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W_HAMILTON

(10,297 posts)
7. Model better behavior.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:42 AM
Feb 2020

Stop attacking Democrats as the enemy for starters and maybe his supporters won't treat other Democrats as the enemy.

Tell his campaign staff to stop lying about other Democratic candidates.

Stop hiring divisive Jill Stein-supporting types to his campaign.

Stop hiring bigoted and hateful people to the campaign (e.g., Orfalea) and stop boosting endorsements from bigoted and hateful people (e.g., Rogan).

When you are confronted with the problem of your toxic supporters, don't pivot into a """both sides""" argument or, even worse, blame RUSSIANS for the problem (especially given the fact that several people in your campaign openly dispute Russian interference in 2016 and, in fact, the Russians were found to be BOOSTING your campaign -- not hurting it!). Take responsibility!

You can go on and on. It's really not that difficult. None of the other candidates' supporters act in such a consistently asshole'ish way. If he needs help on how to address his supporters' poor behavior, ask the other candidates for pointers.

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

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The online Bernie Bro trolls should save that nasty stuff for Trump and his brownshirts JFlash Feb 2020 #1
The problem is they are not democrats. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #4
Among the other message boards I frequent... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #6
How many of them are paid Trump brownshirts? Johonny Feb 2020 #23
What do they expect Bernie to do about anonymous people online? Hire a detective and sue them or Autumn Feb 2020 #2
Model better behavior. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #7
He's not their fucking daddy, he doesn't own them. There's nothing he can do to make some Autumn Feb 2020 #8
Oh bullshit. They act like he's their do-no-wrong messiah. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #10
Yeah he's responsible for what they think of him Autumn Feb 2020 #11
Then blame it on the type of supporters he attracts. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #12
I don't need to blame anyone. Save us time and instead of coming up with another complaint about Autumn Feb 2020 #14
Ignore valid criticism all you want. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #15
As soon as I see some valid criticism I'll consider it, So far I haven't seen any here. Autumn Feb 2020 #16
You've been given plenty. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #17
The attacks on AOC are way off the charts worse than about any politician on the planet Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #3
Yeah, ok. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #5
I know one of them. He attacked her all the timon twitter about her office, even after it was open, Autumn Feb 2020 #9
Millionaire heiress gets mean tweets! DanTex Feb 2020 #13
What does that have to do with the actual subject, "'deeply misogynistic' Bernie Sanders supporters" George II Feb 2020 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Malmsy Feb 2020 #19
Because it's a millionaire GOP heiress complaining about mean tweets. DanTex Feb 2020 #22
You said it! (eom) Malmsy Feb 2020 #21
It's not difficult for Sanders to control his OWN people, but he does nothing about it... George II Feb 2020 #20
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