2016 Postmortem

Bernieftw2016

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27. As an older female Bernie supporter myself, the media keeps forgetting the other point...

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:59 AM

Mar 2016

I am 100% behind Bernie. What really bothers me behind the sexism charges is that many of us older progressives (in addition to the younger Bernie supporters) begged Elizabeth Warren to run before Bernie decided to announce his candidacy. The media pundits & Hillary know this.

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Hillary Clinton's Internet Supporters Desperately Want This Campaign to be about Sexism [View all] Bubzer Mar 2016 OP

very good post Merryland Mar 2016 #1

I agree. All the "older women" I know are distinctly pro Bernie. Bubzer Mar 2016 #2

I'm in my 70's and definitely pro Bernie. Duval Mar 2016 #36

Awesome! Bubzer Mar 2016 #79

Yes, "very good" except for EVERYTHING. :) We're not "desperate," Hortensis Mar 2016 #55

The word desperate was part of a title, but I wont shy away from it. I will merely agree to disagree Bubzer Mar 2016 #82

And yet here you are, partisan as hell. Why not Hortensis Mar 2016 #83

I'm not here pretending to be nuetral. Bubzer Mar 2016 #84

About 95% of the ones I know are pro Bernie hobbit709 Mar 2016 #5

Two of my closest friends are women in their fifties. bvf Mar 2016 #13

My mom will be 80 this year, and is Bernie all the way. nt PunkinPi Mar 2016 #17

Female, in my 80s and very much for Bernie Thirties Child Mar 2016 #93

Can somebody link me to this brick thing they're constantly going on about VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #3

Thanks for connecting the term with the act! I forgot all about that word: gaslighting. Bubzer Mar 2016 #6

Exactly what it is. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #7

Yep, that's the correct term. haikugal Mar 2016 #77

I think this is where that meme began Electric Monk Mar 2016 #68

Yeah, I got linked here earlier. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #70

Nothing else has worked so bring this out again. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #4

Nothing will make people feel comfortable about immediately denouncing any sexism kcr Mar 2016 #8

That's a non-sequiter and very disingenuous. Phony accounts of sexism is itself sexism. Bubzer Mar 2016 #11

Or. You just don't agree that it's sexist. Which is more likely? kcr Mar 2016 #15

Wait, let me get this straight... Bubzer Mar 2016 #19

Not in the context of who's right on the internet. No. kcr Mar 2016 #21

And we come to the heart of it. Bubzer Mar 2016 #25

Okay, then kcr Mar 2016 #26

Selective Sexism snort Mar 2016 #41

Right! Add a dollop of gaslighting and mix vigorously. Bubzer Mar 2016 #43

To me there are few things that are lower than... tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #29

It won't shock you to learn I don't agree, I'm sure. kcr Mar 2016 #30

We've already been around the antisemitism bush several times here in GD-P Fumesucker Mar 2016 #59

Yep. I wonder if the person I was responding thought it was low to complain about that? kcr Mar 2016 #62

+about a million! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #32

Thanks! kcr Mar 2016 #56

Their lies have disgusted decent Americans to the point where Zorra Mar 2016 #9

It's interesting that she BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #33

The actual online misogynists are aligned with the Tea Party starroute Mar 2016 #10

Exactly right! The few who manage to get onto this site, dont stay long either... thank you MIRT!!!! Bubzer Mar 2016 #14

I remember a bunch of people here claiming an economic fix would be beat to preserve equal rights- bettyellen Mar 2016 #81

That seems dumb but it isn't misygyny starroute Mar 2016 #88

That dog just ain't gonna hunt. Fuddnik Mar 2016 #12

K&R. bvf Mar 2016 #16

Hillary wants to fight for all those low income women. jalan48 Mar 2016 #18

I've Said It Before SDJay Mar 2016 #20

Sexism might be a bigger issue with an older demographic Victor_c3 Mar 2016 #22

The meme is quite noticable . TheFarS1de Mar 2016 #23

I'm a woman way over 45 and I support Bernie! I can't stand CharlotteVale Mar 2016 #24

As an older female Bernie supporter myself, the media keeps forgetting the other point... Bernieftw2016 Mar 2016 #27

They conveniently forget it, since it doesn't fit the preconceived narrative. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #39

Not at all, just noticing an increasingly sexist tone here. Remember, it is possible to support anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #28

The American people were finally ready for a female president, but reject establishment candidates. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #31

Right. Because telling a woman to vaginally disembowel herself with a brick is not sexist. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #34

That's so low! kcr Mar 2016 #35

Link, please? ljm2002 Mar 2016 #40

It still sits in GDP, with 136 recs. A DU jury upheld the vile language 4-3. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #45

