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Bernie Sanders Is Hurting Himself by Playing the VictimThe Vermont senator could turn from movement leader into the messiah of an angry white male cult with his claims of a rigged nomination process.
By Joan WalshTwitterYESTERDAY 1:36 PM
Its been five days since the conflagration at the Nevada State Democratic Convention, and the embers are still burning. Much of it has singed Senator Bernie Sanders. The intimidation of speakers and the misogynist death threats against party chair Roberta Lange have led to a wave of critical pieces by Bernie supporterssome of them now former Bernie supporters. Sanderss loyal CNN backer Sally Kohn wrote in Time: I Felt the Bern But the Bros Are Extinguishing the Flames. Esquires Charles Pierce, who voted for Sanders, weighed in Tuesday: Its Time for Bernies People to Calm Down. Sanders supporter Harold Meyerson now insists, The Bros Are Undermining Bernie.
In the pages of the Sanders fanzine Salon (for which I used to work), at least two Bernie supporters have written that its over: For them, the mayhem in Las Vegas has doused the burn. Even on Sanders-friendly Reddit, former Berners were leaving the fold. Much of the media has reacted with shock to the Nevada chaos, and Sanders surrogates have faced tougher grilling on cable news than they have for the entire campaign.
But the Sanders camp is defiant, with the senator himself condemning the threats and reports of violence, butand you never add but to a sentence thats condemning threatening behaviorinsisting party leaders had it coming, because convention rules were less than fair or transparent. Sanders has continued to rip the Democratic Party for unfairness, and his supporters are now telling reporters there will be trouble at the convention in Philadelphia over the rigged primary process.
http://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-is-hurting-himself-by-playing-the-victim/
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)Rockyj
(538 posts)Hillary race baits, plays woman victim card, and her campaign & 1% pay Hillary SHILLS & provocateurs to promote violence & BLAME it on Bernie supporters! #NeverHillary is here and will NEVER go away & every Progressive Democrat I know will NOT vote for Hillary! I don't know any Progressive Bernie Sanders supporters threatening violence.
WTFU people its Hillary's Camp creating this mess!
If Hillary really cares about America she needs to END her corrupt 1% funded campaign NOW!
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,805 posts)Rockyj
(538 posts)to RW. The way she treated Black Lives Matter protestors was horrible & she used the woman victim card on Bernie Sanders of all people!
Hillary camp is using everything they can, which makes them look desperate.
BumRushDaShow
(129,805 posts)makes zero sense... Particularly since you continue to use the terms.
And as a note, any protest group who disrupts does so with that intent in mind. The bigger issue is whether the one being disrupted actually follows up later or refuses to come off the canned stump speech that essentially marginalizes the protestor's concern. I.e., Bernie refuses to acknowledge the importance of "social justice" being a more impactful issue to POC - and this goes beyond silly utterances about "ghettoes", because even billionaires like Oprah will tell you economics make no difference thanks to her black face.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)It's actually aggressive.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)Gothmog
(145,754 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)There's that.
Only a woman could pull off silencing valid criticism of her error(s) of judgment(s) by claiming those criticisms were/are purely rooted in sexist behavior.
Yes, HIll is a real piece of work in that regard.
No, Bernie's no victim but Hill sure as hell did her best to act like one multiple times.
grossproffit
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)That creep is a real POS, damn.
Rockyj
(538 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)If they did you'd be posting them!
forjusticethunders
(1,151 posts)in terms of tone and word choice.
The white male rage is real.
polly7
(20,582 posts)Strange post.
But then every honest criticism here against Clinton has been claimed sexist, racist, whatever was the meme trotted out for the day to make her a victim.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Bizarre, yes, but there it is.
polly7
(20,582 posts)And demanding respect for others is what every good human should do. The only ones 'playing victim' are those having so much fun doing the ugly, lying Brock crap and getting called on it.
frylock
(34,825 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)I love the part where "Joan Walsh" calls Salon a Sanders fanzine.
frylock
(34,825 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)The building trades unions, the only unions that have actually grown, are all endorsing Hillary. They plan on showing in force in Philly. Some people will get their asses kicked, and I doubt it will be those building tradesmen. Those Bernie-ites won;t have their mothers there to help them.
eastwestdem
(1,220 posts)Canvassing for Hillary in CA has never been more fun.