Today, in public(!) a Berniebro threatened to

[MannyGoldstein]

reduce income inequality, stop pointless wars, apply the rule of law to bankers and oligarchs, and to make health care a right like it is in every other industrialized nation.

In public! Without shame! He even seemed proud of these things!



They are sick, they are legion, and they must be stopped!

Regards,

TWM

P.S. I totally agree with Bernie about everything, and totally love him, but this Bernie Supporter was the last straw. I'm now endorsing Hillary.

[zappaman]

1. Zzzzzzzzz

[Rockyj]

45. WTFU there's an INTERNATIONAL REVOLUTION...

AGAINST the greedy, narcissistic 1%!

[cprise]

58. Exactly... Issues R Booorrrr-ing!

We're going to have to come up with a name for a stereotypical Hillary supporter who are bored without prattle of stateliness and nice hair.

[SwampG8r]

74. I call them

Salon Democrats

[daleanime]

102. That works.....

might have to use it myself.

[Bubzer]

93. Sorry for the snark, but I have to indulge myself a little here.

I'm sure there'll be another tabloid to entertain you with meaningless drivel soon.

[JaneyVee]

95. A BERNIEBRO THREATENED NO SUCH THING!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251698209

[ZM90]

2. Obviously the Berniebros need to understand....

that kept promises is only for the 1% not the little people.

[sadoldgirl]

3. I bet that he mentioned as well that

he would raise the cap for SS. Well, that cannot be tolerated
at all! I hope that you gave the bro real hell!

Did you show him Dante?

[cantbeserious]

4. Chuckles - Thank You For The Laugh

eom

[pa28]

5. We must all be afraid of the Berniebros. Here is a picture identifying some of them.

They are very, very scary people.

[merrily]

8. Damn all those old white men to hell anyway! Ruined my life, they have!

And their little dogs, too!

[madfloridian]

18. lol

[sgtbenobo]

26. Apparently right under everyones nose's the Berniebros have already spawned....

the most awesome....and terrible thing since bread was whole and totally un-sliced.

Beware of the Berniebro-etts.

Vote at your own peril.

[pa28]

38. Yeah. I have a daughter in college and guess what?

All of her friends know about Bernie and they support him! The Bernie-bro's have now become bro-ettes. Be afraid.

[Fawke Em]

53. Can you wear bro-ettes in your hair?

Coz that's what I need to know.

[sgtbenobo]

60. Well, no; Ms. Fawke Em.

You can't actually wear them in your hair.

But, they can change the world if you just put them in your eyes and heart.

[marew]

91. Love your response! n/t

[Docreed2003]

77. Bernettes?? Nt

[madfloridian]

106. ........

Good one.

[stage left]

96. looks like quite a few girls there.

Kinda punches a hole in the whole Bro meme. At the rally I went to there was a goodly portion of old white women as well. Not bros, either.

[Beartracks]

99. Dang, they don't even look old enough to vote! And...

... is that Danny Partridge back there??



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[Fumesucker]

100. I can hear the Volvos and smell the arugula from here!

[Akbar]

6. LOL--But Beware

There are people out here on the internets who are not too swift. I'm sure you will offend somebody who doesn't understand they agree with you!

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Me? Offend someone?

Not likely.

[annabanana]

75. .

(luv ya)

[daleanime]

104. ........

[Art_from_Ark]

124. You better watch it, Manny

I hear Big Brother features you in his Two Minute Hate clips. So you must be offending *someone*

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Did the Berniebro mention anything about racial inequality and unarmed blacks being killed by cops?

Or was that not his focus?

[AgingAmerican]

10. Of course he did

nt

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Oh...then why wasn't it mentioned in the OP? I didn't know you were there too. nt

[AgingAmerican]

13. Then Bernie himself...

...rescued a former first lady from stupid questions about emails!!

[sgtbenobo]

63. seven words minus one.

Perfect!

[Krytan11c]

12. This may help

https://berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice/

Of course you're being disingenuous and don't really care about what the candidates are saying or doing.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. The OP makes it pretty clear he's talking about a "Bernie Supporter" (Berniebro)...

...not Bernie Sanders himself.

[senz]

56. You must be awfully bored

to keep playing these games, Cali_Democrat.

