Bernie supporters float fake image of "Bernie rally" in California

[Cali_Democrat]

Havana Scrub
A viral photograph does not show a massive Bernie Sanders rally in California, but rather a May Day march in Havana.
By Kim LaCapria

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ORIGIN:In early May 2016, the above-reproduced image began circulating on Facebook, featuring a huge gathering of individuals and a caption: "NOTHING TO SEE HERE, JUST A BERNIE RALLY IN CALIFORNIA."

One popular version of this photograph was published on 7 May 2016. (Neither a date nor details were given for the purported Bernie Sanders rally.) In actuality, though, the image didn't depict either a location in California, nor was a Bernie Sanders rally. A reverse image search quickly led to the original — a photograph of a May Day march in Havana, Cuba — as well as indication that the person who made the meme was being deceitful:

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The miscaptioned "Bernie rally" image wasn't the first of its kind; in April 2016, a similar photograph of a demonstration in Paris a year earlier circulated with a claim that the image depicted a huge gathering of Sanders supporters in New York.

Read more:

http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-rally-california/

[Buzz Clik]

1. Ain't the first time, won't be the last.

Here at DU, a Bernie fan posted it and even said it was fake, but the respondents all cheered with oooo's and aaaaah's at the size of the crowd.

These tools need some sharpening.

[w4rma]

12. Bernie supporters don't need to float fake images of rallies.

Dave ?@fastlife3o5
This is what 21,000+ looks like at a Bernie Sanders rally in Sacramento #BernieInSacramento #FeelTheBern #bernie2016




http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-sacramento-california/

[NobodyHere]

17. So why then do they post fake images?

[wendylaroux]

26. lol, ask them

[CoffeeCat]

33. No doubt this is Brock-Brat bullshit

I've never seen this photo before.

Supposedly this is a "viral photo" that Sander's supporters manufactured. A "viral photo" that no one has seen, but suddenly shows up, out of nowhere.

Yup. This has paid Brock-Brat fingerprints all over it. I'm sure one of them created the photo and the phony story to go along with it.

I'm a district/state delegate for Bernie. I've got more than 100 Bernie activists/delegates/campaign volunteers/staff on my FB page. I also belong to at least 20 Bernie-related FB pages--some for delegates only. I'm also connected to many Sanders supporters on Twitter. First time I've see that "viral" photo.

I guarantee you, this is a Brock-Brat manufactured lie.

It also comes during a time when Bernie will be organizing many large, impressive and successful rallies all over the country, in states where he is favored to win. Bernie will surely be attracting some enormous crowds.

This lie-based meme was concocted to cast doubt on Bernie's crowd sizes, as he is poised to attract some of the most impressive crowds of his campaign, thus far.

Hillary has trouble drawing decent crowds. Furthermore, she seems to be having problems with thousands of protesters showing up at her rallies.

I think this fake photo is their pathetic response to all of that.

[Peregrine Took]

53. Brock-shock-a-la-ca.

What did Ronny Raygun say....

"There you (Brockie) go again!"

[azurnoir]

70. [phone] and you should post that as a thread too

[frylock]

72. I have Bernie Sanders all over my Facebook.

Never seen this image either till I clicked on this thread.

[AgingAmerican]

59. IT was posted by a Hillary supporter

It's what they do

[NobodyHere]

65. Proof?

[AgingAmerican]

66. Prove it was made by a Sanders supporter

Proof?

[NobodyHere]

68. Viva Bernie 2016 is run by a Bernie supporter

They put the image on their page.

[AgingAmerican]

69. So, it's an internet meme

Prove it was made by a Sander supporter.

The whole obsession by Hillary supporters stems from the fact Sanders fills stadiums at his rally's while she struggles get a few dozen to show up.

[Spacedog1973]

82. But she doesn't struggle to get her supporters to where it counts;

The polling booths

v

That seem's to be Barnie's problem this election

[AgingAmerican]

83. Actually she does

But she has Debbie to grease the skids for her

[scscholar]

78. Because it's all they have

Their death throes are sad.

[AzDar]

30. Boom!

[MFM008]

35. To bad they don't vote

Otherwise he wouldn't be 3 million votes behind.

[w4rma]

54. Suppressed independent voters who wanted to vote, but were kept from voting.

And no Democrat will win the White House without their votes in the general election.

