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[DesertFlower]

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[Live Bait]

1. Speak for yourself.

[Kalidurga]

2. It must be easy to do your hair with such a broad brush.

[metroins]

5. In that context, brushes are typically meant

For painting.

Not doing hair.

That was an odd response.

[Kalidurga]

7. Guess the canvas is covered then.

[Fairgo]

32. I, for one, appreciated the bon mot

Made me snicker.

[DesertFlower]

14. well said. nt

[DesertFlower]

11. i said "some".

[Kalidurga]

13. I must have misread then..

why are so many of bernie's supporters so

rude and hateful? bernie is not like that and i don't think he'd like his supporters to be.

[DesertFlower]

15. sorry. i misquoted myself.

i do find that many are. how's that?

[Kalidurga]

17. I find the vast majority of Bernie supporters are being far too kind.

That is not me however.

[Fairgo]

40. How do you misquote yourself?

My god, you've entered into a mobius strip of never ending self referential gaffs!

[ret5hd]

3. I don't think it is as one-sided as you would have us believe.

Just saying'.

[OwlinAZ]

4. Thought you were going to write...

...happy and kindly?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear DesertFlower...

It seems to me that in these days of pitched battles, it's easy to get heated and rude.

So much is at stake.

And I don't think I need to point out to you, or anyone, that being rude and hateful is not limited to Senator Sander's supporters. I've seen plenty of that from Madame Secretary's supporters too.

It's part of the human condition, I'm afraid.

We see someone we admire being attacked and we heat up and say things that we would not ordinarily say.

That's how I see it.

[libtodeath]

8. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[FarPoint]

9. I have the same question....

Let us see if we can get an honest answer....

Apparently Skinners thread last week was only a temporary fix. I so pine away for civil discussion. I myself may not agree or say what others want me to say...I'm just not feeling the Bern....I'm for Hillary.... I am proud to say it too. Bernie has good vision and makes good points but lacks Democratic tenure....nor does he have an action plan for implementing his talking points. So, Hillary is where I casted my vote...joyfully.

[timmymoff]

26. Democratic tenure?

Does that mean he hasn't been a democrat? His principles are for more like a democrat than the one you support. You aren't going to build a stronger democratic party by requiring tenure. The millennials do not have tenure, the disenfranchised democrats from long ago wouldn't have the tenure either. I am glad I got to vote for the progressive of the two candidates. Donald Trump can not run to the left of Bernie on any issues, but he sure can run to the left of Hillary. That in itself should speak volumes.

[demmiblue]

10. :holdsupmirror:

[djean111]

12. Let's see - read a bit in the Hillary group, a while back - before I trashed it -

and Bernie's supporters were called cockroaches, and someone was eagerly awaiting the day when Bernie's supporters would come crawling to the Hillary campaign. I have read more sheer nastiness from Hillary's supporters, so I think your OP is more than a little disingenuous. To be nice about it.

Oh, and you just called us all rude and hateful. tsk tsk.

[Kalidurga]

16. No just many of us...some aren't rude and hateful.

I can go either way. In real life I am a PITA. I tend to be nicer online which a lot of people might be like "really" whoa I wouldn't want to be around you in real life then. Seriously I am nicer online. Words online can be forever. I try to keep that in mind. Plus, being online doesn't do my charm justice.

[DesertFlower]

20. i was a bernie supporter until 2/8 when i changed to

hillary. i never said anything rude about hillary or her supporters. i always said if she's the nominiee she'll get my vote. now i say the same about bernie.

sorry people said things like that.

[djean111]

25. I actually don't really care who you are supporting - just would be nice if you did not

make such sweeping statements. Because sweeping statements are never really all that sweeping, when inspected more closely.

[Fairgo]

48. Oh, and don't forget the antisemitism!

Hard to offer biscuits and tea to some braying poster calling you a racist over and over and over...with the amen corner nodding in approval.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Might ask the same of "your" side.

There are assholes in all parts of the Internet but they are not "so many." The bad behavior of a few is noticed while the civil behavior of the majority is not. Some Hillary supporters have been so obnoxious that I had to put them on Ignore just to safeguard my blood pressure. But I do not assume or believe these are the majority.

[beam me up scottie]

19. Hector Projector, is that you?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Res ipsa loquitur

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1586887


I have never, ever addressed anybody like that in real life, never...

