2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 'Why do they hate Hillary Clinton so much?' [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)or stealth republican.
I know. I had friends who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. Some of those friendships almost ended because of the arguments I had with them at the time, and I certainly believe history proved my position- not theirs- right.
But they are sincere, good progressives who did what they did because of strong convictions, not "for shits and gigles" or because they secretly loved Karl Rove.
So I've said where I stand, but I'm not going to tell anyone else what to do, and even if I was so inclined I am certainly not operating under the illusion that insulting them on the internet is any way to convince them.
My advice to people genuinely interested in having Sanders folks come to support a HRC nomination, as opposed to people who just want to insult their 'enemies' and make clever snarky cheap shots "for shits, giggles (and a...?)"--- my advice is to be patient and let the Sanders folks come to their own calculations and conclusions on their own timetable.
The goose has to get itself out of the bottle.