[dchill]

76. +1

[AgingAmerican]

60. Obama was behind in the popular vote when Hillary conceded

Did you cry about that?

[mythology]

79. No he wasn't

Unless one counted Michigan and Florida where he expressly didn't campaign due to the primary season rules discounting those two states.

Obama won both the pledged delegates and the popular vote just like Clinton has done.

[AgingAmerican]

80. Yes he was, did you cry about it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2008

[asuhornets]

52. 40 million people in California....n/t

[NurseJackie]

2. Oh dear!! That's hysterical!!

[SFnomad]

3. Imagine that, a BS cheerleader being deceitful

[nolabels]

4. What does that say down in bottom?

Is it "Make a Meme"? What?

Have a nice day

[farleftlib]

8. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

As Homer Simpson would say: "D'oh!"

[Juicy_Bellows]

20. How about that?

Haha!

[Cali_Democrat]

22. A "meme" refers to words on a photo

So everyone knows that it was a meme.

There are a number of websites where you can create memes and paste words on a photo.

However, the photo itself was deceptively photoshopped as pointed out by snopes.

[Goblinmonger]

46. So, you think this cat is really talking?

It's a meme for goodness sake. It's not journalism.

[Go Vols]

56. lol

+1

[bvf]

84. +2 - 1000. n/t

[KingFlorez]

5. Completely surprising news

Not really.

[cwydro]

6. That's hilarious.

People tend to believe anything on the Internet.

[Jitter65]

7. Deceitful, lying Hillary and her supporters... oh, sorry...wrong candidate. nt

[wendylaroux]

27. I read on twitter,clinton people did this.

can you imagine that?

[w4rma]

9. Bernie supporters don't need to float fake images of rallies.

Dave ?@fastlife3o5
This is what 21,000+ looks like at a Bernie Sanders rally in Sacramento #BernieInSacramento #FeelTheBern #bernie2016




http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-sacramento-california/

[leeroysphitz]

11. +1000

ha ha

[politicaljunkie41910]

13. The rest of us have jobs and lives to lead and don't have time to spend running behind

political rockstars like little groupies.

At last check Hillary was still leading Bernie by more than 3,000,000 votes. Hillary supporters show up where it counts; the ballot box.

[w4rma]

15. Hillary supporters are mostly low information voters and loyalist voters. (nt)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. Since...

Hillary supporters are mostly low information voters and loyalist voters. (nt)

Since you are so much more intelligent and informed than us plebeians could you please regale us with your accomplishments.

Thank you in advance.

The whole board can bask in your awesomeness.

[LanternWaste]

36. At least you're not using the Stockholm Syndrome or Slave-Plantation Master meme

At least you guys are not using the Stockholm Syndrome or Slave-Plantation Master meme anymore so popular here (judging by the recs on the relevant threads).

I'm guessing those didn't work out too well, so now you're down to mere allegations lacking any substantive evidence or objective measures (though if I'm wrong and you supply the objective evidence supporting your claim, I'll certainly stand back, apologize and take my leave-- but that's simply not going to happen, hm?)

[w4rma]

39. I don't do identity politics. My observations are applicable to all ethnicities, white or black,

religions and genders.

I don't cry wolf about identity politics and I only reserve identity politics for when I need to point out that some minority is getting screwed by the majority and something needs to be changed in the law to help counteract it.

[morningfog]

18. You think they are all on tour? City to city, same folks?

Well that is stupid.

[frylock]

73. Yes, they do.

Someone here likened Sanders supporters to Deadheads, claiming it's the same group of people traveling from town to town. Not at all unlike conservatives and their claims of Obama's use of crisis actors.

[wendylaroux]

29. then what you doing here?

[Capt. Obvious]

47. That poster answered your question

"The rest of us have jobs"

[frylock]

74. Whoops.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. Is that how you characterized Obama's big crowds? Jobless groupies?

Obama had giant crowds. 70,000 here in Oregon, camp following teeny boppers the lot of them!

[politicaljunkie41910]

45. Obama's supporters didn't come back to DU and act like a$$holes.

[truebrit71]

50. Really?

You could have fooled me....

[w4rma]

55. Survey shows Clinton supporters are more aggressive online than Sanders supporters

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/online-incivility-study-bernie-bro/

[Rob H.]

86. That's probably why some of them have gone on on to amass

double-digit hides here after mandatory vacations for people who couldn't (or wouldn't) follow the rules were suspended and vacationing members' time away was cut short. That's the laugh-out-loud stupidest thing Skinner's ever done to DU, imo..

