Hillary's silent majority don't do FB,twitter,online polls, reddit, yuuuge rallies but they

[hill2016]

vote apparently. Oh and make sure they are registered before the deadline too...

[ViseGrip]

1. It's fraudulent. Vanderbilt and Harvard cannot be ignored.

[villager]

2. You do realize that "silent majority" is a Nixon phrase/invention, right?

nt

[jmg257]

7. Always signs at trump rallys with that slogan...coincidence?

[Amimnoch]

10. Cherry picking fallacy.

yes, Nixon used it in one of his speeches.

It was also used by Calvin Coolidge many decades before Nixon. It was also used by a SCOTUS judge around the turn of 1900.

Originally it had been used to refer to the dead, it has been in use for more than a Century now in the current context.

Cute attempt though.

[villager]

11. Cuter attempt to de-Nixonize it, given its deliberate use by Tricky Dick, John Mitchell, etc.

It's quite obvious what the phrase stands for in a modern context.

No wonder you wanted to deflect.

[Amimnoch]

16. incorrect.

[villager]

19. I guess such lucid articulation settles it then

[Amimnoch]

22. So, Sanders supporters see "silent majority" as channeling Nixon, eh?

https://thesilentmajoritynomore.com/tag/bernie-sanders/

On edit I removed the link to the Sputnik. I don't believe in using sites that also promote hate.

The remaining link is a very viable source to promote the same argument though.

[IamMab]

14. So why did Sanders supporters adopt the term then?

https://thesilentmajoritynomore.com/tag/bernie-sanders/
the "silent" majority no more!

[Amimnoch]

17. ROFL. As another poster chimed in "BOOM"

[villager]

18. You might want to check those "commie"-bashing links of yours. nt

[IamMab]

21. Can you quote any "commie-bashing?" Or answer the original question? I bet your answer is No to both

[villager]

23. You actually haven't gone to that Trump-supporting link, have you?

Figures.

[Amimnoch]

28. Oooo, now who's deflecting? eom.

[villager]

29. What's wrong with you people? You're using Trump-supporting websites as "proof"

Such weird, desperate, bitter, childish posting -- no discussion, just the breaking wind of unvetted sources and links -- deserves nothing more than the Ingore List's finest.

Bye!

[IamMab]

33. Neither link mentions Trump. If they did, wouldn't you have quoted it by now to prove it?

[Amimnoch]

41. umm your side decided to make the words an issue.

I do concede you were right about the sputnik source not being a good source to use. I did remove it from my own post.

[IamMab]

31. Quotes, or it never happened. nt

[Amimnoch]

37. Some info on the one link you have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_%28news_agency%29

I hadn't realized it as well, and removed it from my own post.

Your other link.. that one is spot on.

[IamMab]

38. Thanks for the heads up. nt

[Amimnoch]

40. NP. I still don't know where the "commie bashing" or pro Trump came from

I didn't see anything substantiating those claims that were made, but it does look like a questionable source to use here at best imo.

[IamMab]

42. As you said, nothing but deflection on their part. Par for the course. nt

[Amimnoch]

44. Really! and very ironic that the poster accused me of deflection for the sole

offense of posting the accurate history of the phrase.

[reddread]

3. "the silent majority" BOOM there it is

roots are showing

[LexVegas]

4. If I still lived with my parents, I would go to rallies too. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Or had a couple hours after class, or just skip class for the day.

[LexVegas]

8. Yep. nt

[Stallion]

12. I'd Go for the Hot Chicks

nm

[Blanks]

9. ...and would be going to college if it were free. eom

[pinebox]

20. WTF? Did you really just say that?

Really? What a disgusting and despicable comment.

[Armstead]

26. Is this your theme song?

[Surya Gayatri]

34. Hey, LexVegas, you escaped the wrath of the swarm...I was N° 4.

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service

Mail Message
On Wed Apr 20, 2016, 12:43 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

If I still lived with my parents, I would go to rallies too. nt
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1791805

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

This is completely over the top, to demean Sanders supporters like this? Apparently all of Bernie's supporters live at home in a basement and that's why they attend rallies. Disgusting.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Apr 20, 2016, 12:54 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's childish but hardly rises to a level where it needs to be vanished.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Who says this is directed at the alerter or a specific person? Very benign compared to most of the rubbish being flung around in GD-P. Grow a thicker skin or avoid GD-P.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: What a jerk to say things like this to the fellow Dem. Remember the name of this account. Let the sunshine of JUSTICE disinfect its soul.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Funny and kind of true.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: actually kind of funny.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Nye Bevan]

47. I was #6 (nt)

[My Good Babushka]

6. Nixon quotes and hippie-bashing

who *are* you people?

[villager]

13. They are Republicans. nt

[Amimnoch]

15. Not original Nixon at all, and hippie-bashing?

RE: Post #10.

Nixon did use it. The term in it's present tense pre-dated Nixon's speech by decades.

Nice tries at false equivocation.

[My Good Babushka]

25. Ok pretend it wasn't popularized by Nixon

The term was popularized by United States President Richard Nixon in a November 3, 1969, speech in which he said, "And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support." In this usage it referred to those Americans who did not join in the large demonstrations against the Vietnam War at the time, who did not join in the counterculture, and who did not participate in public discourse.

So you think we should all just shut up and support Hillary, as if she were the Vietnam War- inevitable, but still wrong.

And indicating that people have time to rally because they are "living with their parents" i.e. young and unemployed, it's just hippie bashing.

[Amimnoch]

27. So, is that why the Sanders campaign used it? Because it was popularized by Nixon?

interesting argument.

[My Good Babushka]

30. I look forward to Hillary's Checkers Speech. nt.

[Armstead]

24. My gawd! Do you know what term you just used?

How Nixonian of you.

[Jitter65]

32. And they make sure they vote down ticket, not just for the top. nt

[Peregrine Took]

35. Too busy staying home caressing thier moolah.

2008 scared them shiteless - can't take a chance on an outsider candidate - might shake things up. Too scary!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. Nixon was fond of the "silent majority" who voted for him.

[Amimnoch]

39. And apparently so are Bernie supporters.

https://thesilentmajoritynomore.com/tag/bernie-sanders/

[Orsino]

43. I hope they will also lobby for progressive change.

Numbers like that ought to be unstoppable, if they summon the will.

[Amimnoch]

46. So do I.

It also needs to expand so much more than just the Presidency.

It drives me crazy just how much everyone wants to focus on Bernie and Hillary, but seems completely oblivious that either will be EXTREMELY limited in any capability without a shift of Congress.

[workinclasszero]

45. I got so sick of BS fans insulting Hillary supporters

with all that garbage!

We show up at the VOTING BOOTH!!!!!

The ONLY thing that matters! Do they finally get the message now?

[NurseJackie]

48. They also know how to check the "Democrat" box on their voter registration form.

And they typically vote with enough frequency that the are not marked as "inactive" on the voter registration rolls.

Real voting is a LOT different that online voting. We get that. Showing up at the polling place takes MORE commitment than simply slapping a bumper sticker on your car.

Being a member of the party (in good times and bad, through joys and disappointments) gives one much more influence than those who change their party affiliation to "Independent" on a whim, because they're angry about something, and to "send a message".

I wonder if THOSE people got the message.