2016 Postmortem

ericson00

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44. I think its now official: Bernie is a Democratic-ish Ron Paul

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 11:02 PM

Sep 2015

in what he motivates people to do online, which translates into blog posts and big rallies, but not leads in most polls and thus votes. I say Democratic-ish because Sanders is an independent "'Democratic' Socialist," not a Democrat.

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Dr. Jane Goodall flamed online after shaking hands with Hillary. [View all] RandySF Sep 2015 OP

those evil bernie supporters virtualobserver Sep 2015 #1

So by posting a false accusation that no one is making… you try to mask KittyWampus Sep 2015 #127

first.....the article was bogus......I went to Jane Goodall's facebook virtualobserver Sep 2015 #142

+1 Scootaloo Sep 2015 #227

What virtualobserver said Android3.14 Sep 2015 #155

And Clinton's supporters are all so polite and respectful and well behaved, Armstead Sep 2015 #2

From what I see on DU, yes we are. RandySF Sep 2015 #5

No. You're not. Fawke Em Sep 2015 #9

Amen to that. John Poet Sep 2015 #16

Maybe they get it from their candidate. Fawke Em Sep 2015 #34

Except if you look at how the candidates have run their campaigns so far BainsBane Sep 2015 #72

there you are being all condescending and stuff, like you know everything baines. dare to point out seabeyond Sep 2015 #88

But she was humble enough BainsBane Sep 2015 #124

ya know. this whole conversation is shift me to seabeyond Sep 2015 #125

Dare to speak in an sentence? Fawke Em Sep 2015 #205

Bernie's had been geared toward large areas where he gives speeches AlbertCat Sep 2015 #120

She is talking to the people and LISTENING BainsBane Sep 2015 #123

and LISTENING AlbertCat Sep 2015 #126

I happened to see your post BainsBane Sep 2015 #194

race. i just compared it to a sport event, a race. lol. competition. decades. seabeyond Sep 2015 #128

instead of ignoring dissing trashing AlbertCat Sep 2015 #132

i do not do groups. i do not know that i have ever purposely walked in that group. seabeyond Sep 2015 #136

Politics is not meant to be entertainment or spectacle, like a rock concert. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #129

when i do competition, when i put my head down for a race, it is not about entertaining. seabeyond Sep 2015 #131

when i do competition.... AlbertCat Sep 2015 #134

you deny the politician in sanders. i do not. i find this fascinating. and i see the politician seabeyond Sep 2015 #138

Bullshit. eom Fawke Em Sep 2015 #206

That has NOTHING to do with what I said. Fawke Em Sep 2015 #204

Condescending--- that's their one very common quality AlbertCat Sep 2015 #135

fug what she says, it is her tone? and. lol. and. men telling us we are only voting clinton cause seabeyond Sep 2015 #139

men telling us AlbertCat Sep 2015 #140

when a white tells a black. when a man tells a women. ya. there is a difference. seabeyond Sep 2015 #168

Well... Fawke Em Sep 2015 #207

The article isn't about snarky and condescending BainsBane Sep 2015 #69

The article isn't about snarky and condescending AlbertCat Sep 2015 #137

And, not infrequently, a good deal worse than that. Repeately claiming your behavior is superior merrily Sep 2015 #74

Bravo Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #79

"HRC supporters are snarky and condescending". And, BS supporters are not? Cha Sep 2015 #201

So you're saying they are very Hillaryish? L0oniX Sep 2015 #222

OH puleezze. Most if us on DU get excessive in our zeal. Be intellectually honest about it. Armstead Sep 2015 #20

oh come on! lol wendylaroux Sep 2015 #153

The weird thing is, Bernie isn't even running for President...his supporters are. virtualobserver Sep 2015 #10

LOL! And all many millions of them are exactly alike, too. merrily Sep 2015 #75

like we had a choice!....you remember what it was like, before we separated back at the hive..... virtualobserver Sep 2015 #80

You missed the buzz? merrily Sep 2015 #81

uh, yes he is restorefreedom Sep 2015 #111

I should have added the virtualobserver Sep 2015 #113

no there was no need for you to do that restorefreedom Sep 2015 #116

Well, merrily Sep 2015 #117

yeah i have seen some of his "supporters" restorefreedom Sep 2015 #176

Not surprised by this at all. If you dare support Hillary (or just have a pic with her) be prepared Metric System Sep 2015 #3

And vice versa Armstead Sep 2015 #22

Really? Where? Metric System Sep 2015 #23

Everywhere...For starters: Do you ever visit that place called DU and read the threads? Armstead Sep 2015 #42

