Your #BernieBros going after (disabled) women...

[riversedge]

People who wanted to get into the gym to see Hillary at the Town Hall had to pass by this angry mob of Bernie Supporters. Some chanting over and over *Fu**you! Parents with kids had to pass through this mob. Shame on them. Anyone who defends this vile behavior is wrong!! Sanders should put out a call for this to STOP!. This is no better than a Trump rally!


ARM ?@adirado29 3m3 minutes ago

.@ShaunKing this is something you & #Bernie should be proud of! Your #BernieBros going after (disabled) women...






SAC On Scene
?@SAConScene

Protestors yelled expletives at Clinton supporters at yesterday's @HillaryClinton rally #SOSPolitics @SOS_EnEsp


https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728747887383846912





>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hillary Supporters give the Peace sign as they pass by Sanders fans yelling F**k YOU!!

[DURHAM D]

1. BS was interviewed about his supporter's behavior this evening.

He said it is okay for them to be disruptive if they are outside. They are outside so it works for him.

[synergie]

15. Yup, just dissent. Abusing litlte old ladies by screaming profanities at them

through a megaphone, making little boys cry and tearing up little girls signs!

And they're going all Alex Jones on the videos showing what the Bernie people were up to!

[Loudestlib]

37. .

Members of Union del Barrio, MEXA of East Los Angeles College, LA Brown Berets and several other student and community-based organizations plan to march seven blocks in Monterrey Park from Belvedere Park to East Los Angeles College to protest what organizers call Clinton’s attacks on working-class communities of color and her 2002 vote as a senator in favor of the resolution authorizing military action against Iraq.

http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20160505/hillary-clinton-to-speak-at-east-los-angeles-college-amid-protest

[dr60omg]

81. I am so proud ... especially because part of the

Union del Barrio, MEXA and Brown Berets ALSO stood up to her colonizing neocon lies surrounding central american refugees and the coup in 2008 in Honduras

[kerry-is-my-prez]

99. Are you proud that angry men are bullying women? Or kids?

I don't care what color the protestors are - it's always bullying behavior towards women or blacks.

[puffy socks]

106. Meanwhile Bernie and his wife actually profit from

his vote to dump waste in the poor working class communities and calling it a "sacrifice zone".

[Loudestlib]

107. I don't think I could sacrifice all of my morals

for a job that required me to go online and try to tear people down for money.

[puffy socks]

108. Nice unfounded accusation sweetheart. I don't post for money but

this lousy attempt at deflection sure shoes you can't refute it.

[Loudestlib]

110. You've nothing interesting to say, and you've wasted enough of my time.

Goody bye.

[seabeyond]

25. Wow. Really? Do not interrupt or step on Sanders toes, but others? Sure. The man of the people. Nt

[riversedge]

27. Yes, I also read that Sanders told Maddow he encouraged the protests.

[LisaM]

32. Apparently they disrupted inside too.

I'll wait for his statement.

[glowing]

154. #1- he does not tell supporters or protestors what to do.

This is not coming from the campaign. These people are not bused in. They are not told what to do.

#2- he does not like protestors inside the meetings; especially campaign rallies. Everyone, even Trump, has the right to hold public meetings without being inundated by interruption.

#3- yes, protestors outside of a meeting have every right by the constitution to protest. It is their right to do so. If protestors had become violent, wouldn't the police have stepped in and massive arrests also placed into the news along with these Twitter pics.

Just face it, if she becomes President, everywhere she goes, she will face protestors. Some will even go inside to disrupt. Look at how Wisconsin demonstrated when their Gov and republican controlled houses started stripping worker rights. And because the right pretty much hates her and progressives will be trying to hold her feet to flame over issues, she's going to see much, much, much more of this sort of 1st amendment action. She may have to be like Bush and implement 1st amendment zones, have everything pre-screened to the hilt, and barely tread outside of insider business or with "regular folks". Sort of as she does now, but on steroids.

