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In reply to the discussion: Dear Susan Sarandon: [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... that Jill Stein didn't stand a snowball's chance of winning. But she also knew that by encouraging people to NOT support the Democratic nominee, she (Sarandon) could exact revenge on a party that disappointed her.
Sarandon has always advocated for some variation of the "burn-it-down-to-rebuild-it" philosophy. This is exactly what she wanted, and this is why she's so giddy in her flurry of media appearances.
It's a mistake to call this a "bright side". Calling that suggests that it's happenstance, just a happy accident. It gives the false impression that this is something resulting from the consequences of some unintended or unanticipated event. THE TRUTH IS: THIS IS WHAT SARANDON WANTED!!
The only way the emoprogs and fruitcake fringy koo-koo wacko Jill Stein voters can have any meaningful "power" or "influence" in the Democratic party is to destroy or weaken the party with the help of the GOP. It's like they've got this weird and surreal "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing going on. Sarandon and those wacky Jill Stein voters see the GOP as their strategic "friend".
It makes sense that Sarandon and her defenders say things like "Hillary is more dangerous than Trump"... promoting that false narrative only furthered their ultimate goal of weakening the Democratic Party so that the fruitcakes can try to take over. Frankly, I think ALL attacks and smears on the Democratic Party (from all quarters) are designed to divide and weaken the party and further their objective.
I hope you don't also support Sarandon's "burn it down" philosophy... do you?