2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The attacks I'm seeing here against Bernie and his message are positively Republican in nature. [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)I never thought I'd see Obama called a piece-of-shit used car salesman, a Manchurian candidate, a Trojan Horse, a corporatist sell-out, Republican-lite, a shill for the 1%, a water-carrier for the GOP, etc. - and yet all of those things, and worse, have been posted here.
I never thought I'd see Planned Parenthood targeted for being part of the dreaded "establishment", or see a civil rights icon like John Lewis thrown under the bus because he had the gall to endorse a candidate other than Bernie.
In fact, I never thought I'd see every Democrat, every group, every organization, every union who has chosen to support HRC rather than Bernie thrown under that same bus - and yet it's now a daily occurrence here.
There isn't a "Republican in nature" attack that has not been leveled against Democrats on this site - even to the point of posting articles and/or statements from RW authors, bloggers, and publications to make the point.
So if you're suddenly appalled by Republican talking points being used against Democrats on DU, you've apparently missed the boat that sailed a very long time ago.