2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: so we have a racist piece of shit being posted because she calls Bernie a racist [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Facts mean nothing. Reason means less. It seems to be flirting with an almost Maoist or Jim Jones/People's Temple level of complete self-delusion and paranoia. It's a fandom more than a candidacy and it has been cranked up to 11. I leave my fannish impulses over at Equestria Daily where they belong.
ETA: For me, and I suspect 99% of Bernie supporters it's about what he is SAYING and what he STANDS FOR. It isn't about Bernie personally, and if he hadn't run but Liz Warren had, we'd be backing her as ardently as we back Bernie because she stands for many of the same things Bernie does. And Bernie always says it is NOT about him. For us it seems to be about IDEAS and we are willing to get behind anyone who stands for those genuinely progressive and Democratic ideas.