Bernie Sanders and the Peter Principle

[MADem]

224. That first link is not directed at you--why even mention it?

The writer makes a completely valid point in articulate fashion, too.

The 2nd link isn't directed at you either. No one is saying "Oh, that Jim Lane is a real Hillary Hater" are they?

But you jumped in with this remark (and 'sour' is a mild descriptor):

Star Member Jim Lane (7,222 posts)
47. Oh, absolutely. Any criticism of Hillary whatsoever constitutes Hillary hate.

Except, I guess, when it's merely Hillary bashing. Perhaps the great minds of the Hillary Clinton Group could work out a rubric for distinguishing between those two categories.

There will, of course, be no need for a third category, of "legitimate concerns to raise as part of the vetting of candidates during the fight for the nomination." When it comes to Hillary, there are no recorded instances of any DU post that Hillary supporters consider as falling within that category.

That is just not true. Much of the criticism is not actual criticism, it's debunked bull straight outta Newsmax and The Daily Caller. Hand written by Reince Pribus.

As for the comment by the Clinton supporter, that's what people are supposed to do on message boards--make points, and debate them as well. If you disagree with post 67's conclusions, refute them--don't whine that the few HRC supporters who haven't been driven off are being "mean to you." It just smacks of petulance. And you're accusing me of "bemoaning?" It's especially ironic that you are doing it in this particular group, where a former Sanders supporter was hounded and silenced for having the nerve to give #BLM perspective to DU's own Anointed One.

Most of the accusations about Clinton are from bullshit sources and they do carry GOP water. And I can't help but think that not everyone is so obtuse that they don't know where they're getting some of this stuff.

I am not moved by your display of the victim card, sorry. The people who have been victimized on this board are those who refuse to feel that Bern, or who display insufficient enthusiasm for him. We've had members of this group silenced for not staying in their place on the bandwagon. And to me, that's not 'support.' That's bullying, and a lot of it has been done by newcomers with no sense of the DU ethos, and people who I suspect do not have the interest of Democrats at heart.

Because these people are saying what some DUers want to hear, they ignore some of the ugly attitudes expressed, that if directed at THEIR candidate, they'd find appalling.