Look I know that I've been annoyingly strident on several threads since Monday [View all]

[The Polack MSgt]

And re-reading some of those posts, I realize that anger and whisky are not the most eloquent co-speakers.

Alright, I have posted a few inarticulate snarls of rage and I should explain myself.

For the last several months, this space has been sour and accusatory in nature.

Although any Sanders supporter could point to several counter examples, the weight of flaming blame, spite and recrimination keeps coming at me and others like me. So I gather that the prevailing wisdom is that Hillary supporting middle age Democrats are the problem.

More than that though, every damn thing that happens is Secretary Clinton's fault. Every issue from crappy grits at Denny's to your cousins leaking roof has happened because Hillary exists.

Hillary is required to wear the hair shirt and accept every accusation as divine truth. She can never abase herself enough to satisfy many of DU's true believers.

And since she never abases herself at all, her "arrogance" is held up as proof that SHE IS THE EVIL WE MUST PURGE.

There are many reasons this debacle happened - Comey, Russia, Gerrymandering, poor strategy/campaign planning, rat fucking fake "liberals", and the almost one in eight Sanders fans who voted for Trump.

Zip it, tuck it back into your pocket, and listen up:

Bernie or Busters were undeniably part of the Trump coalition. If you're here on DU that does not include you, unless you are intentionally breaking the TOS.

Here's the deal tho. I keep hearing about the "Obama-Trump voter" as if that was a major factor. Sanders backers love this demographic - because if Hill couldn't keep Obama fans in the fold it means she alone is at fault - right?

So, there are no other issues, she just sucks too hard to even keep Obama's fans.

Except these people's numbers are insignificant. Not. A. Factor.

But bring up the BoBers who wrote in Sanders, or voted third party or voted FOR TRUMP and the long knives are out.

No dammit no. Not everything is because of Bernie, not everything is Hillary's doing either. We all see that...

But there is a blatant double standard here that sickens me.