I support Bernie.. cannabis_flower Sep 2015 #103

i feel the same about all three. i was just thinking, if a sanders rally came around me, would be seabeyond Sep 2015 #105

Yeah, and then victims that they are.. they try to project it on to others.. Not working. Cha Sep 2015 #202

Sanders , the Great Satan . TheFarS1de Sep 2015 #4

This isn't about Sanders at all. It's about some of his supporters. Metric System Sep 2015 #7

Sure it is ... TheFarS1de Sep 2015 #12

Huh? I dragged what now? Metric System Sep 2015 #14

There is a long history of Hillary hate on this site. hrmjustin Sep 2015 #39

There is also a long history on this site of labeling any criticism of Hillary as hate merrily Sep 2015 #78

There's a long history of Democrat hate on this site. KittyWampus Sep 2015 #130

more so now. we have a democratic candidate whose base is middle and working class poeple seabeyond Sep 2015 #133

Who may not be his supporters. There are thousands upon thousands of paid trolls on the internet Luminous Animal Sep 2015 #28

So it never happened? RandySF Sep 2015 #19

Jane Goodall was never flamed. Scootaloo Sep 2015 #228

This has become all too typical. SonderWoman Sep 2015 #6

This was alerted, FYI. Nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #8

Of course it was Alerted on.. they can't handle facts being brought TO LIGHT about the online Cha Sep 2015 #59

Unfuckingbelievable. nt SunSeeker Sep 2015 #70

I like your Sanders... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #11

You don't have to like me, but know your disdain only feeds my inner beast. Now I'm really Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #64

you do realize thats a play on what Ghandi VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #67

Went right over his head, apparently Hekate Sep 2015 #68

This was alerted on ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #13

I wouldn't be surprised if it is given the state of the jury system. Metric System Sep 2015 #17

Nope ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #25

I was either #1, 5, 6 or 7! Suich Sep 2015 #61

Yeah this is old ibegurpard Sep 2015 #15

I never saw it posted before. RandySF Sep 2015 #18

But you saw the date ibegurpard Sep 2015 #24

It's highly relevant to the behavior on display on Howard Dean's Facebook page. Metric System Sep 2015 #21

those awful awful Sanders supporters ibegurpard Sep 2015 #27

You must be a part of the mob on his Facebook page. Metric System Sep 2015 #29

Nope ibegurpard Sep 2015 #33

Really. What kind of behavior was displayed? Luminous Animal Sep 2015 #32

People saying Dean is wrong, and saying how much they like Bernie Armstead Sep 2015 #43

Whoa! That is horrible! The horribleness of the rabble horribly expressing their horrible opinions. Luminous Animal Sep 2015 #56

I said "Come on Howard Dean. Feel the Bern! Yeah!" Was that really over the top? You guys got Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #65

Some really soft and delicate feels? merrily Sep 2015 #83

Jury results: 1-6 to keep, and an irony alert stevenleser Sep 2015 #26

The alerter clearly didn't read the article or even the comments under the article which provide Metric System Sep 2015 #31

dredging up stuff from July for the "Bernie supporters are bad" meme virtualobserver Sep 2015 #40

This is about his supporters, not him. hrmjustin Sep 2015 #41

this OP is BS, I read the posts- only 4 mentioned Bernie- none of them were unpleasant virtualobserver Sep 2015 #46

I looked back through the comments on Jane Goodall's facebook page. The Huff-Post article lies. Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #47

Not a surprise. merrily Sep 2015 #77

Really? Because posters on this thread said they read the comments back to July and there is no merrily Sep 2015 #101

Another bullshit attempt to silence a HRC supporter. hrmjustin Sep 2015 #37

I love that the frontrunner is the fucking victim. This is disgraceful. Slimy. This is shit- Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #66

No, she is not the front runner on DU. That's like saying Obama and his supporters stevenleser Sep 2015 #223

Sanders supporters hijack threads here as well. zappaman Sep 2015 #30

Your not llowed to post positive stuff about Hillary outside of the HRC room. hrmjustin Sep 2015 #38

Sorry, you got a hide, Justin, for telling it like it is. You merely told the truth and they can't Cha Sep 2015 #51

This is getting ridiculous. Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #54

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #35

This post seems like bullshit and lies. Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #36

I wasted my time reading all of the posts....no Bernie supporter was trashing Hillary......... virtualobserver Sep 2015 #48

I read them too, back to July. Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #50

The reality is, this swarm of unsupported "Bernie supporters are bad"..posts in this thread virtualobserver Sep 2015 #52

