campaign. This. Is. Huge.
Thank you, Rolling Stone! You've proved what we Hillary supporters have always known!