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W_HAMILTON

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1. Because he's not Sanders and he's doing well in the polls.

Wed Jan 1, 2020, 11:38 AM

Jan 2020

If any other candidate were in his place (leading in certain polls in Iowa), the online left would find reasons to hate them as well and try to smear them to hurt their chances in order to better Sanders's chances. That's all there is to it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Why Pete Buttigieg Enrages the Young Left [View all] brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

Because he's not Sanders and he's doing well in the polls. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #1

Absurd ad hominem, baseless attack Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #13

It's not baseless to anyone that has actually interacted with those militant online left types. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #16

Though you appear to think "the online left" is an enemy. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #17

That's because I do think they are an enemy. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #18

You don't seem to think anyone in the Democratic party is on the left muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #20

I explained the exact people that I was referring to. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #21

This is who you said: muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #22

The person did NOT say that being on the left meant supporting Stein. Blue_true Jan 2020 #23

+1 betsuni Jan 2020 #25

That was in reply #18 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #28

I am a person of the left. And I loath Jill Stein, Ralph Nader and the Blue_true Jan 2020 #31

As I already told you, the poster said they think "the online left" are an enemy muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #32

We're have to agree to disagree. I read your posts and normally don't Blue_true Jan 2020 #33

I think this para nails it. And it depresses me. LAS14 Jan 2020 #2

Yep, and the poll posted earlier disputes their notion LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #14

"Buttigieg isn't just an ideological foe, he's worse than that: He's a square." The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #3

Thanks for the visual I got from that. LuvNewcastle Jan 2020 #8

He looks like he was in "Up With People". greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #9

If I remember correctly, it was "Up WITH People"... not_the_one Jan 2020 #24

Thanks, that is what I meant. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #30

It's Politico, and the sub-heading shows the real motivation of the article.... George II Jan 2020 #4

I thought POLITICO was a "right-wing rag"... brooklynite Jan 2020 #19

When I was young I couldn't understand why everyone else comradebillyboy Jan 2020 #5

LOL! I remember those days, and how frustrating it was The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #10

Thank you for posting this excerpt, my dear brooklynite! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #6

Not just the young left. crazytown Jan 2020 #7

And why older folks love him frazzled Jan 2020 #11

Pete supported MFA in 2018 , praised it as "moderate" alternative in 2019 ritapria Jan 2020 #12

and they have noticed it.... Locrian Jan 2020 #29

that is flat out false dsc Jan 2020 #34

If there is such fury, it's badly misplaced Martin Eden Jan 2020 #15

Such hate. Like in "The Last Emperor" when the kid says, "Join us, comrade, or fuck off," then betsuni Jan 2020 #26

I've noticed Twitter is full of "Pete Buttigieg wants to kill my family" Recursion Jan 2020 #27

but if we dare say that anti gay animus might be part of the problem we are considered nuts dsc Jan 2020 #35

The "young left" is corrected/clarified to "far left wing" in the article. Hortensis Jan 2020 #36