Mmmmmm..... Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #55

yeah, the heat of the moment virtualobserver Sep 2015 #57

NO BERNIE SUPPORTER TRASHED HILLARY? NO BULLYING OF GOODALL? The OP article is bullshit? merrily Sep 2015 #82

the example in the article.... virtualobserver Sep 2015 #84

No. Especially not if I had worked with apes all my life. Or posted in Gd:P for a day. merrily Sep 2015 #85

Oh the horror!!! Autumn Sep 2015 #92

It's a meme some Bernie supporters themselves perpetuate. SunSeeker Sep 2015 #73

Total class act, there. nt Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #106

Let's see.... AlbertCat Sep 2015 #159

Gleefully trashing Dean on his Facebook page is not merely expressing "disappointment." SunSeeker Sep 2015 #167

How do you attack a FaceBook page? AlbertCat Sep 2015 #170

Ask the Bernie supporters doing it to Dean's page. SunSeeker Sep 2015 #174

Still don't see an attack. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #175

If that's your idea of an attack, you really need to get out more often. frylock Sep 2015 #232

I think its now official: Bernie is a Democratic-ish Ron Paul ericson00 Sep 2015 #44

you didn't read the posts virtualobserver Sep 2015 #49

A. The OP article is bullshit. See Reply 84, among others. Bernie doesn't motivate his supporters merrily Sep 2015 #86

Shocker. nt onehandle Sep 2015 #45

hrmjustin got a hide and timeout in this OP, results.... stevil Sep 2015 #53

Mahalo stevil.. Justin got a hide for speaking the truth. Cha Sep 2015 #60

for speaking the truth. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #177

Justin is right.. the "evidence" is all over the board. Cha Sep 2015 #181

And the Jurors were right .. TheFarS1de Sep 2015 #185

No, the "jurors" were Wrong in Censoring Justin. Cha Sep 2015 #190

evidence of what? AlbertCat Sep 2015 #188

Yes, the evidence all over the board. Even Hillary's Group where BS Disruptors come into bash Cha Sep 2015 #191

Juror 7 nails it SwampG8r Sep 2015 #90

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #93

They bully because they can. That's what happened there. That's how far their "Progressivism" goes stevenleser Sep 2015 #141

Why don't you go have a look at the interfaith group or prayer circle AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #145

He can't silence anybody. Only an alerter and 4+ jurors can do that. If he outdebated folks in those stevenleser Sep 2015 #146

No, he was host of both AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #147

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #179

I guess we have secret methods and such. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #189

Ok, I gotta ask... Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #149

Interfaith SOP says faith and non-faith. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #150

Not what I asked, but that's okay. Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #156

I didn't 'crash it' I was supposedly welcome, and I'm not going to play your AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #158

Yep, okay... Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #160

Your question reveals the conclusion you came to before you even asked it. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #161

lol Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #162

I can be blunt. Sure. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #163

would want to crash a prayer circle or interfaith group. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #182

Do you have a thing for me tonight? Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #193

I see you were blocked from both groups as well. I can't imagine why. rug Sep 2015 #217

Ah, so this is personal. I see you were blocked from both groups. rug Sep 2015 #216

Right. Want to point out something I didn't already tell everyone in this thread? AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #219

Mob behavior is facinating, no? nt Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #148

Mob behavior is facinating, no? AlbertCat Sep 2015 #183

WTF are you on about?? Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #192

It is. Watching this unfold is something else. stevenleser Sep 2015 #198

where was the "debate" about Bernie offered in this thread? passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #231

Who are this "they"? AlbertCat Sep 2015 #178

Yeah um when you get to 85% of a population having a particular characteristic, a random sample of seven of the population stevenleser Sep 2015 #199

LOL! Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #96

Justin is a HE. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #184

"Well, when one whines all the time.... " rug Sep 2015 #218

That comment was wrong from top to bottom, starting with his gender. rug Sep 2015 #215

not breaking any rule, but a sanders supporter just tired of this discussion, so hide. seabeyond Sep 2015 #91

Hideable or not, the idea that about 85% of DU posters make DU suck could stand examination. merrily Sep 2015 #99

who cares if it is hideable or not. sanders people rule du so suck it up or go elsewhere? seabeyond Sep 2015 #100

I'm not the one saying Hillary supporters suck. He's the one saying Bernie's supporters suck. merrily Sep 2015 #102

i will stand by my reply, per what you said. nt seabeyond Sep 2015 #107

I would not underscore that, if I were you, but whatever. merrily Sep 2015 #110

my point, people that know better, ignore the fact that following the rules is not the discussion. seabeyond Sep 2015 #112

conclusion. hence, not only keeping him off this thread, but by a concerted effort, getting this seabeyond Sep 2015 #114