From what I have seen of the actual complaints listed of the groups protesting that day, they had legitimate concerns to have heard. Showing up outside a Clinton event is a manner in which the media would cover these items.

One thing I have noticed is the picture of the gentleman, white dude, with the Liar, Liar, Liar sign. He seems overtly aggressive and seems to be shouting into the faces of passing people. Who knows what he's about; he could be a provocateur agent to sway people's opinions. He could be a Trump supprorter. Or he could just be an asshole. There are plenty I run across everyday.

Anyway, it is about to be the MOST contentious 4 years as of date since 2000 and our stollen elections. A populist, 99% pushback is occurring. The establishment is not safe on either side. I'm actually afraid that situations may become more violent. And we have way too many guns in America. See, this year we've had two strong anti-establishment candidates. I'm sure the Republicans wish they could go backwards so they could institute elite delegates into the system, but they didn't. They wanted their establishment guy by the end of March, and Trump took that cake and swallowed it whole with their majority win; take the delegates rules. The Democratic establishment has been able to manipulate the process; which is probably why Elizabeth Warren did not run, the deck was pre-stacked. Bernie was the "idea" person to excite the party for "the next time". No one inside of the political/ media bubble could have predicted just how well Bernie would do, or the amount of money he could raise without super Pacs or big money donors.

And already we are seeing her pivot to the right. She's courting Bush donors and claiming she's more conservative than Donald Trump. She will absolutely see amazing amounts of protest during her Presidency. And if contentions continue to run this high, and Sander's can't even get a fair shake at helping to set the party platform, then I doubt she's going to get all those millennials to come in, stand in 5 hr lines, and vote for her. Already in FL, the news outlets that cover local politics are explaining how Trump will win in FL over Clinton. And the only Corp-Dem we have in FL, Nelson, is saying it will be extremely hard for her to overcome Trump and the Republican machine and the voting machines that are run by the Republican Party.

BTW, I'm already getting nasty Democratic Party e-mails stating that if the voters choose to pick Grayson over their corporate establishment pick, it will be a loss for the Dems in November... So, if Grayson is the primary pick, she better hope his coat tails are popular enough to help each other out and that she remain "progressive" as her "life's work" has shown. (I know -lol- isn't that a joke). But the environment is a real issue in FL. Miami is already seeing the effects of the ocean rising. One horrific hurricane, and the state could go bankrupt with the claim damage crippling Citizens and the flood insurance program. Plus there is still much residue damage from the BP blow out from 2010. That is still a huge environmental problem most don't want to talk about or pretend is "all fixed" when it's not even close.

[nolawarlock]

39. I think they have every right to do it.

Do they look ridiculous? Absolutely. But it's like those religious zealots that show up to gay pride days and the like. We all know they're there on some level, but we also realize how absolutely unbalanced they look. Protests definitely aren't what they used to be.

[Electric Monk]

40. That's quite a transparency page for someone so new

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=331871&sub=trans

[headonshoulder]

50. aw put a sock on it.

Your signatures aren't bringing in any Bernie voters to Clinton's side either.

[Major Nikon]

67. Results...

On Sat May 7, 2016, 11:14 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

aw put a sock on it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1918103

REASON FOR ALERT

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

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Over the top and rude, calling another DU'er a sock.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat May 7, 2016, 11:17 AM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Great....the weekend of uber-alerting goes on.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: too mild to hide
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: If you skin is so paper thin, you should take a break from DU
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is the silliest alert comment I've seen in a while.

[Agschmid]

69. Amazing huh, a member since 5/4 calls someone a sock.

And the alerter gets the punishment.

DU these days...

[headonshoulder]

70. Do you even know what that idiom means?

Put a sock in it! (informal)
an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here.
See land one
See also: put, sock
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.

[Agschmid]

71. No I couldn't possibly, why don't you fill me in.

[headonshoulder]

72. Look upthread..

Have a great weekend!