Here, something to cheer you up (pay close attention to the lyrics):

[merrily]

15. +1

[MannyGoldstein]

24. LOL!

Clearly, he hated minorities and is cool with unarmed blacks (sic) being killed by cops.

Good thinking.

He's also obviously in favor of slavery, child labor, and measles. And all kinds of other stuff he didn't mention.

And, more than anything, he's in favor of pathetic trolls.

[Cali_Democrat]

28. Then maybe you should update your OP so DU can get a full picture of this "Berniebro" person

you saw in public today.

Full disclosure and all.

[MannyGoldstein]

29. Cataloging all the terrible things he didn't mention

would require a post so huge it would take down the Internets.

But maybe I could add something about his love of pathetic, prevaricating, pernicious trolls. I'll think about it.

[Cali_Democrat]

32. I'm happy you got to see this "Berniebro" person in public today who you

claim was a "Bernie supporter."

Seems like a he has a focus on certain issues like income inequality.

Of course solving income inequality wouldn't have prevented Dylan Roof from murdering 9 black people in South Carolina, but I digress...

[MannyGoldstein]

34. Clearly, the racist bastard only cared about the 45,000 yearly deaths

from lack of medical insurance, because that's a common problem for well-off white men.

Outrage!

Thank goodness we have smart and honest people like you to remind us of these things. To bludgeon us with the truth, so to speak.

[Cali_Democrat]

37. You seem to know this "Berniebro" person quite well.

Did you have a lengthy conversation with him?

I find it hard to believe he wouldn't mention anything about #BlackLivesMatter or racist police violence, especially considering the fact that it's been all over the news the last two years.

Your OP made it quite clear what he was talking about in public. Maybe racist police violence just wasn't the focus of his public rant.

[MannyGoldstein]

42. I already told you, he was fixated on the hundred unnecessary daily deaths

of uninsured Americans. Which obviously only happens to well-off white men.

Certainly we can agree that he was a racist swine, no?

And certainly we can agree that killing a million or so people in a war with no purpose should be filed under "meh, @#$% happens", yes?

And certainly we can agree that LGBTQ Americans were perverse in The Lord's eyes until 2013.

(since 2013)

[Cali_Democrat]

46. I don't know the man

I've never met him and I've never seen him before in my life.

So I don't think I can call him a racist swine.

But it's also curious that this "Berniebro" person you allegedly saw in public today never mentioned anything about gun violence and the roughly 1.5 million Americans who have died from gun violence since 1968. Did he talk about the recent Oregon gun massacre?

More Americans have died from gun violence than in all US wars combined. No mention, eh? Also, no mention of how our racist criminal justice system targets minorities?

[MannyGoldstein]

47. He - get this! - actually said he was impressed

by Bernie's D-/F NRA rating, the lowest grade given to a Vermont Senator, representative, or governor in decades. Of course, smart people like you and me know that a grade like this is a sure sign of a libertarian gun humper.

And while I agree that it's not enough to prove that he's racist, we can probably infer, as you did, that he is a racist.

[Cali_Democrat]

55. What did he think about Bernie

voting against the Brady bill 5 times or voting to protect gun manufacturers from lawsuits?

It seems like you had a lengthy conversation with this "Berniebro" person you saw in public.

[senz]

57. Are you finished yet?

[merrily]

65. Aww, cut her some slack. She's just another Hillary supporter who just can't quit TWM!

Adds so much of value, too!

[senz]

67. Definitely obsessed.

I figured either it's jealousy because everybody loves Manny or else he reminds her of her ex.

Thanks for the Depeche Mode.

[merrily]

70. You're welcome. Much better, but too much substance for my other post:

Three ways

[senz]

115. Yes, much more substance. Thank you.

All three are very good; can't decide between Willie Dixon and Otis Rush, both are brilliant.

Sorry it took so long to reply, but I opened your comment amid a sea of distractions, saw that it was going to require some focus and time, and put it aside. Plus, the "can't quit (a person)" meme has unpleasant associations that I've been avoiding for a long time, namely a former boyfriend's singing Blood Sweat & Tears' "I can't quit her" repeatedly in the company of our friends after I backed out. So forced myself to listen to that inferior piece too, and felt a little sympathy after all these years. Probably a good thing, all in all.

Anyway, thanks for a treat.

