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Gore1FL

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48. I feel the same way about what i see on DU daily; It's not limited to Sanders supporters.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:29 AM

Feb 2020

In fact, based on that population, I don't see them as the main driver of divisiveness.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Really nasty stuff on twitter right now... [View all] Drunken Irishman Feb 2020 OP

Could be russian bots mucifer Feb 2020 #1

Very likely. Scotch-Irish Feb 2020 #3

possibly to seed the situation stopdiggin Feb 2020 #4

As in this very thread mucifer Feb 2020 #20

My first thought was Russian trolls/bots. They want us to fight. StrictlyRockers Feb 2020 #57

If you don't want a divisive primary Kentonio Feb 2020 #2

So just ignore the fact these supporters are calling one of our candidates a cheat? Drunken Irishman Feb 2020 #6

If you want to find toxicity on Twitter you can find it from all candidates supporters Kentonio Feb 2020 #7

Their anti-Buttigieg toxicity was in the top three trends musicblind Feb 2020 #9

Me too. Kentonio Feb 2020 #13

Exactly! musicblind Feb 2020 #28

And it's currently the #1 trending topic on twitter. Drunken Irishman Feb 2020 #66

Pointing out toxic behavior Eko Feb 2020 #10

No it doesn't. It's calling out bad behavior on a different medium Kentonio Feb 2020 #12

No, it was to Eko Feb 2020 #16

Ah come on now. Kentonio Feb 2020 #17

Nobody called you out at all. Eko Feb 2020 #19

Do you read 20 threads a day talking about how Biden supporters are assholes? Kentonio Feb 2020 #25

Because Biden supporters aren't assholes and Biden isn't dividing the party betsuni Feb 2020 #36

Hit the nail on the head. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #38

Yes I do. Eko Feb 2020 #67

It most certainly does. Cha Feb 2020 #14

Yes. It does. If you see supporters (or those proclaiming support) of your candidate behaving thus.. hlthe2b Feb 2020 #44

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, gab13by13 Feb 2020 #52

So just ignore your anecdotal experience? Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #64

+100000000000000000 Faux pas Feb 2020 #54

not surprised. lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #5

The stuff they are making up about Buttigieg is disturbing. musicblind Feb 2020 #8

Your post made me check twitter and I'm gobsmacked tishaLA Feb 2020 #11

Yes. And they came up with all of that within 30 minutes of his speech last night. musicblind Feb 2020 #18

Some are real people though tishaLA Feb 2020 #27

Of course they are. Cha Feb 2020 #29

Wait, blue checks are spreading this stuff? musicblind Feb 2020 #31

Exactly, Russian trolls and repukes pretending to be Bernie supporters Kentonio Feb 2020 #15

I agree with you. musicblind Feb 2020 #22

I think a lot of them are not real Sanders supporters democrattotheend Feb 2020 #70

This is counterproductive. Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #21

I know you're referring to the original post. musicblind Feb 2020 #24

We have seen "human" Bernie supporters in action NCProgressive Feb 2020 #23

I have a hard time believing those Twitter "supporters" are real. musicblind Feb 2020 #26

Yes. Some of them are real, like the ones Sanders selected to Hortensis Feb 2020 #30

Please,Fellow Democrats True Blue American Feb 2020 #34

Behaviorally, Sanders has two general sorts of followers. Hortensis Feb 2020 #37

And I do appreciate you! True Blue American Feb 2020 #39

I'm with McAullife too. It just feels good to know I'm not Hortensis Feb 2020 #40

I agree! True Blue American Feb 2020 #42

He appeals to their anger and resentment NCProgressive Feb 2020 #50

Putin Having Fun DanieRains Feb 2020 #32

I Saw The Bots In 2016 DanieRains Feb 2020 #33

And posters True Blue American Feb 2020 #35

Absolutely true DeeDeeNY Feb 2020 #47

These people are making Bernie too toxic to support. Mr. Sparkle Feb 2020 #41

Which is the whole point, surely? Aussie105 Feb 2020 #46

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #55

Bots. Like I've said, we please Putin when we're attacking other candidates Sienna86 Feb 2020 #43

Isn't that normal? whistler162 Feb 2020 #45

I feel the same way about what i see on DU daily; It's not limited to Sanders supporters. Gore1FL Feb 2020 #48

These people showed themselves as what they are dsc Feb 2020 #49

Sanders has shown himself OK with this over and over and over again dsc Feb 2020 #51

When this trash crowd strikes... Mike Nelson Feb 2020 #53

It was ever going to be so. nt Codeine Feb 2020 #56

If we lose in 2020, it will be because of KPN Feb 2020 #58

just have to look at Nina Turner handmade34 Feb 2020 #59

RWers are pushing the conspiracy theory that Iowa was rigged against Bernie. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #60

a lot of un-American right-wing and Russian propaganda rockfordfile Feb 2020 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #62

lets hope they are bots.. i really hoped the sanders people were not going to disrupt.. samnsara Feb 2020 #63

They did the same to Warren less than a few weeks ago. It's 2016 all over again but meaner. grossproffit Feb 2020 #65

+1 Cha Feb 2020 #68

While I give a pass to most things I read on social media (given the Russian influence), real life unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #69