2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Stating and arguing an opinion about Bernie Sanders' chances is not a "smear." [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Well, you need to stop if you want to understand why some of Bernie's supporters get upset when you say things like this.
Many of DU's loudest and angriest Sanders supporters were demanding a primary of Obama in 2012. Some of them seemed sure it would happen. Sure, they had no candidate. But it was going to happen.
They've spent the last 6+ years making predictions about evil things Obama would do ... only to have those predictions fail. Have they become even sightly more introspective, nope.
They've just gotten more angry ... as if their predictions had actually came true.
And so now ... they can't imagine Bernie losing. They think they can call Hillary supporters names, and those same people will just switch to Bernie.
We're Bernie to win the Dem nomination, he'd actually need a strategy to deal with the issue you mention. Sadly, many of his most disgruntled DU supporters do not think so. The idea that this issue would effect people is an offense to them. How dare you even mention it.
These folks have been wrong a lot over the last 6+ years. And they wear it like a badge of honor.