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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders Tells Berniebros To Knock It Off — ‘We Don’t Want That Crap’ [View all]
Bernie Sanders Tells Berniebros To Knock It Off We Dont Want That Crapby Ian Millhiser at Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/07/3746988/bernie-sanders-tells-berniebros-to-knock-it-off-we-dont-want-that-crap/
"SNIP.............
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a terse message for any of his supporters who engage in online harassment: We dont want that crap. He told CNN on Sunday that the so-called Berniebro phenomenon is disgusting and that anybody who is supporting me that is doing the sexist things we dont want them.
The Berniebro phenomenon, where a mob of online Sanders supporters attack politicians and writers who express views critical of the Vermont senator or supportive of his Democratic rival Secretary Hilary Clinton, launched numerous thinkpieces from journalists unfortunate enough to encounter them online. At their worst, Berniebros have accused Clinton supporters of voting based on who had the vagina and have invented novel sexist terms such as clitrash.
Meanwhile, the Sanders campaign has engaged in an escalating series of tactics trying to convince the Berniebros to cut it out. Sanders rapid response director asked the senators supporters to chill on Twitter:
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Bernie Sanders Tells Berniebros To Knock It Off — ‘We Don’t Want That Crap’ [View all]
applegrove
Feb 2016
OP
So says a Hillary supporter. ... which is probably what most "BernieBros" are
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#3
Bernie did not take the initiative-instead he waited months to be called out on national TV
riversedge
Feb 2016
#56
So when Bernie doesn't call "BernieBros" out thats "bad" and when he does, that's "bad" too.
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#57
I can't help but guess this is how some of that super pac money is being used - getting writers to
trillion
Feb 2016
#40
Way too late. As in six months too late. He let his supporters and thus his campaign
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#61
Rejoice! Judging by that description, it appears very few DU Sanders supporters are "Berniebros"
whatchamacallit
Feb 2016
#5
Both the sexism AND the racism is absolutely astonishing...from BOTH sides!!!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#8
Thus showing what Bernies leadership abilities really are or rather aren't. Nt
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#74
Take it up with your candidate for President who acknowledged both that they
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#63
Again, take it up with your candidate for President who both acknowledged they exist
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#70
Indeed. At some point you will realize you are arguing against Bernie, not me. Nt
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#72
I find it interesting that this OP is about Bernie acknowledging problematic supporters
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#64
After all that time Greenwald spent screaming that "BernieBros" were a myth...
Blue_Tires
Feb 2016
#54
Once again Greenwald shows how wrong he is about things. The guy who he was
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#60