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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It's cute how Hillary's fans are acting like social media is silly and meaningless. [View all]mythology
(9,527 posts)6. Considering that the primaries are won by voting
Yes a snarky hashtag is meaningless.
But it's also obnoxious how so many people thing that the Democratic party is similar to the Republicans. Perhaps if you got off social media you might realize the parties are more divided than since Reconstruction. It's hard to take your complaint about the vital importance of social media when you get it so wrong on if the parties are similar.
http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/3/24/11298808/american-politics-peak-polarization
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It's cute how Hillary's fans are acting like social media is silly and meaningless. [View all]
vintx
May 2016
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"As Skinner said, the amount of progressives who won't vote for her is tiny."
BernieforPres2016
May 2016
#4
It's cute how Bernie's fans are acting like minority voters are silly and meaningless.
LexVegas
May 2016
#10
Bernie is far enough behind at this point that he doesn't have much of a shot of catching her.
Ace Rothstein
May 2016
#31
Don't worry, they did polls, not many Bernie or Busters, they can't blame us when they lose.
Joob
May 2016
#15
Social media is definitely a mixed bag. However its usefulness and meaningfulness
BootinUp
May 2016
#40
blaming Dems for the gerrymandering that they have been fighting? Learn that from tweets, I bet.
bettyellen
May 2016
#48