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In reply to the discussion: Please don't call people racist because they disagree with you [View all]allin99
(894 posts)they definitely are sticking to a bully technique, aggressive and constant, and calling people racist is also part of the bully technique, definitely. and it takes a special kinda person to follow that route.
and just thinking about it overall, it makes a lot of sense. the protection of party/person and the need for everyone to fall in line. thanks so much, very interesting and does make sense.
i was thinking it had a great deal to do with cult of personality, there was a lot of "we" selling in the campaign. But for people to hold onto that that tightly, i wasn't sure that could account for everything. I remember when mayor cory booker said something the party didn't like, i saw people all over facebook say crazy shit about booker, and there is probably no more perfect example of good guy you could ever wanna know about. (i mean talk about a community organizer, have you read that guy's wiki page? lol daaaaamn.) so when i saw the hatred thrown at him, I was all: huh? i mean, throw a "boo" and "stfu", but my goodness. lol. They had pictures with horns on the guy, everything. but i suspect those people were very young.
but yeah, their vitriol for anyone who comes near obama you would literally think he is a god. Then i thought maybe they're just very young and think that this is how you help the party, but that doesn't quite cover it.
i'm going to read through the link you posted.