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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, but "Bernie Bros" is the relatively BENIGN term for the vile scum-buckets to whom [View all]Rilgin
(787 posts)You say DU is a moderated site for Dems and most Dems do not Support Sanders. You imply by that that democrats who do support Sanders are not true democrats.
You are bullying right now by tarring by association the majority of civil democrats who support Sanders policies and support Sanders by associating them with a group that acts outside the norms of convention. It is not the case that doxxng is a policy of Sanders nor of any Sanders supporters that I know. It is worth condemning. Doxxing and physical or mental assaults' are performed by small groups outside the norm. Further, they are their own people and not controllable by anyone. People who go as far as doxing are acting out in ways that are not controllable.
Associating a candidate with a group he can not control is buillying and divisive in a different and very real way. You are just defining to insignificance what should be appropriate. Calling Biden not electable is unacceptable is a bad opinion by the Bernie Bros. Calling Bernie unelectable is a "fact". Calling people Bernie Bros if they support Sanders is bullying although different than what Sanders supporters say about centrists however it is still offensive. Then you go further and claim that Bernie supporters are like Trumpers. This too is extremely offensive and an attack.
So control yourself. I cant control you and obviously your candidate of choice can not control you from calling Democrats of equal standing to you Trumpers. Attacks are not only coming from Bernie Supporters. You are engaging in an attack right now that should be outside the pale right now. I am a 62 year old democrat, have not missed a vote and you are mixing me with a group of people who dox and with Trump supporters. Hopefully you can see it.
You make assertions as fact that are opinions on your forays into the internet. In fact, I have met and communicated with extremely rude supporters of other candidates as well as some dogmatic Bernie supporters. Primaries bring out emotions and emotional people attack. Your fallacy in this is you do not want to see it from supporters of other candidates. This site and plenty of other internet sites are filled with Bernie people but they are also full of people who respond to any mention of Bernie by attacking. Some with policies but many with inauthentic swarming attacks. These attacks can not be acceptable just cause its on Bernie.
Last, the one opinion you make that is not an attack is claiming that the electorate is moderate compared to the internet. This is an opinion and it might be better to ground it as an opinion rather than an assertion of fact. However, I will argue against your opinion by giving you my opinion without stating, without evidence, that it is fact.
However, it ispretty clear from general issue polling that your claim is debatable. My feeling is that the potential electorate is much more radical and demanding of systematic changes in income equality, upward mobility, and racial justice than is explained by saying our country is moderate. I think the majority of people in this country support in every poll extremely liberal policies favored by candidates like Bernie but do not vote because the Moderate candidates make it clear that they are not for any real change in those areas. Bernie may not make win the Primaries but he is not deserving of the attacks on him and his supporters that we face and NO OTHER CANDIDATE OR SUPPORTER FACES. If you ignore those attacks sure, only Bernie supporters are out in the world in the internet responding to each other. That is my opinion.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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