2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders may go down in history as the most dishonest presidential candidate we’ve ever had. [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)smug self righteous smearing of anyone who has any critical word to say about a candidate coming from the same people who wrote vicious, full tilt, unmitigated assessments of that candidate as dishonest, racist and greedy.
Changing your mind is great, but because people do change their minds people need to carry themselves with some consistency and modesty. A reformed Hillary hater preaching at those who object to specific things Hillary has done is a hypocrite, and that's not about Hillary, it is about the person who feels they can say 'She is the devil' and later 'she is a saint' and demand to be taken as honest brokers or serious thinkers.
It's shallow, self centered ego tripping exploitation of your candidate, of Bernie and of the entire election process.
A poster like that is like a reformed addict who has no empathy for other addicts but instead says things like 'I can't believe anyone is so horribly stupid as to be an addict, what sort of person is that?'. It's not the lack of empathy that is at issue either. It's the self service. It's a lie to present yourself as above a behavior you have wallowed in at will.
There is no way to make that sort of tactic seem fair, reasoned or honest because it is none of those things.