[m-lekktor]

44. Typical Hillary supporter post.

[AgingAmerican]

62. It's an old tea-party excuse when nobody showed up at their rallys

[AgingAmerican]

61. That was the GOPs excuse for there being more port-a-potties than attendees at Tea Party rallies

You are in shitty company on this one...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. SMH

[B Calm]

14. I know when Bernie spoke in Lafayette, Indiana it was sold out within minutes

after tickets were released. Bernie supporters have no need to float fake pictures.

[Juicy_Bellows]

19. MAKE A MEME - right there, bottom right.

DERRRP!

[workinclasszero]

21. buhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!11!!!!11!!!!1

Now we know why Bernie's big rallies don't show at the ballot box!!

[hobbit709]

24. Hillary supporters CLAIM Bernie supporters post fake picture should be the title.

[imagine2015]

25. That's terrible! Bernie doesn't have big rallys, everyone knows that Secretary Clinton does.

[AzDar]

32. ...

[frylock]

75. Please clap.

[Iliyah]

28. What city in California was that?

[SalviaBlue]

31. Why are you floating a fake image, I thought you were a Hillary supporter?

[trudyco]

37. Am I the only one who didn't think this was to be taken literal?

When I saw this, of course the crowds aren't that big. For any candidate. I took it too mean a poke at MSM and Bernie's opponent trying to downplay his support. Obviously, he does get bigger rallies than Hillary. So I looked at this and immediately got the ribbing. Everybody else took it seriously? Really?

What's wrong with people? This is the strangest primary I've ever encountered.

[whatchamacallit]

40. Yep, obvious joke, but I've noticed most Hillfans are humor challenged like republicans.

[ViseGrip]

38. Oh my word...well here is the actual link with ALL THE PEOPLE THEY WON'T SHOW.

That you insist, don't exist...

http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-sacramento-california/

[Mike__M]

41. Did you ever see a picture on the internet

where a cat says funny shit?
That's not really a talking cat.
Sometimes it's just a joke.
And some people don't need Snopes to tell them whether to laugh.
Some do.

[lumberjack_jeff]

49. .

[Zen Democrat]

42. Once again it's painfully obvious that Hillary supporters lack a sense of humor.

These things go right over their poor little heads SWOSH!

[Todays_Illusion]

43. More likely an opposition campaign dirty trick, meanwhile here is a photo of Brnie's Sacramento,

California rally. http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-sacramento-california


And not as damaging to Bernie Sanders as that Arizona primary fiasco, something real, was to Clinton.

[Goblinmonger]

48. The number of people here who don't understand memes is staggering.

Y'all might want to get off DU and explore the rest of the inter-tubes. It's fascinating out there.

[Lordquinton]

57. Richard Dawkins is smh

If we had all voted for Al Gore, inventor of the internet, instead of Nader we wouldn't be so challenged when it comes to online funny stuff.

[mr blur]

64. "Get off DU"?

But it's the Real World out there!

[Rob H.]

87. The problem isn't that they won't take time away from DU

It's that when they do they start sites to trash Sanders and his supporters and coordinate attacks on the ones who post here. (There are at least two that I know of, and they were founded and are being run by people who are not only members but hosts here. Oh, and some of the worst Hillary supporters here are members there, too.)

[Trust Buster]

51. Am I the only one who sees the irony in choosing Cubans for their phony representation ? LOL

[workinclasszero]

67. Nope

LOL

[AgingAmerican]

58. Ranting about a meme?

Can you prove it wasn't made by a Hillary supporter?

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. Make a Meme they do things like this

but I am the MASTER of photoshop. This was really a Clinton Rally in San Diego CA, we covered as news

?w=424&h=566&crop=1

Oh wait, that was a Sanders rally....

It had 13K in attendance, and due to a semi open primary, most of them will vote.

[Bill USA]

71. oh you scurrilous, hateful person you! thanks! recommended!

[puffy socks]

77. This

is exactly what the Tea Party Patriots did . All those fake pics of the Taxpayer March on Washington
or Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally.

[Sheepshank]

81. sucks to be caught lying. Hurts the campaign as much as the liar n/t

[bvf]

85. "...made the meme"??

Why does this remind me of the person who a while back asked for instructions on how to create a trend on twitter?