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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders and the Peter Principle [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)but you went out of your way to seek out a target and look for offense. Since we're talking about Halloween costumes, and all. You don't have to "claim" to be a victim to come across as one.
Sorry--I am not buying what you are selling.
And this isn't just about "Clinton supporters," either--at least one prominent member here in this very protected group where we are posting was a Sanders supporter, but "insufficiently pure" to suit her tormenters. Her critiques were NOT viewed as valid--they were a reason that some found it fun to go after her and target her posts for hides-to silence her very valid critiques. Not DU's finest hour by a long shot, even more so when Sanders himself acknowledged the very issues she raised and modified his campaign to address some of her concerns. Of course, by then, she had been silenced.
This "There Will Be No Criticism" meme does go both ways, but when the odds are stacked ten to one against, who looks like the bullies? It ain't the few Team Clinton types who remain. As for "the real world," this isn't the real world. If that were the case, the majority of posters here would be Clinton supporters, and no one would have given Dennis Kucinich's many past campaigns a hope in hell, either.