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(25,725 posts)and 'Bernie Bros' tweeted at Hillary supporters that she was a 'lying sh*tbag' and in supporting her their 'vaginas are making terrible choices.' They harassed supporters at rallies, and unleashed special fury at female reporters. Sarah Jeong of Vice had to shut down her Twitter account after being flooded with sexist attacks, simply because she had asked Sanders supporters to tone down their rhetoric. Janell Ross of The Washington Post was inundated with 'a variety of curse words and insults typically reserved for women. More than one has suggested that I deserve to become the victim of a sex crime.'
"Sanders himself, probably not wishing to alienate his fiercest supporters, was uncharacteristically mild in his response to the increasingly violent, misogynistic outbursts. ... Sanders had frequently declared himself an ardent feminist, but -- unlike John McCain, who had sternly informed his own Islamophobic supporter of Obama's Christian religion and American citizenry -- Bernie pretty much let his 'Bros' do whatever they wanted. He claimed he couldn't -- and shouldn't -- try to control what his supporters thought, but that, of course, was disingenuous nonsense. He knew he had tremendous influence, particularly with his younger fans, and exploited it through his campaign. But he never criticized the misogyny in their attacks on Clinton."
Susan Bordo, "The Destruction of Hillary Clinton"