[Agschmid]

73. Yup... Got it.

Trust me.

[Major Nikon]

82. 7 randomly selected people didn't get it

The idea that "put a sock on it" = "calling another DU'er a sock" is ridiculous.

You might want to put some thought into putting a sock in it, because I just don't think you are doing yourself any favors here.

[Agschmid]

85. Yup, I'll just put a sock in it.

...

[Fla Dem]

163. So you admit, you are a paid troll.

" Some of us are trying to work around here."

[headonshoulder]

164. Nope, not a paid troll.

just a humdinger on the long facts of life, my friend.

[Agschmid]

165. And they're outta here.

[moriah]

90. I thought the poster was essentially told to "shut up", which would still...

... probably be considered a mild personal attack (under old DU rules, on New DU aka The Wild WWW, it's anyone's guess).

But it's a far less egregious one than many.

[nolawarlock]

114. My signature ...

... would probably be a lot less fun if I weren't constantly accused of being a sock or a paid troll.

What is it Missy says on Doctor Who?

Say something nice.

[headonshoulder]

131. Stop rotating your signatures.

You are not making any new Clinton converts from Bernie supporters.

[nolawarlock]

134. Stop accusing me of being a paid troll and my signature file is yours to determine. nt

[headonshoulder]

135. Easy enough. I never accused you of being a paid troll.

You brought it up, just now.

[nolawarlock]

137. Let me rephrase that ...

... when I stop seeing that hurled in my direction for seven solid days by anyone here, I will consider a lovely, pro-Hillary sig file with moonbeams ... and rainbows.

[headonshoulder]

157. I'm holding you to your word. No rephrasing allowed, if you want Clinton to be your next President

you better watch your words.

[nolawarlock]

136. Moreover,

I was not put upon this earth to shill for Hillary. However, since I am accused of of being paid by her constantly, I see no reason to alter my sig file. When I see seven days go by without "paid troll" hurled in my direction, I will happily put up something positive about Hillary.

[GulfCoast66]

149. The way many of you are acting

The real question is do we really want you. If the behavior of the demonstrators is any indication, it appears the would fit in better at a Trump rally.

[AgingAmerican]

58. A whole seven days without a hide? Congratulations!

I have had like four hides in 5 years

Why is the transparency page showing on so many Hillary supporters, but not Sanders supporters?

[moriah]

65. I could point you to several OTR Sanders supporters...

There are people on both sides.

Still, in regard to his original point:

Whether they should keep doing it is one thing, but whether they have a legal right is another. In NYC, use of a bullhorn required a permit from the city.

In addition, notice no "free speech zone" set up for demonstrators. If they escalate, it wouldn't surprise me if Clinton security puts UP rails -- aka using protest pens. The fact she's not doing so yet is encouraging.

[AgingAmerican]

84. Private message these OTR Sanders supporters to me

So I can see for myself

[moriah]

87. I'll remember your request and as I come across their threads I will, if you still wish it.

But hopefully your purpose in asking for names is to ask them to quit it, not to try to suggest there are zero people claiming to support Bernie who aren't behaving as civilly as one might wish.

In exchange, if you want, feel free to PM me names of other Hillary people who are behaving badly, particularly new ones, and I will try to mentor them on what civility used to be here.

I admit that I'm familiar with this user, mainly because they self-revealed in responses to accusations of shilling -- and a long-time member dug up unflattering news articles about him, though the other person in the legal dispute that made the news sounds far crazier than our poster. (Not naming names, if that LT, normally good poster sees this and wants to give a mea culpa for doing MIRT's job publicly rather than referring someone to MIRT who they suspect of shilling, he can, or star members can search posts and probably find it).

My real life name is forever tied to my DU identity as a result of a similar self-reveal in 2008 in response to someone accusing me of working for the RNC. Fortunately I have had the good luck, despite having a name shared with, to my knowledge, only one other person in the US, to not have unflattering news stories about me written for someone to stalk me and post publicly.

