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fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 12:51 PM Feb 2016

From SFGATE, Ppretty much nails it.

On social media I’ve blocked/ghosted literally thousands of “friends” since the last two elections.

My intolerance is growing.

“…But hear this now, hardcore Sanders zealots: it’s become jarringly evident that many of you are losing perspective, becoming unhinged, veering way too close, in your savage anti-Hillary screeds, pro grumpy-old-populist obsessiveness and manic refusal to acknowledge historical context, toward raging fundamentalism.
You know, like an NRA fanatic. Like a Trump rage-aholic. A Mormon homophobe. A Planned Parenthood firebomber. Beware….”

http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2016/02/10/feel-the-bern-or-give-em-hill-but-please-chill-out/

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From SFGATE, Ppretty much nails it. (Original Post) fleabiscuit Feb 2016 OP
Yep. Morford nails it - and then some! Love his post and he's so correct. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #1
Identical methods used by the Palin obsessed Teaparty to break the GOP misterhighwasted Feb 2016 #2
Read the comments after the article Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #3
Fools that vote pandr32 Feb 2016 #4
.. Cha Feb 2016 #5
Thanks! I expected it Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #6
I'm sure it is.. the revenge squad. Only Skinner knows. Cha Feb 2016 #8
Kick & recommended. William769 Feb 2016 #7
Yes NEDem Feb 2016 #9

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
2. Identical methods used by the Palin obsessed Teaparty to break the GOP
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:05 PM
Feb 2016

I remember the hate speak, the blacklisting of reasonable Repub candidates by the Teaparty whose base was whipped into that same manic frenzy by denouncing Obama & screeching GOD GAYS &GUNZ!!
And look where our US legislature sits today because the Teaparty banked on that mob mentality and said the few key words they all wanted to hear.
The hate rhetoric was what broke the once reasonable GOP.
Buyer Beware

Stuckinthebush

(10,845 posts)
3. Read the comments after the article
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 03:26 PM
Feb 2016

They still don't get it. Their rage has blinded them. They are, in a word, fools.

Stuckinthebush

(10,845 posts)
6. Thanks! I expected it
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 06:55 PM
Feb 2016


We have a group of keyboard warriors who are hiding in the shadows looking for anything here to alert on. They are children.

It would be nice if the hosts could get a list of the alerters for the Hillary Group and crosstab them with blocked posters. I bet the correlation is strong.
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