Bernie Supporters: Childish, Ungrateful, Violent Millennials; Bernie: Egomaniac

[davidlynch]

In answering too many posts today, I think I've inferred the core narrative from Hillary's campaign machine. The thread title says it all.

The problem is that these stereotypes don't match reality, particularly the part about Bernie doing this for some kind of ego gratification. It just doesn't resonate because it isn't true.

Please discuss.

[MFM008]

1. so whats the problem again?

[Warren DeMontague]

2. THE PROBLEM IS I CANT PROGRAM MY DVR AND IM GOING TO MISS "THE MENTALIST"

CAN YOU CALL MY GRANDSON FOR ME? I CANT FIGURE OUT THIS NEW PHONE, EITHER

[Cooley Hurd]

4. ...and it's always 12:00 on it!

If only it would tell me if it was PM or AM!

[oberliner]

14. Ageism is alive and well at DU, unfortunately

Not sure what that is all about.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Yes, heaven forfend anyone should call out the "get off my lawn" gang

as they continue their 8 month long rant against 'bratty millennials'.

Hey, I'm old, too. But I don't delude myself into thinking the universe still rotates on the axis of my generation.

[TheFarS1de]

24. I do often wonder ....

How well received it would be to respond to a lazy young people don't vote with a "Don't worry , most of Hillarys backers will be dead from old age by the GE " . Just to mirror the sentiment .

I see from one of the respondents the false indignation was drudged up once again as the weapon of silence, so only one way of attack seems appropriate to the DU bubble status quo .

[Fumesucker]

32. I think that's a bit of an exaggeration

Speaking as a Medicare recipient I can safely say that less than half of us will be dead by the GE.

Well, excluding a giant asteroid strike or something along those lines.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. They are driving away GE votes that would've gone to THEIR candidate...

...and, are apparently, too dense to get it.

For politically-minded people, they know squat about politics.

[MisterP]

5. don't forget "white," "rich," and "throwing the election to Trump"

just like their candidate

[Orsino]

6. Another goddamned "supporters" thread. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

7. If winning makes them this angry, this deranged, what would have happened

if they lost?

[99Forever]

8. We'll see that in November.

[Fumesucker]

33. This is just preparation for that, setting up the scapegoats

One of the few advantages of getting older is you start to see patterns. The pragmatic moderate centrists are setting up fall guys for the general. They will smoothly pivot in unison to blaming those who have been telling them so for a year by then.

A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

[Arazi]

9. You forgot that we're dupes and Bernie’s a con man grifter

[pdsimdars]

10. Namaste

Well, of course they all need to sit comfortably, close the eyes, and sit for about a half a minute or a minute and then slowly . . . . . .

If that is you, it is wonderful to see you here as opposed to watching video of you and Bobby Roth talk at different events with different people.

But as to your post, spot on. So ugly. I hope our country is deserving of having such a great man as our leader. It should be about time now.

[jillan]

11. Yep - the Hostile Hilliarians are in full attack mode lately.

Which reminds me -

I have better things to do then hang out on DU

Be strong my fellow Berners.

[bigwillq]

12. Congrats on 600 posts.

[JackRiddler]

16. Ah, entering the 700 club!

No one does that any more. Wait, did that start at 600 or 700?

[LWolf]

13. When the opponents have nothing to offer up but lies,

it really highlights how far the corruption and destruction has gone.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. basic projection

I bet they do it to people around them in real life too

[Jon Ace]

18. Trying to build up the scapegoat early if Hillary were to somehow lose the GE

Nader 2.0, etc. etc.

[icecreamfan]

19. The Clinton machine seems really committed to bringing millennials back into the party...not

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[SpareribSP]

22. You'd think this would be a wake up call.

[reformist2]

34. This is the result of making fun of 20 and 30 somethings for six months... Congratulations Hillary!

[Joob]

20. Fine, I'll discuss what I think.

I think Hillary supporters completely disregard the corruption involved in U.S Politics. I think they believe no such corruption exists unless it's Republican. I think Hillary supporters think everything Hillary Clinton did was and is right, no matter what. I think they don't care about what happens in foreign countries because of her actions, I think they don't care about Polling places closing in high numbers during this election. I think they don't care about that because it favors Hillary. I think Hillary supporters don't see how much corporations invest into Hillary because they want something from her, and they know they'll get it when the time comes. I think if they did know that they don't care, and want Hillary to win no matter what. I think they think corruption gets a pass if it means Hillary is president.

I think they think I'll vote for Hillary if she gets nominated because I'm scared of Trump, when I'm truly more scared of her, specifically because of what she gets away with.

[cliffordu]

21. My interpretation of what they say: Derp! Derpderp!!!

Derpderp!!Derpderp!!Derpderp!!Derpderp!!

Ad nauseam

[imagine2015]

23. That's what her highly paid p.r. people, others would call them propagandists, are going with.

The talking points are out for people who need them to justify opposing Bernie.

[eastwestdem]

25. Sounds about right... nt

[MFM008]

26. Does anyone still

Have a sense of humor beneath all that indignation?

[Fairgo]

27. I am particularly disgusted by the misen-tropes

who parade a picture of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton holding up the dead body of Bernie Sanders (yuk, yuk, and rolling emojis). They hide behind the figurative fig leaf of "hey, it's satire (a riff on Weekend at Bernie's)". No, it's vile, and anyone who defends it is splattered by its denotative sewage.

[bjo59]

28. I know but making stuff up seems to be an increasingly popular pastime in this country.

Well, for Hillary supporters to make up such unbelievable and ridiculous stuff about Bernie is to be expected - their preferred candidate is a person with a very well-known record for dishonesty. That's one of the major reasons that her favorability ratings are so low.

[jpmonk91]

29. I feel insulted this election

I'm 25 so I'm a millinial. Everyone for trump and everyone for HRC that I know treats me like I'm either a child or I'm retarted. I'm really losing my patience with the insults. In fact it's so bad I don't even know if I'm gunna stay with either party. I've always been a democrat. I have not and never will vote for a republican. The attacks are vicious and its all because of my fucking age!

Also this is not a winning strategy. If any of the other young people are treated half as bad as I have been this election than HRC has no chance of winning the general.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Depending on where you are

this is a serious suggestion, consider becoming an independent, It sounds like you are more of the independent spirit that will vote on principles and policy instead of a letter. And don't worry. I am double your age, I do not support anybody openly, We are, I run a paper, not going to endorse any candidate, not even for dog catcher. They still treat me like dog meat

So that points to a problem, and it is not yours.

[jpmonk91]

31. Thanks I will consider it