Our pleas for comity are being rejected.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

If someone comes to you with a outstretched hand, shake it.


You know the rest...




DSB

[Gomez163]

1. They're waiting to see if she's indicted

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm waiting to see if I win the Powerball

"Wish in one hand, crap in the other. See which one gets filled first."

[Gomez163]

11. Bernie is too. It's in the Politico article

[Skinner]

2. Give people some space.

They are going to do the right thing, but they're going to do it on their timetable, not yours.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Out of deference to you I will try my best.

These past several months have been a crucible.

[ismnotwasm]

9. Well sure

I do hope, however, you are reading what, exactly, we are "giving space" to. Even I have a hard time not responding--so I just trashed GD-P again.

I know it's going to be fine, because we have an excellent candidate, perhaps the best of my lifetime, but it's hard to look at some of the horrid things being said.

[Her Sister]

5. Yes let's give them time!

Personally, yesterday was very powerful and emotional for ME!!! and my candidate WON!!

So I can imagine for them even more so!

Both winning and losing feel like a shock to the system!

[Coolest Ranger]

6. I'm not even going to try to

ask them to unify with us. The moment I see any of their talking points I'm blocking them. I'm not going to make myself sick trying to reach out to these folks

[Arkansas Granny]

7. It's a little early yet. They've had a big disappointment and need some time to process it.

If you try to force the issue, it may do more harm than good. I remember how I felt in 2008 when Hillary lost the nomination.

[liberal N proud]

8. Either they will or they won't

Many never will, and I suspect some of those wouldn't have voted for Sanders even after being a Berner.

It is important for Sanders to embrace Clinton and tell his Berners that they need to support her now and beat Trump.

Others still just need a little time.

But I will not be going out of my way to convince them.

[BlueCaliDem]

10. You've described exactly how I feel, liberal N proud. eom

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Skinner makes a good point...

That being said the Christ and Gandhi route worked for them but it doesn't work for me. I do try.

[wryter2000]

13. Some of them (a small group) are completely irrational and will never come around

If they persist in unacceptable posts after the 16th, the posts will get deleted, and eventually they'll give up.

Can you honestly have a rational conversation with people who think there was no difference between Bush and Gore? I'll simply ignore those people.

The vast majority of Bernie supporters are already facing reality and will back Hillary. I'm happy to give them time to grieve.

[Koinos]

14. Reasonable Bernie supporters will come around.

The rest are not worth talking to. You can't convince zealots of anything. They need to be deprogrammed by therapists. Bernie has created some monsters. His anger was an infection that caused blindness in many of his susceptible followers. They were people who needed something to believe in, but they picked the wrong god. I feel sorry for them, but I won't try to convince them of anything.

[forjusticethunders]

15. The anger was already there.

So was the programming. There are a lot of rich white guys making a lot of money selling the apocalypse to scared people on both sides of the spectrum.