2016 Postmortem

Buzz cook

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35. That's one of the problems of running on ideological purity

Reply to hill2016 (Original post)

Mon May 16, 2016, 10:35 PM

May 2016

Because you are pure any contradiction or disagreement is heresy. The people who disagree, apostates.

There is an emotional investment so that attacks on the object of purity is an attack on oneself.

Theirs is a metaphysical certainty that compares to the religious.

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Bernie promised a positive campaign...yet we have death threats, throwing chairs, making kids cry, [View all] hill2016 May 2016 OP

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No comment RepubliCON-Watch May 2016 #22

Fake people Baobab May 2016 #56

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And David Brock dflprincess May 2016 #5

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Spell much? dchill May 2016 #15

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And a Hillary supporter beating up a woman/Bernie supporter Kittycat May 2016 #6

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Just another Bernie day, with another Bernie mis-messaging Sheepshank May 2016 #8

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Believable link and video please. Otherwise just propaganda! sadoldgirl May 2016 #12

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Thanks a lot. Now prove this has been coming sadoldgirl May 2016 #31

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wow Hillary's campaign is really out in force with this guess the cover up is in full swing azurnoir May 2016 #55

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We have direct unprovoked violence coming from Hillary supporters .99center May 2016 #18

Do you have proof of anything you just said other jillan May 2016 #19

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I am still waiting for proof of throwing chairs. Hours and hours were videotaped from NV jillan May 2016 #25

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That's not what was in the audio tape that was posted. jillan May 2016 #32

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instigated by the Clinton supporters Jude the Obscure May 2016 #28

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Speaking on my own behalf, I'm outraged by those horrible BernieBros! RufusTFirefly May 2016 #33

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It's Brock-doo. nt grasswire May 2016 #47

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Making kids cry should be at the top of the list. U left out "kicking puppies". dinkytron May 2016 #39

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I haven't seen any stories about kicking puppies ... hill2016 May 2016 #66

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ignoring facts MFM008 May 2016 #50

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we have photo-ops of the same guy repeatedly in different poses supposedly making a child cry azurnoir May 2016 #57

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