2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There is no reason to still be in campaign attack mode towards Bernie and his supporters [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)then you didn't understand the point the OP was making.
He was making a mathematical argument that really isn't all that subtle. Bernie supporters on DU have been arguing endlessly that Bernie supporters' votes must have been stolen because Bernie had huge rallies. Others, including the media, have concluded that Bernie supporters who showed up for rallies must not have voted. The poster whose thread you're objecting to was pointing out that this conclusion doesn't necessarily follow. Bernie supporters who showed up for Bernie's rallies probably did vote. It's a quantitative argument, and to understand it, you simply need to realize that only a tiny fraction of voters attend rallies. If Hillary supporters are even slightly less likely to attend rallies than Bernie supporters, you can have a result where Bernie has huge rallies and Hillary still wins the most votes.
If anything, the post you're objecting to was a defense of Bernie supporters. Do you really want to be portrayed as someone who shows up for rallies but can't be bothered to vote on election day?