And I have counseled him on sig lines, fwiw. I can't see them on mobile, and mine could be considered commentary on this election but has been part of my signature since 2008 (it's a quote from Judy Harrow's "Exegesis of the Wiccan Rede", regarding the "challenge to action" inherent in the Rede.) I rarely use graphics, unless it's my favorite animated kitteh or "Vote Democratic -- The Ass You Save May Be Your Own).

[nolawarlock]

115. You're kidding right?

That's like the person who said that no Bernie supporters have anti-Hillary sig files. Then I put up a reply with numerous examples.

[AgingAmerican]

116. No, Im not

And your example has nothing to do with anything we are discussing

[nolawarlock]

117. Oh, and lo and behold ...

You're one of the folks with an anti-hillary sig file that another omnipresent Bernie supporter says she never sees. Perhaps she has you on ignore?

And yes, there are also a number of Bernie supporters with transparency pages and I'm not going to bother getting them because bothering to get the signature files was also a waste of time. If people want to believe a lie badly enough, no amount of research I do is going to make them see the truth.

If there are fewer transparency pages, it certainly makes sense. It is far more difficult to alert on Bernie supporters than it is Hillary supporters since the will likely make up 80% of any jury called. A jury system that is based entirely on fervor for one candidate or another and has next-to-nothing to do with the actual content of what is being alerted is not really a jury system at all. But keeping shilling for it if that makes you happy. Just please don't expect me to join in the love.

[AgingAmerican]

121. Everything you just said is false

[nolawarlock]

125. I'm quite sure you believe that.

I think that is what is most scary.

[AgingAmerican]

126. I hear it's

...2 cents per word

[nolawarlock]

127. I come at a much higher

price that that.

[nolawarlock]

128. Oh wait.

Another paid troll accusation. Time to update my sig file again.

[AgingAmerican]

129. Hillary Clinton camp now paying online trolls to attack anyone who disparages her online

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-paying-trolls-attack-people-online-article-1.2613980

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2613979.1461614577!/img/httpImage/image.jpg

[nolawarlock]

130. That's fine if you want to keep talking about paid trolls ...

... but I'm not one of them, and every time I am falsely accused of it, I look for an unassailable truth to add to my signature file. When I go seven days without hearing paid troll or sock directed at me, I plan to put something lovely and non-controversial and pro-Hillary in there. These false accusations are bogus and any half-baked idiot can figure out that I'm not a paid troll.

[ebayfool]

162. Ooops! That one is flagged for review!

Guess we won't be seeing that vaunted change in their sig line any time soon ...

[moriah]

74. Successful protest involves good PR -- either from a good idea or getting suppressed

If your protest went off beautifully, you might get some coverage.

But that cold morning of April 7, 2003, as I drove in from my overnight job in a Long Island call center to the City, left the car with my husband, and hopped on the train to get to the planned protest (was expected to be under 100 people, no bullhorns, on the opposite side of the street from the company being protested for their war ties, so no permit needed), I wasn't expecting to participate in something that would make news even years later.

A small segment of that group planned to engage in "nonviolent direct action" -- a better word than "civil disobedience" to describe breaking the law not because the law goes against your conscience, but to prove a point -- by sitting in front of the building on its side of the street and linking arms -- about 7-10 people, all previously had jail solidarity training and expected to get arrested. Still, this wasn't expected to be major.

It was chaotic when I finally arrived near the planned protest (traffic on the Expressway was slow) but far fewer people than I anticipated, though I saw a "green hat" and got the story from him. I had missed an illegal mass arrest. Videos taken by legal observers showed police blocking routes for the non-direct action crowd to disperse, then giving an order and arresting people who couldn't obey.

