Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: The "Bernie supporters are horrible people" stuff is really getting comical. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,966 posts)to define it is simple: Privilege is the ability to beat your opponent ruthlessly with society's approval, and to know that society will defend you if the person you hit hits back.
It is no secret who has the privilege, and even though Hillary herself has thankfully not attacked Bernie, the Claire Mcaskgills and others who feel they want to ensure she wins this time are behaving viciously, much like Bill Clinton did in 2008.
They forget that the way many of Hillary's supporters acted was a major turn off. We were lucky that we ran two candidates that could not help but generate buzz, or else we could have been creamed. We do not have that luxury this time, sadly.
So, to her supporters I say this, if you really want different results from 2008, do not repeat the mistakes of 2008, which include demonizing people that, at the very least, want to give her an excuse to tilt leftward before the same Wall Street/Third Way idiots that have lost us so much try to wrap her up as "GOP, but with Nutrasweet and several essential Vitamins."
REGARDLESS of the Primaries YOU WILL NEED US TO WIN, for WE can convince the middle voters to jump.
REGARDLESS of your insults, WE WANT THE GOP TO LOSE
and this is REGARDLESS of the fact that we know that after she wins, many of you will lean right in Hilliary's ear and say "get rid of those lefties, we are the good children, we should be your favorite. And regardless of the fact we know Billy Big Dawg will say "yes Hillary you should" before going off to do who knows what.
Granted, I suspect Hillary herself is NOT stupid enough to fall for any of it, but if her followers repeat the 2008 pattern, we might not find out.