[merrily]

116. I love those two as well. I think I lean toward Rush, but Dixon wrote it, so you

have to give an edge to the singer/songwriter.

Obviously, I had no idea it was an emotional trigger. Gee, you really never know what you're springing on someone on a message board, do you? I'm so glad it finally worked out well.

[senz]

117. I couldn't choose, they're both so good.

Nah, not "emotional trigger," not even close. Just residual annoyance.

[merrily]

118. Put out the trash.

I know: easier said than done.

[senz]

119. Wonderful slogan.

Think I'll have it cross-stitched and framed.

[merrily]

120. Stop needling me!

[senz]

121. Now don't be cross!

[merrily]

122. LOL! You're a stitch.

[merrily]

123. P.S.

A friend gave me a fridge magnet done up in calico and lace. In the center it says

Dinner Menu-Two Choices
Take it or leave it.


I think a cross stitched "Take out the trash" would make a love companion to the fridge magnet.

[senz]

125. Nice gift. :)

Sometimes terse little hints do what fine phrases can't. A friend showed me a neatly framed cross stitch that read, "Just Start."

Gift from her AA sponsor. I thought it was brilliant.

[merrily]

127. It is. And, on other occasions, "Just Stop" might be just what I need.

Hmm. ebay!

[senz]

128. LOL -- and I'm the opposite.

Sometimes I think if all the traits of all the people in the world could be combined, the result would be a perfect human being.

[Autumn]

97. You keep saying Bernie voted to protect gun manufacturers from lawsuits.

You are smarter than that. You know how to read obviously, so if you have taken the time to research that bill, or even listened to Bernie's reason why he voted against that bill and he explained that very clearly then you know that what you posted is not the truth. Either that or you are posting something that you know is not the truth. I hope it's the former and not the latter because you are better than that.

[HooptieWagon]

108. They not interested in facts or truth.

They just bitter that Hillary is gonna lose again, for the same reasons.

[Indepatriot]

36. If only there was a well-connected progressive alternative to Sanders who liked to get things done.

You know, someone with massive name recognition and unimpeachable integrity, who'd spent their time in the senate passing significant legislation that has truly made a difference in the lives of minorities. Or perhaps passed real gun control measures that reduced gun violence. Maybe that courageous fighter of a senator could have used their considerable power and connections to put some heat on Wall Street, or fight for LGBT rights, or used their chance to reform our health care system successfully....alas, there is no such alternative, only a finger to the wind, politically expedient third-way snake oil salesman who claims to be all of those things, while actually, of course, being none of them.....oh well, guess I'll have to settle for Sanders....

[enid602]

68. executive

But you have to remember that Bernie has all that executive experience he cultivated as mayor of Burlington. They have purt near 43000 people living there, you know. Achieving all of these lofty goals will be a snap.

[merrily]

73. How does your description fit HRC? Let me consider the ways:

Unimpeachable integrity? As much as any other weathervane that keeps evolving. See also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12777603

Spent time in the Senate (and/or House) "passing significant legislation" Um.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251694015 including http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=694066

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1280&pid=63762

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=694049

Yeah, I guess I have to settle for Sanders, too, no matter how hard the plutocrats/msm/DNC are pushing for Hillary. I can't. No, I can't.

[senz]

52. Yah. Bernie mentioned that in the 1st debate.

Hillary couldn't even bring herself to do it.

Bro.

[merrily]

54. What an ugly thing to imply about Third Way Manny.

Or anyone.

[senz]

59. I cannot stand that person.

[Fumesucker]

72. Respectfully if that is your position then I will only talk to hard working white people

[abelenkpe]

107. So pathetic and sad. nt

[Fawke Em]

110. He even SAID HER NAME.

[merrily]

16. My Super PAC is called Faux Bernie Supporters Ready for Hillary 2016. I so hope you'll donate!

I also have a Super PAC called Faux Neutrals and Undecideds Ready for Hillary 2016, but I keep that one more on the down low. shhh.



BTW, I hope the BernieBro at least did not mention wealth inequality. For me, that's the real tip off that one is dealing with a self-avowed traditional Democrat, aka Democratic Socialist.

[MannyGoldstein]

30. Certainly I'll donate!

Regards,

Jamie and Lloyd

[merrily]

48. Jamie and Lloyd pretend to support Bernie?

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I imagined pretending to support Bernie was a phenomenon unique to DU.

