2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The reason for such venom at Bernie and his supporters from HRC fans [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)From day one of Sanders announcing his candidacy, there has been an utterly vile and vicious contingent of supporters. The very day of his announcement, when Clinton supporters were welcoming him into the race, certain supporters were demanding the rest of us "have a big cup of shut the fuck up."
Then there was the utterly tone deaf attitudes toward African Americans--patronizing bullshit about MLK, stupid suggestions of Stockholm Syndrome, and going so far as to call certain BLM activists angry, black, Tea Party, Soros-funded lesbians.
Then there was the hilarious parroting of Gowdy talking points from RW media to further a wasteful taxpayer-funded, blatantly-partisan witch hunt, while simultaneously declaring any criticism, no matter how mild, of Sanders as part of a vast RW/DLC/corporate conspiracy.
This is shit that Sanders wouldn't even think to engage in, but is just expected out of a certain contingent of his supporters.
When people say certain Sanders supporters are acting like complete assholes, it's not an attack on Sanders, despite what the aforementioned asshole supporters like to assert; it's people saying certain Sanders supporters are acting like complete assholes.