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LonePirate

(13,408 posts)
13. You don't think the Hillary supporters have to fight 24/7 here?
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:57 AM
Jun 2016

They are vastly outnumbered judging by any poll and the number of recs given to threads.

They have to deal with nasty, unfounded accusations related to a never-gonna-happen indictment.

They are constantly accused of cheating, election rigging, fraud and you name it even though they are just as affected by election irregularities as Bernie supporters - maybe even more so seeing as how they are overwhelmingly Democrats and Bernie supporters are split between Democrats, Independents and other parties with more of the primaries being closed than open.

They have to deal with incessant assaults on the character of their candidate - a candidate who has been a Democrat for decades unlike the Democrat for a year Sanders. Not only that, many of them take umbrage at the character assaults given the poor sportsmanship displayed by Bernie's supporters who refuse to lose graciously, even though the campaign has effectively been over for weeks.

Then there is the hypocrisy they have encountered by first hearing that superdelgates are undemocratic, unfair and should be eliminated (which I agree they should) but then only have to the Bernie supporters embrace the SDs like BFFs because they need them for a Hail Mary.

Hillary supporters welcome the Bernie supporters to extol the virtues of their candidate and engage in a friendly debate of the issues without the personal attacks. Unfortunately, the debate devolved into the sewer it is a long time ago.

Fortunately, all of this ends in less than two weeks officially on DU and probably even sooner given the events of this coming Tuesday.

Oh good God I can't! hrmjustin Jun 2016 #1
I'm reading this thread with my mouth hanging open! Number23 Jun 2016 #54
Oh Snap! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #55
You know that's not true. bjo59 Jun 2016 #59
Either be specific or not, I genuinely don't care Number23 Jun 2016 #60
I agree. Cali_Democrat Jun 2016 #2
Glad that's finally out there. dchill Jun 2016 #12
AGREED! THE NOTION OF SUCH IS AN INSULT TO MY PERSONAL INTEGRITY! ESPECIALLY WHEN CorporatistNation Jun 2016 #19
but its OK to assume every HRC supporter is MFM008 Jun 2016 #57
It's their way and she's their role model. Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #3
I think you've got it. elleng Jun 2016 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jun 2016 #32
yes, you are right grasswire Jun 2016 #11
and arrogance and refusal to answer legitimate substantive questions. JudyM Jun 2016 #16
or discuss actual issues. nt grasswire Jun 2016 #20
Yep. Because "sexism and right wing talking points." JudyM Jun 2016 #21
while Bernie's Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #26
He really does. :-) grasswire Jun 2016 #27
+100 840high Jun 2016 #35
It will be glorious MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #4
amen! Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #40
You want my opinion. I will nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #5
purify the party of actual progressives elleng Jun 2016 #8
I have hated to admit it. grasswire Jun 2016 #28
I got it from Nadin's immediately prior post. elleng Jun 2016 #29
As you might expect, I agree. nt SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #9
thank you, Nadin. grasswire Jun 2016 #14
Exactly nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #22
I am only in favor of parties if they are fun. Parties that are not fun are a waste of life. Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #31
Well policy is not always fun nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #33
What IS fun is: truth, honesty, peace, teamwork, kindness, generosity, progress, all of that Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #41
If talk as somebody who covers policy nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #43
you can make it fun; and I think fun is necessary for health. Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #50
such nonsense. Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #6
You aren't in charge of anything. grasswire Jun 2016 #15
I am in charge of myself and you have no authority over me nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #23
or you might look at it this way: give Bernie and supporters the benefit of the doubt. Voice for Peace Jun 2016 #39
This is not about a single campaign or year nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #44
Bullies have to bully, it appears, elleng Jun 2016 #7
You don't think the Hillary supporters have to fight 24/7 here? LonePirate Jun 2016 #13
I could follow your point of view until you got to this: grasswire Jun 2016 #17
There have been terrible things posted here about Hillary, and I'm sure you've BreakfastClub Jun 2016 #18
Look at the facts of the matter. grasswire Jun 2016 #25
I'm starting to feel like many Hillary 'supporters' would rather have her lose to Drumpf in Nov Electric Monk Jun 2016 #24
No credibility is why. every election your guy lost = fraud, cheating, rigged. even undemocratic msongs Jun 2016 #30
epic fail. nt grasswire Jun 2016 #38
LOL. Well, you don't GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #34
Look. grasswire Jun 2016 #37
I get it GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #48
AMEN! Ed Suspicious Jun 2016 #36
Perhaps you'd be taken more seriously if you actually respected the voting results? Tarc Jun 2016 #42
Nah. grasswire Jun 2016 #45
I have never seen anything so ugly at DU as the H supporters use of racism and sexism... Peace Patriot Jun 2016 #46
well, some of them are simply authoritarians grasswire Jun 2016 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author OhZone Jun 2016 #51
They don't have anything legitimate to bring up. Waiting For Everyman Jun 2016 #49
Remember, to some it's not an election -- it's a crusade. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2016 #52
I tend to think the vast majority of DU are Bernie supporters... davidlynch Jun 2016 #53
because liberals are the problem, not their solution reddread Jun 2016 #58
Then its something you chose to do. MFM008 Jun 2016 #56
the first place we all know a lot more about bernie sanders than 99% of his supporters do beachbum bob Jun 2016 #61
yeah. that photo. "English only". Popegate. twenty others + reddread Jun 2016 #62
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