2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Third Way Progressives, Screwing the Plebs [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)You are reacting by taking it out on someone who has been fighting for you for decades though and that makes no sense at all.
What is Bernie supposed to address?
Why are you not making Hillary address her race baiting campaign? Why are you not holding her up to apologize for that? She actually did that herself.
You have separate standards which shows you are misdirecting your anger and you are doing so at your own peril. If you are angry at DUers or other Sanders supporters then take it there. Sanders can't control other people. Like I said before, if I let Hillary supporters dictate how I felt about her the Clinton Cavers would have taken away the little respect I have for her, but that's just ridiculous.
If you are getting this worked up over people on the internet you should really take a break. Just fight it in real life. That's more important anyway. You can't take the internet that seriously. People are going to say shit they would never say to your face.
And as to the AA group being trolled. Well, the AA group became a secondary Hillary group and allowed a ton of anti-Bernie/supporters OPs to stand in there, so there's no standards there at this point in time. Shitty hosting allowed Hillary supporters to come in and turn it into Bernie smear mongering. If you think people aren't going to go stand up to that you'd be wrong. Defending someone against out and out lies is not trolling.
But you are dead wrong about Bernie. Is he perfect? Nope. But he IS fighting for racial justice and HAS BEEN FOR DECADES.