Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumFeel the Bern or Give ‘em Hill, but please, chill out
This is my first post in almost a year - I left DU due to it's toxicity and now OMG
Anyway enjoy this article from my favorite yoga teacher, journalist and the very hip Mark Morford.
How to put this delicately? With all due respect and while hoping to avoid kicking the political hornets nest, all over again?
Oh, screw it: Chill the hell out, rabid Bernie evangelists.
Believe me, I get it. Bernie is awesome. Bernie is neat. Bernie could, bewildered Fates allowing and if New Hampshire is any indication and its almost certainly not but life is weird and stranger things have happened Bernie could go all the way. And lo, it would be amazing.
But hear this now, hardcore Sanders zealots: its become jarringly evident that many of you are losing perspective, becoming unhinged, veering way too close, in your savage anti-Hillary screeds, pro grumpy-old-populist obsessiveness and manic refusal to acknowledge historical context, toward raging fundamentalism.
You know, like an NRA fanatic. Like a Trump rage-aholic. A Mormon homophobe. A Planned Parenthood firebomber. Beware.
You are not them. Act not like them. Chill the fk out. Widen your lens. See the larger play. Befriend your opponent. Unclench your zealotry, just a little. This is the only way. The other way? Pure poison.
Let me be clear: Im thrilled that Sanders won New Hampshire. Im thrilled that Hillary will be the (likely) nominee. Im thrilled that the GOP continues to eat itself alive. I have no problem with all these statements being true, simultaneously, in turns, over and over again. But maybe thats just me.
http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2016/02/10/feel-the-bern-or-give-em-hill-but-please-chill-out/
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Sorry, Mark
pandr32
(11,447 posts)Satch59
(1,353 posts)It has become so toxic here...you speak as a voice of reason...you'll probably get flamed by Bernie supporters though.
Poison is a good word to use... I truly think Bernie would be horrified if he visited here and saw what is happening...he deserves much more from his supporters than hate. I whole heartedly support Hillary but of course will support Bernie if the nominee.