The mystery of Clinton/Sanders online

[sarae]

2. yep

Maybe a large reason is that BS supporters who advertise it loudly, online and IRL, tend to be young men. Of course there are lots of young women, too – but the largest part seem to be young men. Men traditionally use more aggressive tactics of persuasion, tactics that either intimidate or turn women off. As a woman, I don't usually like to argue online or IRL. I tend to be non-confrontational, so when I see it, I don't usually engage (usually, anyway!). And since the demographics of Hillary supporters include more women and/or older people (who've mellowed out), perhaps that's the reason you don't see as much of the Hillary contingent speaking out.

I'm not saying that all who do that are assholes; I'm sure many of them don't realize they do it. Of course, many do realize and use it as a way to bully people, unfortunately. It's a shame that we're at a point where you can't admit you side with Clinton for fear of harassment.