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Zorro

(15,737 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 09:16 PM Feb 2020

Sanders Supporter Sick Of Movement Being Defined By Small Number Of Toxic Members Like Him



DENVER, CO—Stressing that his angry rants and unhinged perceptions of the world in no way represented the Vermont senator’s broad coalition of supporters, 27-year-old Adam Patterson told reporters Wednesday that he was sick and tired of the Sanders movement being defined by a small number of toxic members like himself.

“Honestly, I’m just fed up with the mainstream media taking a tiny sample of aggressive and borderline unhinged Bernie supporters like me and suggesting that we somehow represent the millions of completely normal Bernie voters out there,” said Patterson, stressing that the condescending way that he insisted anyone who slightly critiqued Sanders or his plans was a neoliberal shill, white supremacist, or supporter of war criminals did not at all reflect Sanders’ largely issues-oriented campaign.

“Look, clearly I’m a lunatic who has lost all touch with reality or historical context. I mean, I’ve repeatedly argued I’d rather live in Venezuela under Nicolas Maduro than the totalitarian state of America. That’s crazy. And, frankly, I’m sure if Bernie saw me going online and telling women they were fucking corporatist bitches for supporting Warren, he would condemn it, because it distracts from his generally positive message. But I’m just one person. Should the media get to cast all Bernie supporters in a negative light just because of a few complete and utter assholes like me?”

At press time, Patterson had decided that the best solution to the mischaracterization was to tell a female journalist who wrote about Bernie Sanders’ history of praising left-wing dictatorships to get ovarian cancer and die.

https://politics.theonion.com/sanders-supporter-sick-of-movement-being-defined-by-sma-1841936650
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Sanders Supporter Sick Of Movement Being Defined By Small Number Of Toxic Members Like Him (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2020 OP
I love the onion. spicysista Feb 2020 #1
Well played, Onion, well played. nt MH1 Feb 2020 #2
I can always use a laugh Rorey Feb 2020 #3
Brilliant. John Fante Feb 2020 #4
Pretty accurate Hav Feb 2020 #5
KR Sloumeau Feb 2020 #6
 

MH1

(17,600 posts)
2. Well played, Onion, well played. nt
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 09:18 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
3. I can always use a laugh
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 09:19 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hav

(5,969 posts)
5. Pretty accurate
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 09:24 PM
Feb 2020

but not complete without ramblings about the status quo, the establishment and how much they fear BS.

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