"Sanders is an old, crazy looking, conscientious objecting, tax raising, Socialist from New England"

[Bonobo]

This appeared unchallenged on DU.

An attack on his looks combined with disparaging him for being a CO, a rightwing-sounding epithet about raising taxes combined with an attack on the East coast liberal establishment.

This is what we got in our big tent? If so, I need some fresh air.

[portlander23]

1. What part of that am I supposed to find offensive :D

Sounds like liberal Batman to me.

[Joe Turner]

9. It means someone who won't let corporations continue

to strip mine the wealth and jobs of this country and other countries to pad their eternal bottom line. In other words, most of real life that has nothing to do with global corporations and their quest for ever greater profits, SO why let them control your government?

[Vattel]

18. the "old" and "crazy-looking" part

[CentralMass]

2. Yes, and there are a $h.tload of us who plan to vote for him.

[DanTex]

3. Unchallenged, what? Got a link? Why didn't you just challenge it instead of starting a new OP?

You know, because then it would be unchallenged anymore...

[Ed Suspicious]

26. Thank you for your concern, advice, and consent.

[JaneyVee]

4. No way. I don't believe it.

We need a link.

[Bonobo]

6. Sure.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=707751

[JaneyVee]

17. I just read it as...

Being what the repub attack ads would sound like. But if not, it's a bit over the top.

[Jim Lane]

10. Believe it! One link, comin' up.

http://election.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=707751

Incidentally, this isn't hard. I put the popcorn in the microwave, came back to the computer, read the OP, read all the responses, fired up a search engine (my personal choice is duckduckgo.com but I'm betting any of the major ones would've worked), found the post, copied the URL, pasted it in here, and wrote this explanation -- and it was only as I was typing "URL" that the microwave called me to my feast.

[niyad]

5. with reference to the title, my response would be, "yeah, and what is the problem?"

[Agschmid]

7. Send me a PM I'll challenge it.

[Bonobo]

11. Please challenge it here. Link is above.

I just wanted to point out that this is the kind of thing that Sanders supporters are also dealing with.

Standing up for what we believe against a candidate that is nearly a foregone conclusion to win is not always fun, and we also deal with a fair bit of mockery and hippie/hipster punching. Also unchallenged for the most part. In fact, the main hippie/hipster puncher is right here on this OP tacitly defending this.

[Agschmid]

14. Sanders is a good man, and a good politician.

That kind of crap is not productive, and just hyperbole. They won't edit it, I'm sure... But more people should call them out on it.

It's a two way street and we can be respectful of each other and our candidates.

[Bonobo]

16. Thank you.

I would certainly call out any post which used Hillary's appearance as an attack as well.

[Politicalboi]

8. And he'll make one hell of a President!

[MissDeeds]

25. Yes he will!

[Doctor_J]

12. But remember, it's the Sanders supporters who are rude!

I wish Hillary would tell her supporters to stop being so obnoxious



Rec

[GusBob]

13. A frumpy coot who talks like a Jesuit priest with a mouthful of marbles

With a Sesame Street name

Gal at my office said that today

[aidbo]

15. At least there wasn't anything about him being a rape fantasist? #LookingForABrightSide

[TheKentuckian]

19. It comes off right wing as hell but most of the stuff is feature rather than fighting words to me.

Crazy looking seems both full of shit and just being nasty to be nasty but whatever, fuck em.

It is shocking to see how regressive some are willing to be as long as they can avoid being a bunch of hardliner bigot scum, after that about ANYTHING goes now.

[Persondem]

20. It's all true. Prove that it's wrong. People around here MAKE UP STUFF about CLinton

with some frequency. I have seen it done for months. What's the matter? Can't take a little TRUTH back at 'cha?

"disparaging him for being a CO"

How does that disparage him? It's merely a stated fact without other comment. YOU must have attached a negative connotation to it. That's on you.

That's the same thing that happens with Clinton. Sanders folks exaggerate and twist to serve their purpose. It's dishonest.

[Bonobo]

22. "crazy-looking" is not disparaging and based on looks?

Right.

[Nye Bevan]

21. Would Sanders disagree with any of that except for "crazy looking"?

I also disagree with "crazy looking" BTW.

[NCTraveler]

23. I think it is a fair topic to discuss.

One would have to think it isn't going to happen in order to think it merits no discussion. Specially considering the wide variety of topics discussed. If Cooper is willing to go sleazy as he did you know the republican will. Where I differ from that op is that I think it will help Sanders. The GOP have really hurt themselves. So many people are tired of their sleazy shit.

[Ed Suspicious]

27. Nobody takes republican sleaze all too seriously, but when a brother or sister calls you an asshole,

some people might thing there is something to that. Right? Negative from our side is much more serious than negative from theirs.

[no_hypocrisy]

24. What's not to love?

[George II]

28. Can you direct us to the specific posts that said each and every one of those things?

I haven't seen them. Please help, thanks!

[Bonobo]

30. Read through the thread if it's not too much trouble.

Thanks!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Wasn't that a recent Trump quote?

[yuiyoshida]

31. Bonobo san...haven't you seen???

(gotta love the hair!)

[Bonobo]

33. maa, hitei dekinai na. nt

[yuiyoshida]

35. ^ ^

sou ne

[AnAzulTexas]

32. ya, why wasn't this alerted?

this troll is obviously more of a Ben Carson supporter than a Democratic supporter

[Kalidurga]

34. But this is why I love him.

I don't think he looks crazy at all, but when people here that he does they get curious. When people get curious they go looking for information. When they find information on Bernie they read things he says or they watch him speaking on video. When people hear what Bernie says they fall in love with him too.

So, in short I don't care if people spread that meme around a little bit. It is bound to create a backlash against the group that does it.