the internet SAVAGES Jill Stein in response

[wyldwolf]

Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein celebrated Mother’s Day by calling Hillary Clinton a bad mother.

Stein lobbed the charge on Twitter, where she also implicitly suggested that, unlike Hillary, she was a great mother.

















http://americablog.com/2016/05/internet-excoriates-jill-stein-calling-hillary-bad-mom.html

[Fawke Em]

1. Not really.

It wasn't a blip on the radar.

Meanwhile #WeBetterBehave has already taken off and it was first Tweeted just two hours ago.

[KittyWampus]

37. when you have to do damage control… you're not behaving better… you're rationalizing

and making excuses for bullying.

[TheBlackAdder]

58. There is a slight tinge of Phyllis Schlafly hidden in her comment. She's not a 3rd-Wave Feminist.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

2. The "internet" didn't do anything.

A handful of paid trolls in the Philippines did.

[Wilms]

3. Doesn't Jill know there's a special place in hell for women don't support HRC?

[Silver_Witch]

4. Oh no hurt feelings alert!

I want a candidate that reflects good values and cares for ALL women's children and does not feel any other mother's child needs to be brought to HEEL.

I would also hope that our candidate would not want any other mother's finances to be unsafe.

[wyldwolf]

5. Jill Stein butthurt by the internet

Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein celebrated Mother’s Day by calling Hillary Clinton a bad mother.

Stein lobbed the charge on Twitter, where she also implicitly suggested that, unlike Hillary, she was a great mother.

















http://americablog.com/2016/05/internet-excoriates-jill-stein-calling-hillary-bad-mom.html

[whatchamacallit]

11. Value$

[wyldwolf]

13. Jill Stein suddenly realize she still doesn't have any votes

[whatchamacallit]

14. That could change if Hillary gets the nom

[Demsrule86]

42. All these green people are spoilers nothing more

And one can certainly see what they have in common with Bernie or bust types.

[ThePhilosopher04]

22. You mean David Brock's paid trolls. Nice try.

[leftynyc]

38. You can comfort yourself

thinking all the Hillary supporters are being paid if you wish but it's one of the reasons you refuse to face up to reality. That's not Hillary's problem. That's not Hillary's supporter's problem. That's entirely your problem.

[AgingAmerican]

51. A million dollars buys a lot of trolls

I don't understand why she feels she needs an army of 'Neener! Neener! Neener!' trolls, but for whatever reason she does.

You would think she would want to put out a coherent message, but apparently they don't feel a need to.

[leftynyc]

54. Yawn

Is this really what you find important?

[AgingAmerican]

57. It is relevant, yes

And Hillary obviously believes it is important.

[Demsrule86]

43. I don't think paid trolls

gave her millions more votes than St. Bernie.

[Aerows]

24. Uh, well,

You were the one that breathlessly brought the buttheart to DU. It wasn't enough for you to post it once, you posted it twice in the same thread.

I figured I'd point that out, you're welcome.

[Armstead]

45. Gee I though Clinton supporters didn't do "Berniebro" style attacks

[Iliyah]

6. Now that was sh***y

[wyldwolf]

9. Internet responds by not voting for her

[Lucinda]

7. I read through the twitter responses earlier. She is getting a ton of well deserved

criticism. I never paid much attention to her before, and I see it was a smart choice. I can see why she never gets elected.

[wyldwolf]

10. She'll probably claim her tweet was misquoted

[Lucinda]

16. I wish her luck with that! Hard to misconstrue them...she fired off several.

Maybe an angry toddler hacked her feed?

[Armstead]

46. The Clintonbros are attacking someone on the Internet?

Gosh can I borrow the fainting couch from all those delicate souls who were so upset if sanders supporters replied critically to a tweet or Facebook post?

[whatchamacallit]

8. I just hearted Jill's tweet and followed her

because it's spot on.

[Demsrule86]

44. yeah and making kids cry is spot on too

A Bernie support told us that.

[Armstead]

47. Maybe you should consider a different signature line?

Perhaps one that is more in line with the tone of posts like this.

[whatchamacallit]

50. Don't know anything about that

but by my reckoning Jill Stein is a better presidential candidate than Clinton by a factor of 10.

[Demsrule86]

62. Jil Stein can't even win in New York

so no she is not a better candidate...she is a spoiler of elections but otherwise not relevant.

[wildeyed]

12. That was pretty low.

Politicizing Mother's Day to take a cheap shot at a political rival is not a Presidential look

[wyldwolf]

17. Come now. Calling Jill Stein Hillary's 'rival' is like ...

... calling the QB on your kid's pee wee league team Tom Brady's rival.