I see I haven't cast my Super PAC's net anywhere near widely enough. (no internet or fishing pun intended) I'm heading to do a mailing like "right fucking now."

ETA: Sorry. I just realized: You probably saw my prior post before I added "faux."

[Ed Suspicious]

41. Change the "faux" to "bros" and I'll say you're on to something.

[merrily]

49. Thanks for the suggestion. My Super PAC knows its audience, though. Please see Reply 48. nt

[MannyGoldstein]

81. On reflection,

I totally love those Super PACs.

Maybe an OP?

[merrily]

82. I'll gladly resign and turn the Super PACs over to you.

If you have a vision for an OP, please be my guest.

Nothing is occurring to me.

[RBInMaine]

17. It is possible to LIKE Bernie and many of his ideas but also live on EARTH realizing he can't win.

And I also like Hillary. She CAN win. A self-declared socialist can't win.

[Hydra]

19. Not as many people are scared of that term anymore

But please, by all means, keep saying so! I get more converts that way!

[AgingAmerican]

20. Cuz you say so!

[SoapBox]

21. But the self-declared Capitalist (aka, Corprotist) can?

Capitalist is much more of a dirty word, than Democratic Socialist, in my dictionary.

And if you are going to sling "socialist" around, please at least be accurate when referring to Bernie...there is a difference.

DEMOCRATIC socialist!

[frylock]

23. See the USA in a Chevrolet!

[senz]

62. ...

You are so good.

[dae]

112. GrrrREAT! I love nostalgia.

[MannyGoldstein]

27. What, in your opinion,

we're Hillary's three greatest political victories?

[sgtbenobo]

39. If winning is everything and if voting ones conscience is losing.

Then why even post on DU?

The GOP think winning is everything. Why not just give up and join them?

Maybe, If Hillary proclaimed; "I'm divorcing my husband. He has disgraced me. And rather than pander and wheel I will pursue elected office on my own without the machine we've built together.

I will cast all of that aside - and work for you - my American family."

She wouldn't have to wait in the wings. She might not have won. She would have set the stage.

And deserved my vote.

Maybe then, my son might not have been hoodwinked into Iraq.

[senz]

64. +1000

[Ed Suspicious]

43. This pisses me off to no end. "We love Bernie, but nobody will vote for him but the people."

[SusanCalvin]

80. It's pretty close to all they've got. nt

[senz]

61. For a self-declared Democratic Socialist he sure packs in the crowds

tens of thousands of cheering Americans.

Hey. Maybe the Cold War is over.

[eridani]

71. Clinton has zero appeal for the alienated 63%

That makes her a worse candidate than Sanders, who does appeal to them.

[in_cog_ni_to]

78. Watch and learn. There's not one person supporting Bernie that doesn't know he's a DEMOCRATIC

SOCIALIST. And guess what? No one cares!

It's not like the corrupt, greedy CAPITALISTS have done a bang-up, fantastic job for EVERYONE in this country.

People know exactly who Bernie is!

[jfern]

88. It's not like there's that much difference on the issues between him on and Sherrod Brown

who doesn't call himself a democratic socialist.

[in_cog_ni_to]

89. Exactly.

If Bernie called himself a Progressive from day one, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

The label is just ridiculous. Thankfully, millennials don't give two hoots about labels.

[Marty McGraw]

98. Very

.....antique?

Let us know when we should all duck & cover and be all would ya...

[TheFarS1de]

105. Did you look under the bed ?

I been checking for those commies every night . So far nothing except that pair of socks I will one day fish out from under there ... but nothing red as yet

[DRoseDARs]

22. Berniebro? Oh Manny, it must really *bern* you...

...that you didn't come of with that one yourself for your usual snark. That that sniveling horse's ass with The Atlantic came up with it first and honestly meant to smear supporters with it.

[phoenixpcrod]

25. Really?

I see this many times from HRC supporters. Same story. Then you dig into their profile and then you see they were HRC from the start. Dumb tactic.

[djean111]

79. The OP is snark.

You are right about the HRC supporters. I get the giggles when an OP or a post starts with "I am a Bernie supporter, BUT" or "I love Bernie, BUT", or whatever. I know bullshit is about to be flung.

