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In reply to the discussion: How long until the Hillary haters on DU start talking about "Benghazi!!!!" [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)For example, the objection that people with HSBC accounts contributed to the Clinton Foundation. I didn't make that up, that was an actual thread. I'm supposed to pretend that's not pure idiocy?
So was the thread about Brooklyn Heights. There are also people who have compared the difference between Hillary and a Republican as the difference between being raped and murdered. Or the difference between being murdered by hanging or by injection. And then there are the threads by people who (claim they) won't vote for Hillary in the GE. This is not an unpopular sentiment here. I don't know if these people are serious or not, but does that make it less stupid?
Anyway, this stuff is irrational hatred in my book.
As for me, there are other Dems who I'd rather see elected president than Hillary. For the nomination, I'm not sure, because actually winning the election is very important, more important to me than the difference between, say, Hillary and Warren, especially when you realize that the limiting factor is going to be congress in either case.
And the thing is, Hillary is very likely to be the nominee. Yes, I know 2008, but if you look at the situation in more detail, this isn't 2008, the polls are stronger for Hillary this time, and there isn't anyone with a real chance that's showed any serious interest in running (Warren would be, but she's not running).
Which all means that having 20 anti-Hillary threads per day, most of which are really dumb, is an indication of irrational hatred.