The Democrats Party derailed Bernie: How the establishment has worked to discredit Sanders’ movement

[wendylaroux]

Back in April, the Hillary Clinton Super PAC Correct the Record, which is helmed by the former right-wing attack dog David Brock, announced that it would be spending $1 million to “engage in online messaging both for Secretary Clinton and to push back against attackers on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram.” In other words, the political action committee would spend a cool million on paid internet trolls to pounce on anyone who dared to criticize their presidential candidate.

This announcement was part of a bigger story about the 2016 presidential election: the powerful and far-reaching presence the Bernie Sanders campaign has on social media, and the enthusiasm of young Sanders supporters online, many of whom have been labeled trolls, “Bernie Bros,” “BernieBots,” and — more egregiously — sexists and racists by Democratic partisans and the corporate media over the past year. Sanders has such a passionate online base that David Brock and the Clinton campaign felt it necessary not only to pay legitimate trolls to attack them, but to make bogus generalizations intended to discredit the entire movement.


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http://www.salon.com/2016/06/10/the_democrats_party_derailed_bernie_how_the_establishment_has_worked_to_discredit_sanders_movement/

[mdbl]

1. David Brock spent years trying to atone for his shenanigans for the repugs

and has made a lot of reverse karma for himself in this campaign.

[djean111]

4. By smearing Bernie. Brock - once an asshole, always an asshole. The TMZ of politics.

Those like Brock are the ones that have a special place in hell, Ms. Albright, not women who don't vote for other women just because they are women.

Brock is a sleazy attack dog. He has not "atoned", he has followed the money just like a junkyard dog will follow thrown scraps of food. I see no difference between Brock and Breitbart and O'Keeffe. None. Or the people who use his sleazy services.

[Android3.14]

3. Many of those trolls are deeply entrenched here on DU

But at least we won't hear any complaints about that after Wednesday.

The motto here seems to be "Go free speech and open dialogue!" and by "go" they mean "go away."

[-none]

5. It will be hard to understand what anyone is saying because of the loud echos.

DU will be dying in a few days.