I Would Like Someone Other That Hillary Clinton As Our Nominee... That Makes Me A Hillary Hater ???

[Moonwalk]

28. Your question seems to imply that anyone who favors Hilary is an asshole....

...who won't stand for anyone who disagrees with them. Which also implies that those who want someone else are not assholes. That they are gracious towards those who say they do want Hilary and never say mean things to them.

Ask the question the other way and I think you'll see what I mean: "If I don't want Warren, I'm a Warren hater...?" It implies that the person who doesn't want Warren is rational, but those who do are irrational. What's most problematic, however, is that it invites posters to say things like "Yeah, those Warren supporters are terrible! If you tell them don't want Warren they'll call you..." Fill in the insult. This long list of grievances makes Warren supporters look even worse. In other words, you're allowing people to reinforce their image of ALL supporters as irrational.

I know you wanted to get across the point that you shouldn't be attacked as a hater, and you're right, you shouldn't be. But the way you asked this question was such that you've just gotten those who don't want Hilary to circle their wagons against those who do, seeing Hilary supporters as all irrational. Meanwhile, those who do support her, and would have agreed with you, are seeing only that they're viewed as irrational (given your question) and so have no reason to respond.

There are irrational folk on both sides, and they will resort to name calling. I don't know the best way, here on the internet, to stop that. It's easier face to face. But I do know that when you ask questions like this, you preach to a choir that wants to hear wha they want to hear (Hilary supporters are irrational), rather than to those who need to be converted (irrational Hilary supporters who should understand that they're not helping their cause by calling people names).