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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why do you mock people for wanting to vote? When did you lose what makes you a democrat? [View all]...both sides' supporters have escalated this so far that they have effectively dehumanized each other.
Edit: And I mean that in general terms. It only takes a few horrible people on either side to cause this back and forth escalation.
Edit2: And guys, the OP is asking why we (as in Hillary supporters) mock them not why we disagree about this.
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Why do you mock people for wanting to vote? When did you lose what makes you a democrat? [View all]
DFab420
Apr 2016
OP
These... People... Are pushing me towards considering socialism more and more.
VulgarPoet
Apr 2016
#1
I'm pretty sure the Birdie image was pushed from the nest and allowed to fly free on a CC license...
ChisolmTrailDem
Apr 2016
#179
Wow, I had no idea. Awesome! A place to go. That's exactly what we progressives need.
Zira
Apr 2016
#196
Well, that's the only way the oligarchy knows to win an election. Sigh. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Apr 2016
#197
Not just in New York. It's the business of voters to get informed on how to vote.
brush
Apr 2016
#74
Huh? That makes no sense. In what state do you not have to adhere to the rules to votes?
brush
Apr 2016
#115
FYI, Sanders did not field complete delegate slates in all Congressional districts in New York.
brush
Apr 2016
#112
Are you aware that most "Socialist" countries don't give voters ANY voice in candidate selection?
brooklynite
Apr 2016
#30
Sanders' campaign did not think the AA voters in the southern primaries were important . . .
brush
Apr 2016
#133
I live in Norway. Do you agree that that gives me some standing when it comes to DS countries?
KitSileya
Apr 2016
#181
I weep for the people of Western Europe who don't "get ANY voice in candidate selection." nt
Gore1FL
Apr 2016
#194
The spirit of the Democratic Party lives in the progressives. The "dead" parts are Third Way.
senz
Apr 2016
#54
Ah, but we're so often reminded about how we're not supposed to point that out
VulgarPoet
Apr 2016
#56
Good, thank goodness you have two candidates who you can vote for, in that case.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#78
Did one of them vote to authorize a conflict in which 30,000 servicemen and women were wounded
VulgarPoet
Apr 2016
#86
IF Bernie loses, maybe you should change to GOP and just vote for them.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#89
Spoken like a white, straight protestant, male, because everybody else will see drastic
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#167
Bernie? If Cruz is president, what do you think Bernie will have to say about it?
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#185
There's a lot to be said for socialism. In fact, the writing is on the wall. If we
PatrickforO
Apr 2016
#178
The only reason I haven't switched my registration already is that Bernie's still in it.
vintx
Apr 2016
#192
When you can't win by the rules ... try to get the court to change the rules n/t
SFnomad
Apr 2016
#2
Seriously. Winning for a singular person is all. Embracing an MSM that plays like Fox News.
highprincipleswork
Apr 2016
#4
They (the so many people) are Hillary supporters and want no new voters to vote cuz that
bkkyosemite
Apr 2016
#7
I think this kinda says it all. "If they want to vote, they ought to get themselves eligible to
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#26
They did not want to vote until they were inspired by an honest politician who wants what the
bkkyosemite
Apr 2016
#107
Sanders is running the most dishonest Democratic primary campaign for years.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2016
#157
It ought to be the responsibility of the government to register the intent of eligible voters.
Orsino
Apr 2016
#205
What makes them a Democrat? They were Republicans whose party went cuckoo-for-coco-puffs.
Kip Humphrey
Apr 2016
#9
The Progressives have long fought voter fraud and disenfranchizement. It's only been
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#52
Funny, Bernie said today NY is "wrong", but never said that about caucuses.
CrowCityDem
Apr 2016
#95
I don't care what you claim Bernie says. We should make voting easier. Full stop.
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2016
#100
And yet, they'll be perplexed and outraged when the people they're disenfranchising
winter is coming
Apr 2016
#59
How are the costs of the primaries and caucuses paid, especially in New York?
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#51
march 25th was the deadline for new voters to register and declare a party
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#88
at least you admit the plan is to keep the great unwashed from voting
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#121
New York regularly lands in the bottom five States for voter turnout. The lowest of all blue States
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#124
You DO get to choose which primary you vote in. Just not "whenever the fuck you want."
IamMab
Apr 2016
#58
NY has big problems with low turnout. It's shameful, they look like a bunch of rubes....
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#119
From the NYC Campaign Finance Board--New York State Near Bottom in Voter Turnout Rankings
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#116
And I did not say what you claim. I am citing NY elections activists and statistical facts.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#131
The irony about New York and the lawsuit brought by the disenfranchised New Yorkers who want
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#42
Do Independants get a tax refund since their taxes help pay for this primary election? n/t
ieoeja
Apr 2016
#48
Right wingers always seem to think the less people voting the better the chance
m-lekktor
Apr 2016
#49
Many "so called Democrats" are actually not Democrat, they don't have Democratic Value.
kgnu_fan
Apr 2016
#68
NY has shitty, shitty low turnout year after year due to a variety of shameful voter restrictions
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#111
Most of the mocking is directed at Independents who think they can vote in anyone's primary.
randome
Apr 2016
#117
These are the DEMOCRATIC PARTY primaries. Registered Democrats should ONLY have the right to
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2016
#126
No, you don't. You live in Minnesota. We don't register by party here.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2016
#152
why do you twist what people are saying - I have yet to see anyone mocking someone
DrDan
Apr 2016
#150
People want to vote as Independents. They actively chose to be Independents. They did so
Squinch
Apr 2016
#159
Democrats do not need Independents, At This Point, they will let you know when you are needed!
slipslidingaway
Apr 2016
#176
Eugene McCarthy wouldn't be pure enough for this new generation of anti-realism.
Sparkly
Apr 2016
#190