I spent the rest of that day running off NLG post-arrest pamphlets and standing outside 1PP with a group of Guild folks, a few people's personal lawyers, and some volunteers with cigarettes and coffee for those who needed them along with the "You're Free -- But You're Not Done With The System Yet" as people were released. We had to negotiate NOT standing in a "protest pen" just for that even though we weren't chanting or anything -- I think they were trying to prevent released protesters from getting out and starting another immediate pop-up protest.

The city ended up paying over $2 million for their illegal activities that day, but we were overshadowed by the horrifyingly violent suppression of protest in Oakland that same day. Remember the picture of the girl with the ginormous knot on her jaw?

[nolawarlock]

119. It can also involve bad PR

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You don't want PR for your cause if the takeaway message is swearing at groups of children. Look at the incident where the teacher tried to usher the guy with the camera away. That's all most people who heard that story remembered.

[moriah]

146. I said successful protest. Images of a Clinton supporter...

... flashing the peace sign were very cool, good PR for Hillary.

The people organizing protests of Hillary's events need to get better control over their people, or any of the proposed Convention protests are going to end in a lot of false arrests and injured protesters.

DNC and RNC security rarely plays. If any coordinated march is planned, the Philadelphia branch of the National Lawyers Guild needs to be contacted for advice and legal observers.

[nolawarlock]

147. It shall be entertaining to watch, that's for sure. nt

[moriah]

148. I feel very passionate about freedom to protest... not amused here at suppression of it. Nt

[nolawarlock]

150. Who is suppressing it? nt

[moriah]

151. Not yet. Hopefully not at all. Maybe there won't even be any significant protest activity.

But I hope that everyone who peacefully demonstrates is given all respect for their legal right to do so.

[nolawarlock]

152. I would agree there ...

... though it remains to be seen whether hurling obscenities in the direction of children is going to be seen as peaceful.

[SMC22307]

95. "Protests definitely aren't what they used to be."

Enlighten us as to the magic date when protests were what they "used to be." Careful now, history 'n stuff...

[grossproffit]

94. Ugh. It's like a teacher telling students to take a fight outside? HELLO! They're YOUR fans!

[Cheese Sandwich]

2. false flag - probably Trump people

[virtualobserver]

19. no kidding.....they weren't holding Bernie signs

Every time I have researched the bullshit "Bernie-bro" accusations.
I can never find any evidence that the extreme anti-Hillary person showed any interest or connection with Bernie.

[Cheese Sandwich]

24. A million dollars buys a lot of trolls apparently

[riversedge]

28. Look closely--lots of blue Bernie shirts in the protesters line yelling

[snagglepuss]

52. What a steaming pile of poop. Any paid disruptor can don a teeshirt.

Desperation at Camp Weathervane!

[moriah]

77. While the idea of "plants" among protesters is not new, nor a myth...

... which is why if you are involved in a protest it's a good idea to watch out for people who are encouraging others to break laws, or for "walk up" protesters who start agitating others...

But the reason those tactics are successful is because even good people can get caught up in a mob mentality. Whether the people taped being jerks were plants, agitated by plants, or just agitated and caught up in the mob isn't something I can tell from the videos available.

[virtualobserver]

98. they don't even have to be plants....this wasn't a Bernie rally....it was a Hillary protest.

That kind of behavior is nonexistent at Bernie rallies.

Hillary has declared the primary over and has been sparring with Trump so it is not a shock to find Trumpites protesting her.

Trump supporters hate Hillary, and their candidate openly encourages violence and it seems to occur at every one of his rallies. Hell, Trump's campaign manager was accused of violence toward a right wing journalist.

[GreatGazoo]

47. or people who want to put pressure on Hillary to do more than pander on Cinco de Mayo

[riversedge]

54. hah. sure--trump supporters wearing Bernie shirts. haha

[Octafish]

62. The facial expression seems right.

[uponit7771]

78. Never ever take responsibility for anything, that's the "progressive" way?

[griffi94]

3. What a hateful looking group

And they wonder why voters have rejected
everything about that whole campaign.

[Electric Monk]

4. And you know he's a Sanders supporter and not a Drumpf supporter, how? I'd guess he's 4 Drumpf. nt

[Beacool]

9. If you watch other videos you can hear the disrupters yelling two things:

1) Bernie, Bernie......

2) F*ck you....

Both are repeated over and over. Classy bunch of folks.

[virtualobserver]

22. show us these "other videos"

[SwampG8r]

49. They wont because

The other videos show clinton supporters flipping the bird yelling obscenities and one having to be physically restrained from violently attacking .

[Henhouse]

66. Protester shouting "Bernie...bernie" and "fuck you" video 05/05/2016

https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728388122304598016

[Henhouse]

76. Videos....Bernie supporters chanting Bernie..Bernie and Fuck You while making little boy cry...

https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728388122304598016

[AgingAmerican]

59. Please link to these 'other videos' you claim exist

[frylock]

92. You know they're Bernie supporters because they yelled "fuck you"?

Nice touch with the self-censorship as well!

[PowerToThePeople]

5. More bullshit from team Hillary

That is all I see in GDP any more.

Not that Hillary ever had anything more to offer. It is just sad.

[Beacool]

7. Her supporters are not the ones yelling "f*ck you" at Sanders' rallies.

Neither do they act like bullies around children. So, the bullshit is being thrown around by the supporters of your candidate.

[PowerToThePeople]

8. No proof of the accusations from you

Just lies.

[Beacool]

10. Oh please, there are other OPs that have the videos. Look for them yourself.

[PowerToThePeople]

11. I have

they show nothing at all.

[Henhouse]

79. Wow....talk about living in denial....

Protestors chanting "bernie...bernie" and "fuck you" at people attending HRC rally....
https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728388122304598016

[rock]

63. +1

After all the claims that the BSers made (that were in fact lies) I don't believe you owe them an iota of proof.

[Beacool]

86. Thank you.......

I'm sure that most supporters are nice and just want to cheer their candidate, but the behavior of the people outside Hillary's venue crossed the line. They were boorish and Sanders shouldn't have defended their actions.

[Henhouse]

68. Believe your own eyes and ear....

https://twitter.com/SAConScene/status/728388122304598016

[Live and Learn]

13. Maybe because Bernie hasn't done anything to huirt people unlike Hillary. Just saying! nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

143. And you know this how?

[Beacool]

6. Same bunch of disruptive jerks as those who show up at Trump's rallies.

Disgusting behavior. If this is the "Bernie or Bust" crowd, they can stay home and rot on election day in November. Reasonable people will go out and vote.

[Hoyt]

12. Doesn't surprise me after reading the BS Saunders supporters post here.

[zigby]

14. I don't get the problem.

They seem to be going through unimpeded. And if you watch a couple videos down, the free hug guy had to restrain a Hillary supporter woman from getting physical. Looks overall pretty tame for a lively political event.

And I'm sorry, but don't take a child to any political event unless said kid can stand some salty language. This is pretty weak tea.

[riversedge]

16. Shame on you. Parents do take their kids to town Halls and they have a right not to be

harassed with vile language.

[seabeyond]

23. Young men, angry, aggressive, intimidating. Too close, standing above them. Seriously?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

93. Defending mob behavior sounds so, well, Trumplican.

[okasha]

133. I doubt it was"salty"--actually obscene--

language that frightened the child. It was more likely the noise level coupled with the potentially violent hostility and anger displayed by the mob.

And yes, it was a mob and a Bernie mob.

[Cursive]

17. So not cool.

The little boy crying and some jackass yelling "F--- you weda!" really pissed me off. This isn't the way people. Props to the "Free Hugs" guy though.

[CoffeeCat]

61. These threads are over-the-top ridiculous

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The faux outrage from the Clinton camp has reached hair-on-fire levels.

What do they think a protest is...a High Tea?

And oh no! Someone said the F word! At a protest.

