2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: David Axelrod on Chelsea's attack on Bernie: "It wasn't an honest attack" [View all]zazen
(2,978 posts)I haven't even read, but when people were saying "social media" was on fire about her, I was hoping that she's not being anonymously attacked and demonized, because that only makes her sympathetic (plus, I just don't like doing that.)
I "anonymously" criticize a few people, including Debbie (whom I've met and would say this to her face if asked), but I try not to pile on, especially with women, because there's so much comparatively greater vitriole against women on the net anyway.
I didn't think you had written anything in particular--I don't even know exactly what you wrote. I was responding more generally that we need to let the people in these cases self-destruct and apply the 'disappointment' frame rather than the equal combatant frame.
Disappointment in this case dismisses them just if not more effectively, while alienating fewer people whom we are going to need on our side.