The "No True Berniecrat" theory...

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19. Because people like me see a pattern that ONLY matches known Bernie supporters

(and surrogates)

I know supporters of various candidates in real life. Which candidate is the ONLY one with a significant proportion of a-holes among those supporters that I know in real life? Bernie. Other people I know in real life say they have the same experience.

A given social media post might be by "some rando". But when the pattern matches to people one knows in real life ... it's not a stretch to assume the "rando" is part of that same group.

Bernie has to do ONE THING to stop it. (He may have to do that one thing multiple times, as some of these people are thick.) He needs to make extremely clear, publicly that he does not want behavior like this from his supporters; that they are NOT helping "the revolution". Okay #2 thing is to publicly fire some staff for their crappy behavior. If he looks he will find at least one or two that deserve it. THEN people will start to take seriously that he actually means it.

Until then, the denial is all gaslighting.