Yes, there are kids at rallies. No one is targeting them. I've been to rallies and political events where there was also a contingent of protesters. I wasn't fool enough to think that they were targeting me or my kids. They're protesting. This is America. It's what we do.

I have a feeling that this exercise in faux outrage will disappear as quickly as it appeared. I don't know what they think these talking points will accomplish. Will Sanders supporters suddenly defect to Clinton?

It's just bizarre.

[riversedge]

142. Sander fans are not a good role model by chanting F**k You when kids are present. Shame on them.

[ohheckyeah]

64. That's the best you got? Weda is the feminine form of a word?

Talk about FAIL.

[ohheckyeah]

112. Open mouth insert foot

I'm in a wheelchair.

[ohheckyeah]

118. I've had two strokes in a year and a half.

Maybe ou shouldn't be dismissive and snarky to people that you don't know who might be going through the worse time in their life

[ohheckyeah]

155. Thank you, I'm snarky sometimes

without meaning to be. Sorry.

[Bobbie Jo]

122. Yuck.

[frylock]

123. It's guera

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Guera

[oasis]

18. There are too many reports of anti-Hillary cultists engaging

in this sort of behavior for it not to be disturbingly true.

[AgingAmerican]

38. Cultists are they!

[seabeyond]

20. I was in one thread and saw excuse. Now seeing this thread, and another, wow. Pretty nasty

It would not be hard all all for me to be disgusted, if it was a bunch of Clinton supporters intimidating people minding their own business, doing their own thing. The are aggressive. The are towering over them. The are aggressively yelling fuck you and other obscenities. The are too close. TOO close.

That is very intimidating poses with angry faces, a lot of young men.

Surely Sanders has a responsibility to be informed and call these supporters of his out and demand this not happen again.

[Henhouse]

80. K&R

[whatchamacallit]

56. +1

[Lucinda]

29. Disgusting people there, and here defending this. n/t

[jillan]

31. WHERE is there a Bernie supporter?

[ucrdem]

34. President Obama held a press conference today and told the press to get serious about this election.

“What I’m concerned about is the degree to which reporting and information starts emphasizing the spectacle and the circus,” he added, “because that’s not something we can afford.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/us/politics/obama-jobs-economy-donald-trump.html


Hopefully they'll start reporting this kind of harassment more widely. But the look on the first woman's face says it all. Who would expect to get bullied like that at a Clinton event?

[riversedge]

120. Since Bernie said on Maddow last last night that he is encourages protests--I am sure we

will unfortunately see a lot more. I hope no one gets hurt.

[ucrdem]

139. On Thursday the email-gate news drip suddenly dried up

I get the feeling that President Obama had words with certain members of his Justice Department or at least let it be known that he's interested in cleaning up the campaign negativity ASAP. I expect the message will eventually filter down to Team Ben and Jerry but at this point they couldn't put the outrage genie back in the bottle if they wanted to.

[pugetres]

35. They don't support Hillary thus

BERNIE BRO!!!11!1!!

hillary has got a LOT of work ahead of her.

[Scootaloo]

36. Some other photos

It's Latinos protesting Clinton's connections to shit in Honduras, in East LA. Some are Sanders supporters. Some probably aren't.

Clinton supporters sure do get mad when brown people don't heel when called though, don't you?

[Cha]

42. Vicious.. I love how Hill supporters just basicaly ignore them.

rivers~

[DrDan]

43. defending these bullies is as bad as the actual behavior

funny how they have pent-up aggression, yet can't find the energy to register . . . easier to whine and complain about it than actually vote, I guess

[Vattel]

44. Quit presenting the disabled as weak. You think protest bothers a disabled person more?

Did you notice that the woman in the wheelchair looks perfectly calm and composed?

[Orsino]

45. BernieBros(tm) slice, dice, keep your feet toasty warm...

...and really bring out your hardwood floor's shine! And they're delicious!