[MisterP]

83. we're taunting this hot mess (and boy is it ever a hot mess)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251695816

[Ed Suspicious]

44. I'm totally a Berniebro.

My wife said she wants to be a Berniebroad.

[sgtbenobo]

50. Totally in love with your wife!

I'm 51 does that mean we are too old to be Berniebros.

Give my love to the Berniebroad.

Sounds a little weird.

But, you can't help loving the sentiment.

"Just cuz, the cat has her kitten's in the oven, you don't call them biscuits."

keep warm.

[sarge43]

94. How about Bernietrix?

After all, we are over educated elitists

[sabrina 1]

33. Lol! If it wasn't for his supporters, I would be totally on board with all the free stuff

he wants to hand out.

They are driving me towards more war, more Wall St corruption, more job killing Trade Agreements. SS cuts etc. ANYTHING but Bernie Supporters!

[merrily]

51. If he wins the primary, you will be forced to tongue a Bernie Bro, even if you are a nun.

See berniesanders.com. Says so right there (in English and Spanish). Perhaps now, you'll understand why people are voting for someone who can start a nuclear war if he or she so decides based on who supports him or her for the first time in world history.

[whatchamacallit]

85. Lol!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. You forgot to mention the horror of the NYSE feeling the Bern.

[bl968]

40. Posted this on Facebook with a link to the Atlantic Piece...

I am a white male Bernie Sanders supporter. So I feel uniquely qualified to comment on the dross...

Call me what you want, but keep this in mind.

1. It's it not a crime to be a white male. With that being said everyone through their god given human empathy should be able to acknowledge the pain, the needs, and the nobility of those who do not receive the very real benefits of white male privilege.

2. Just because Hillary is a woman does not negate my voice, nor my right to support a candidate who is not herself on the basis of my sex or gender.

3. Bernie Supporters are not just white males. We come in all races, genders, income brackets, Religious beliefs, and Nationalities. We will not force ourselves into your narrow minded mold.

4. Your attack will not shut us up, it will make us 10 times more vocal. For me personally it will open my wallet even wider to Bernie Sanders than it already has been.

With all that said the thing to keep in mind is that by attacking us you are burning a bridge that you won't be able to repair. Should your candidate somehow win the nomination which I still do not think will happen. You might find it impossible to get the Bernie Bros to come out and vote for your candidate. That is something that can cost the Democrats the election.

So ‪#‎HillaryClinton‬ you need to reel in your mouthpieces before they write a check your campaign can't cash.

[senz]

66. Damn straight

and beautifully stated.

[Kalidurga]

69. Thanks for trying Manny, but your warning came too late.

Today a Bernie Bro accosted me in broad daylight threatening to give everyone a COLA in benefits. Do you know what that could mean it could be like a 2%-5% adjustment. I was shaking so hard I didn't quite know what to do. Well thank goodness I don't have to worry about it for now since I don't get retirement benefits, but someday ohhhhhhhhhhh the horrors.

[MannyGoldstein]

76. Only Hillary can end our Kali Yuga

Bernie and his merry band of Berniebros are nothing more than Kauravas with Volvos.

[whatchamacallit]

84. This mirrors reality too closely to work as satire

[fbc]

86. I prefer the term "Comrade" because it's gender neutral.

[Babel_17]

87. Dirty hippies, reeking of cannabis,

fouling our fine Scotch and Cigar redolent air! :shakes fist:

[stonecutter357]

90. I am voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton....

[WillyT]

92. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Autumn]

101. Now I have to endorse Hillary

I have been convinced by all the kool kids.

[marym625]

103. imagine!

Income equality! WTF KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT! I need to know that my significant other is making more than I am

I need to know the boss, a do nothing frat boy, is making a shit ton of money! More than I'll see in a life time!

[Fast Walker 52]

109. heh, stupid Berniebros!

LOLZ

[beam me up scottie]

111. Another impotent slur they won't be able to use against Bernie supporters.

Well done, Comrade Manny!

[xocet]

113. Don't tase me, Berniebro! n/t

[MisterP]

114. aww, they don't want us talking about him! ever! he's not gonna win!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110721876

[Arugula Latte]

126. I'll bet he had a fucking BEARD!!!

That is the last straw, man!