2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Blaming Sanders: Why Democratic Party Unity is Officially Impossible [View all]GRhodes
(162 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 3, 2016, 10:41 PM - Edit history (1)
I have yet to see a single response to an article critical of Clinton (not her supporters) in which Clinton supporters responded with some thought, respect, and understanding as to where people are coming from. Poor people and working people have been falling further and further behind, the environment is getting progressively worse, there is a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure gap, and many of her supporters clearly see these things as abstractions, the attitude of many of her supporters has a strong upper-middle class tinge. Instead of understanding why people are being radicalized, and why they may have major problems with people like Clinton, her supporters respond with arrogance, personal attacks, lies and sliming. It's clear that the people that support her and act that way are relatively well off and don't give a damn at all about those less fortunate than them.
You can't claim that Sanders supporters have blatantly lied about her supporters liked Clinton supporters have either. Remember the "English only" lies? How about the outright lies about violence in Vegas? The lies about the sexist "Berniebros"? What do you expect people to do in response to that?