A plea to Bernie Sanders supporters.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

115. Straw man, loosely defined

is falsely re-characterizing someone else's argument so that it is easily defeated. My argument was that by surrendering to ego and shouting past a Hillary supporter, some Bernie supporters are being counter-productive in two ways:

1) alienating those whose support we will need when we win the nomination (a traditional need); and

2) alienating those whose support we will need in the streets after we win the election (an extraordinary need).

I went on to suggest that instead of engaging in the endless bickering since about 2004, we should try to be more civil. I think those are ways to broaden the debates and make them more productive. Nowhere did I suggest not debating- we need that. It's just that most of it is snark, puerile or personal. Look at all the crap on this thread for example. Most of the responses are mindless snark. The sad thing is that many of these people are above average in education and intelligence. Doesn't speak well for critical thinking in this country. If we don't evolve soon much of this country is literally going to be under water.