Again the OP article is bullshit. See Replies on this thread listed in my reply 104. merrily Sep 2015 #115

you totally ignored our reality on du. it is like the man having an affair. the woman sees seabeyond Sep 2015 #118

Your perceptions do not necessarily equal reality, at least not anything I consider reality. merrily Sep 2015 #119

look. we have an example in this thread. i laid it out. i am done. seabeyond Sep 2015 #121

Yep. In this thread, we have an example of bullshit that people spread about Bernie's supporters. merrily Sep 2015 #122

Justin attacked people. Why is that hard to understand. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #154

I disagree. 85% of DI posters make DI suck. Same concept. nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #152

Oh that's brilliant steve. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #180

justin and bravenaks silencing is pretty reich wing don't you think? stevenleser Sep 2015 #197

so are you saying we are all "reich wing" - a bunch of nazis? Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #210

If you participated in their getting a timeout or condone it you are engaging in right wing behavior stevenleser Sep 2015 #212

How exactly does one "participate" such that Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #213

~ antiquie Sep 2015 #230

Ya know what's RW behavior? Voting for wars, outsourcing, fossil fuels. HappyPlace Sep 2015 #221

It couldn't possibly be because you're just... truebrit71 Sep 2015 #220

All that flailing you are doing doesnt change the facts. Bernie folks are using the jury to silence stevenleser Sep 2015 #224

And no Hillary fan has EVER done that, right? truebrit71 Sep 2015 #225

I will be honest, each day I fire up DU and I dont see an announcement that the owner of DU randys1 Sep 2015 #226

When I see posts hidden "Because they support clinton" I'll buy your line Scootaloo Sep 2015 #229

. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #144

I stand with Justin. Metric System Sep 2015 #166

WTF is wrong with these people? Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #58

Did you see the OP? BainsBane Sep 2015 #71

That was just bizarre. nt Bobbie Jo Sep 2015 #76

i didnt read it. nt seabeyond Sep 2015 #97

I missed it. Could you link me to it please? n/t Control-Z Sep 2015 #169

Here BainsBane Sep 2015 #171

i havent done it yet. but i too am gonna unsubscribe to see if i get the 'joke' too. nt seabeyond Sep 2015 #173

it was interesting. funny, too i thought. i see the joke. ha ha. i also see the political move seabeyond Sep 2015 #172

Many of them accused Obama supporters of being a cult but the support of Bernie much more resembles stevenleser Sep 2015 #200

Dian Fossey would have been a Sandernista nt. MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #62

Yes I heard she was very mean ibegurpard Sep 2015 #63

And the punchline is: Guerrillas in the Mist. betsuni Sep 2015 #89

Holy shit! It's almost like there's a primary and people morningfog Sep 2015 #87

Yeah, like that and one them wrote a bullshit piece for Huffpo and someone posted it at the top of merrily Sep 2015 #98

ya, first, justins hide and kick off du is an example. a couple of the jurors are simply TIRED of seabeyond Sep 2015 #94

second, talking to 22 yr old niece other day. she has friends sanders supporter. i was laying out seabeyond Sep 2015 #95

See Replies 36, 48, 50, 52 and 84 on this thread. The OP article is bullshit. merrily Sep 2015 #104

that really has little to nothing to do with my comment. nt seabeyond Sep 2015 #108

Actually, it does and I don't much care if doesn't. Your reply has zero to do with my comment. merrily Sep 2015 #109

Or maybe DUers are sick of it from both sides-that's why they hide posts from Bernie supporters too. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #187

no that never happens and no prominent bernie supporters have been pprd either. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #209

It's rediculous!!! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #211

DU rec...nt SidDithers Sep 2015 #143

K&R!! Amimnoch Sep 2015 #151

Just a few of the comments............ postatomic Sep 2015 #157

There's the rub indeed Armstead Sep 2015 #164

I just made an observation postatomic Sep 2015 #165

My position is definitely tainted by this. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #186

I have very limited Facebook activity postatomic Sep 2015 #196

More ugly lies about Sanders supporters. Vattel Sep 2015 #195

Sorry to see Dr Goodall -and by extention -her work was used to score riversedge Sep 2015 #203

This is a great example... BooScout Sep 2015 #208

Yeah the Internet... full of assholes. apnu Sep 2015 #214

Remember when Sanders supporters booed Hillary, and on her birthday no less? frylock Sep 2015 #233