BernieBros(tm) are the handy bugbear that can cover any candidate's shortcomings. Your candidate helped poison us with fracking? Dismiss protestors as BernieBros(tm)! Blood on her hands? Why, pointing it out is something a BernieBro(tm) would do!

Never mind that the people involved aren't all male, aren't all white, and don't seem particularly Sanders-oriented.

It's BernieBros(tm) all the way down!

[SidDithers]

46. Reminds me of asshats outside of a Planned Parenthood clininc...nt

Sid

[riversedge]

55. Or a Trump rally

[synergie]

159. These are their tactics, the rhetroic they use to defend the behavior and guantlet is identical.

[Trenzalore]

48. I expect the hard core bitter enders

to do some really obnoxious shit at the convention.

[hrmjustin]

51. Disgraceful and disgusting behavior.

[Bobbie Jo]

53. Gross

So fucking ugly.

[Trust Buster]

57. As I see it, there are two basic truths here.

1) There is no difference between the temperament of the Far Right and the Far Left.

2) Sanders supporters will continue to do to Hillary and her supporters what you see depicted in these pictures through the November election. This will make a Trump presidency a distinct possibility.

[KingFlorez]

60. I would have told them they are sad, pathetic people with no prospects for a future

The way to shut these people down to start cutting them down to the lowest possible denominator.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

75. How are they not as bad as Trumplicans?

[Walk away]

83. It looks like Bernie and his Followers are going to win....

the Poor Loser award! I say forget about them. Naderites don't vote for Democrats anyway!

[frylock]

91. Going after?

[workinclasszero]

96. Its hard to tell the difference between a Trump mob

and a Bernie mob anymore.

[NurseJackie]

97. That shaved-head guy with the sign ... reminds me of ...

and

[kerry-is-my-prez]

100. Exactly...

[stonecutter357]

101. more and more unhinged.

[Gomez163]

102. The ends justify the means

[wendylaroux]

103. lol

[Redwoods Red]

104. Gawd. This shit is lame. How many threads of this are there?

I especially like the bit about picking on a disabled woman...because a disabled woman happened to pass the demo.

[azurnoir]

105. How many pictures did that guy pose for ? I've seen the same person in at least 3 others

all of him supposedly accosting women -interesting

[Prism]

109. Latino protestors are practically like Trump supporters, lol

I love how racially privileged the double standard is among Clinton supporters. They love Latinos as long as they're supporting her, but the minute they step one inch out of line, they're bullies and thugs.

Maybe you should listen to their issues instead of trying to use them as mascots?

[mcar]

132. Disgusting

[benny05]

138. Yo this is not cool

to accuse all of the protesters of being Bernie Bros. Most of those holding the LIAR signs are likely to be Trumpeters or GOP Hil Haters.

Stirring up **it when you can't identify everyone. It's true that some Bernie supporters who are furious at her about what happened in Honduras when she was actively heading the State Dept.

I'm surprised we haven't seen more voices about this sooner.

[Bill USA]

141. the extremes become more alike as they oppose more moderate voices..Trump and Sanders fans are

becoming harder to tell apart.

[Armstead]

145. Moderate voices? Haha. Where are those? Certainly notthe Clinton Camp

[cherokeeprogressive]

144. Did anyone ask those nasty people WHO THEY SUPPORTED?

[Silver_Witch]

153. Neither of these pictures look scary...

People are smiling and give peace signs....seems friendly to me. Hillary is a Liar - nothing wrong with holding a sign that tells the truth.

Of course if you like Hillary can do what Bush did and put up an area where her supporters won't be exposed to the truth or what those who don't support her believe.

Her choice...of course if she did that you would not have these pictures to post and then she could not play the victim.

Everyone looks okay to me.

[Tarheel_Dem]

158. You won the jury.

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[jillan]

160. Who is going after a disabled woman? There is a woman in a wheelchair, I don't see

anyone going after her

Hyperbole much?

[coyote]

161. Do you work for Brock?