[DesertFlower]

27. that was nasty. i'm glad the jury hid it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. If i said what my first inclination was when I read it...

[baldguy]

22. Because they hated Clinton before they loved Bernie.

They were victims of RW propaganda long before this election cycle began.

[Andy823]

34. Exactly

They also hated Obama before they hated Hillary. Some of them have never voted for a Democrat in their life, others, as you stated, bought into the RW crap way back when the first right wing trolls came to DU and started the "anti Obama" bunch and they have drank the Kool Aide.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. Noticed that too

In addition some were or are Putin lovers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. I didn't hate Clinton before and don't hate her now.

Like most other Sanders supporters, I don't hate Clinton but just prefer Bernie because I believe he is the candidate who better represents my interests and concerns. And, speaking for myself, I'm very definitely not the victim of right-wing propaganda. My misgivings about Hillary have not been influenced by the right wing but by things she has actually said and done.

Oh, one more thing: I don't hate Obama, either. I like him and I voted for him twice.

[timmymoff]

38. Hillary had my support

and then Bernie Sanders entered the picture. Honesty entered the picture. A person not railing about Wall St. while gladly accepting their money. Integrity happened, and as Bernie laid out his stances, Hillary adopted them( conveniently). This is when I knew that she would say and do anything for the job. I have lost a large amount of respect I once had for her.

[BillZBubb]

41. Yeah, it was right wing propaganda that she voted yes on the IWR and gave that disgusting speech!

Foolish me, I thought that was Hillary. Obviously it was right wing propaganda using a Hillary lookalike.

Oh, and someone else voted for the bankruptcy bill, but blamed Hillary! Or what about the decision to support the regime change in Libya? Somehow that Hillary lookalike got Obama's ear.

Welfare reform? Black predators? Crime bill? NAFTA?

Hillary didn't do any of that, it was all right wing propaganda. Sure.

[LWolf]

23. They aren't. We aren't. I'm not.

Why are you perpetuating this falsehood? That's rude and hateful.

[DesertFlower]

42. sorry. i've just had so many bernie

supporters be rude to me lately.

[Fairgo]

54. Do you support the antisemitic opinion voiced in the HRC group chorus?

The soloist appears to be a thought leader. Will you rebuke the comment?

[Bluenorthwest]

24. Isn't the public negative characterization of a group of persons in and of itself rude and hateful?

Miss Manners says yes, yes it is.

[FreakinDJ]

29. You should see the Hillary supporters on Twitter - The imaginary BernieBros ain't got nothin on them

[SHRED]

30. Troll post

Do not feed the trolls.

[DesertFlower]

31. is that the best you can do?

[SHRED]

35. Nope

[RiverLover]

49. And here I thought you were all sweet & lightness.

The veil is lifted.

[daleanime]

33. It's rather hard to worry about being polite.....

when your told your very existence proves how racist, sexist, and condescending you are. But you have a lovely evening anyway!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. Seems like it's just on DU

The ones I met at my precinct were polite and well behaved. Maybe with the anonymity of the internet it's easier to be a jerk than it is to someone's face.

[DesertFlower]

47. maybe you're right.

last week i had a conversation with a repub. we discussed the candidates and issues and were polite to each other.

[TeeYiYi]

39. Oh, the irony. ..nt

TYY

[mythology]

43. The exact same question can be asked of some Clinton supporters

There are more Sanders supporters here, so it makes sense that there would be more good and bad from them.

[AgingAmerican]

44. Your premise is rude and hateful

[Logical]

45. LOL, why are Hillary fans the same? nt

[TDale313]

50. I've seen much ugliness from the Hillary side.

I admit there are Bernie supporters who cross the line, but the demonization Bernie and his supporters started on day one and it's bullshit and I am sick of it. Civility is needed on both sides- this meme that Bernie supporters are defacto bad, rude people out to destroy the party? Not. Helpful.

[TheDormouse]

51. put rude & hateful people on ignore & move on

'Nuff said.

[Autumn]

52. Why are so many of Hillary's supporters so rude and hateful?

Oh fuck... I can't even type the rest of that with a straight face.

[jmousso75]

53. Rude and hateful?

Perhaps we are sick of Clinton dirty tricks starting with DNC which is supposed to be neutral. And we don't believe Hillary is a true progressive.

[highprincipleswork]

55. We are not hateful. You just don't like having the truth about your favorite candidate pointed out.