Thank you... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #46

Why use that phrase at all? It is not just "crude," it's misogynistic. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #47

And this is exactly my point... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #63

Sexism isn't ever expressed metaphorically? kcr Mar 2016 #65

Nice attempt to move the goal posts... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #66

So, then. What do you think the poster meant, metaphorically speaking? kcr Mar 2016 #71

No, that language is used at women and it is misogynistic. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #67

She laughed at the death of someone... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #69

Correct - I've said "fuck him with a rusty fork" (or similar items) PLENTY of times about disgusting kath Mar 2016 #80

Hillary did not call for Gaddafi to die by bayonet. His own troops (rebels) stabbed and shot him. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #86

OFFS... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #87

Yes, it is common misogynistic hate speech aimed at women. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #89

Wait a minute. You were talking about Quaddafi? kcr Mar 2016 #95

In post #63, upthread, I said: ljm2002 Mar 2016 #98

I was talking about post 69 kcr Mar 2016 #100

Shame on you. ljm2002 Mar 2016 #102

I'm a lot like Bernie? Thanks! kcr Mar 2016 #104

Twisted is twisted... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #105

Twisted is twisted kcr Mar 2016 #106

Whoa that is FUCKED UP vintx Mar 2016 #50

I entered the description of a BernieBro into my supercomputer and it spit out this image: snort Mar 2016 #37

LOL nt m-lekktor Mar 2016 #54

!!! Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #75

Excellent analysis, I doubt it will penetrate the Hilly-bubble though. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #38

so you might say it's a "Single White Female" role? MisterP Mar 2016 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalnarb Mar 2016 #44

That poster was protesting a DUer telling a woman to vaginally impale herself on a brick. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #49

That's repulsive. Did the brick DUer get banned? liberalnarb Mar 2016 #58

No. It survived a alert and sits in GDP with 137 recs. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #60

Well, I replied to the OP, not that it makes a difference. liberalnarb Mar 2016 #96

No. I suggest reading their whole post. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #64

Not only not banned, but over 150 recs for the post. kcr Mar 2016 #73

Jesus. liberalnarb Mar 2016 #74

...proving that she has nothing positive and real, to run on. Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #48

Hillary is the only candidate out there offering real plans. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #52

if you call these plans Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #53

Your silly graphic does not list her plans. Her plans are on hillaryclinton.com. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #57

There is plenty of sexism and misogyny on the left. That brick comment vintx Mar 2016 #51

go f yourself is not sexist. It is said by both sexes to both sexes. I'm not sure why that poster liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #76

Really? You don't know why they "added the brick part"? SunSeeker Mar 2016 #91

Yep. It brings out the hypersensitivity. backscatter712 Mar 2016 #61

It's the same thing we've been seeing here for years Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #72

no sexism involved oldandhappy Mar 2016 #78

GG is a libertarian who cheered when the Ds lost the 2010 mid-terms. His view is that struggle4progress Mar 2016 #85

True. GG is no friend of Democrats. nt SunSeeker Mar 2016 #90

That doesn't delegitmize his analysis of the situation. Not by a mile. Bubzer Mar 2016 #94

His "analysis" is not impartial: he intends it to have the consequences I indicated struggle4progress Mar 2016 #99

look, unless the fairness doctrine has been re instituted when I wasn't looking, no one's impartial Bubzer Mar 2016 #101

It already is. Namely, only someone who shares my plumbing... lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #92

So, because it's merely coincidence that Bernie just so happens to share yours? kcr Mar 2016 #97

I have yet to meet anyone who says they're voting for Bernie because he has a penis. Bubzer Mar 2016 #107

Well of course not. Why would they? kcr Mar 2016 #108

If anyone were voting for a man BECAUSE he was a man? Hell yes it'd be sexist. Bubzer Mar 2016 #109

Okay kcr Mar 2016 #110

My state has 2 women senators. Men have run against them. Rilgin Mar 2016 #112

Am I just imagining we've only ever had men as presidents, then? kcr Mar 2016 #114

Presidency is not the only election. Your claim is about gender and running for election. Rilgin Mar 2016 #118

No. It's not. n/t kcr Mar 2016 #119

So, the last person who should be pointing at women and claim they're sexist for that kcr Mar 2016 #111

That's quite the double standard you're lugging around. Bubzer Mar 2016 #113

How is it a double standard? kcr Mar 2016 #115

So your going to defelct and not answer the hard question? Typical. I expect no less. Bubzer Mar 2016 #116

I'm not deflecting. I'm sticking to the point of this subthread. kcr Mar 2016 #117

When you desperately have nothing, accuse them of sexism. Ivan Kaputski Mar 2016 #103

Second Wave Vs. Third Wave Feminism DrFunkenstein Mar 2016 #120