[wildeyed]

21. True.

And the peewee league kid is a hellaciously bad sport, to boot. We should all go tweet a "You mad bro?" meme at her

[oasis]

18. Jill knew what she was doing. Make an impression on

starry eyed zealots who no longer have a place to go, and they will become your folowers.

[amborin]

19. ROFL! David Brock Hillary's

[Bobbie Jo]

36. Exactly

Back to obscurity she goes...

[Tarc]

23. Jill Stein is an asshole, what an ugly thing to say on a holiday for honoring mothers

FFS, why are we even discussion fringe candidates from fringe 3rd parties on the DU anyways?

[Trust Buster]

25. Stein destroys the whole concept of Mother's Day. Stein's mother clearly did a poor job.

[hrmjustin]

26. Well Stein walked into that.

Well deserved pushback.

[Armstead]

53. And when Sanders supporters send critical comments they are evil Berniebros-- but...

it's fine for Clintonbros to do, because they are just defending motherhood....okay?

Gimme a D...O...U...B....L...E S...T..A...N....D....A....R....D

[hrmjustin]

55. Stein is a candidate for president as is Hillary.

They both have to handle criticism.

[Armstead]

56. You're correct...I'm not even complaining about the comments

Just the hypocracy that there have been equivalent situations, where a proliferation of comments to someone who spouts off against Sanders is characterized as rude boorish Bernibros swarming an innocent victim -- and further evidence that all supporters of Sanders are unhinged milennials..

And of course Clinton supporters are so mannerly they would never do that......

[hrmjustin]

59. Well some people here do tend to lump all supporters of one candidate as bad but most do not.

I personally don't use the term berniebro but I have encountered people on the internet that fit the accepted description. I have encountered hotheads for Hillary as well. But not everyone is like this.

But in real life Sanders supporters I know are similiar to Hillary supporters.

[Armstead]

60. I wish more would get that through their heads.

The people who support each candidates are not different species -- they have just reached different conclusions about the overall situation of the country and which candidate best represents their beliefs and goals.

(I'm guilty of it too sometimes.)

[hrmjustin]

61. I am guilty of this as well.

[Kokonoe]

27. She did not say anything about a great mother.

Jill Stien implied she wants a president that does not want to send children off to die in a war.
Reflecting the values of being a mother.

[Demsrule86]

49. Someone should tell her

That Bernie voted for Afghanistan...ohoh. He also voted for Yugoslavia. hmmmm so much people don't know about Bernie.

[Rex]

28. Never heard of her.

[NurseJackie]

29. Stein is very Ann Coulter-ish, isn't she?

[LWolf]

30. I want a woman president.

But even more than that, I want a decent human being.

HRC is not the woman I want to see become president.

Stein? She'd certainly be better than Clinton, but she won't be that woman, either.

The misogynistic world...it's still attached to its mothers, that being the fundamental connection that brings us into the world, a connection that remains strong regardless of what kind of mothering happened after the day of birth.

Clinton? She is not, in any way, a mother figure, except to her own daughter. I'll stay out of that one.

[Demsrule86]

52. There would never be a woman good enough for you all

And we are tired of waiting...and you better get used to it...Clinton or Trump are the choices as St. Bernie has lost the primary.

[LWolf]

66. "you all."

Nice.

I myself am a woman, and know plenty of women who are good enough. Just because Ms. Clinton is not among them, doesn't mean they aren't out here.

[mcar]

31. K&R

[CobaltBlue]

32. Has anyone checked the backgrounds of all who responded?

[bigwillq]

34. Congrats on 500 posts!

[CobaltBlue]

40. Thanks, bigwillq!

[NorthCarolina]

33. The "internet" savages Jill, or

David Brock's minions of paid internet "supporters for Hillary" plus maybe some actual Hillary supporters jumping in on the Brock salvo here and there...but "The internet"? The whole of "the internet"? Don't think so. Not defending Jill Stein, just pointing out the over exaggeration in the OP.

[stevenleser]

35. And that's why she couldn't make it in the Democratic Party. nt

[Cheese Sandwich]

39. Hillary supporters launch internet feud with Green Party candidate Jill Stein

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derp: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511927527

[Blue_Tires]

41. lol...

[AgingAmerican]

48. David Brocks million dollar troll army

[Yurovsky]

63. ^^^this +1,000 ....*

nm

[Bobbie Jo]

64. Good!

About damn time.

[Jamaal510]

65. When looking up

the word "opportunist" in a dictionary, there should be a picture of Jill Stein right next to the definition.

[DesertRat]

67. Well said! nt