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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: the answer: to discourage minority voters [View all]last1standing
(11,709 posts)18. That's exactly what it is.
And it's no different than accusing Hillary of Killing Vince Foster or having some nefarious reason for Benghazi.
I take that back. The difference is that if someone posted bullshit like that about Hillary, they'd be immediately tombstoned. When they post it about Bernie, there's no problem.
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You are precisely correct. Exactly as you said it. Swift boating Bernie is perfectly acceptable.
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#60
I would add "preferably prior to the first televised debate, when he'll get full national attention"
arcane1
Aug 2015
#2
whenever such ... inbred ... discourse escapes into meatspace everyone's just horrified
MisterP
Aug 2015
#70
Yes all the people who express their concern over unarmed POC getting harassed and shot
zappaman
Aug 2015
#9
I also have no idea where the logical connection of the opinion(?) is to "attackers" somehow "discouraging minority voters"...it is like logic is not needed! Just vitriol.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#54
Sanders supporters earned their reputation with their behavior on Twitter.
Metric System
Aug 2015
#12
What's false is the narrative that blacks as a whole have rejected Sanders VS choose to support
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#68
I didn't say the tweets were racist. But some were hostile and condescending.
Metric System
Aug 2015
#30
"So, how to keep the narrative going that the Sanders campaign is hostile to minorities?"
NuclearDem
Aug 2015
#13
They have none. When I follow any of their supposed links I just find more of this same
GoneFishin
Aug 2015
#25
Campaign sleaze. Poison voters with a negative message before they even hear Bernie speak.
GoneFishin
Aug 2015
#19
Because it appears that many Berine supporters take to lecturing African Americans online.
iandhr
Aug 2015
#35
And upthread it's alluded to that we're being "tricked" by the illuminati, the Cognoscenti, Walmart
Number23
Aug 2015
#39
Well i remember reading conspiracy theories here saying Hillary was directing BLM
hrmjustin
Aug 2015
#38
Sorry, but this post offends me. "Swallowed as gospel" seems to imply that minority voters
McCamy Taylor
Aug 2015
#75