2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I DON'T support Bernie for President [View all]unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)my daughter, her wife, my disabled son and many of their friends. None of us are "so-called liberals". I was speaking out for equal rights long before 2004. I saw many on this very board who supported Clinton and than Obama, tell our gay brothers and sisters to sit down, shut up and wait when it came to equal rights (I still campaigned and voted for Obama). When it came to ACA and I spoke about my concerns. I was called names told it was too complicated for me to understand. Yes I was too naive and stupid to understand something I had been dealing with since 1991. I had been fighting insurance companies for over a decade to get health care for my fully insured child. I fought to get laws passed in California (1994) regarding fair claims practices and pre-exisisting clauses. Yet I was told to shut up and sit down on this board by Obama supporters (I still supported and voted for Obama a second time).
My point is you will find supporters no matter who they support state things that are mean and sometimes downright nasty. If this affects your support than so be it. I think it is possible to support Clinton without denigrating a man who has spent a life time working for the people not the corporations. I also think it is possible to support Sanders without denigrating Clinton. Pointing out policy difference and how they stood on issues is not bashing.
Statements like your's below is the same as what fox has been saying for years with their "some people say" meme. I have seen this from both camps, we are hurting both candidates and our party when we do this. One will be our nominee, we will all be needed to support and get out the vote to keep the White House.
"The elitism and stank of white privilege that emanates from so many that cheer him is a total turn of."