2020 Presidential Election

[BmorePat87]

(02-04-2020, 02:50 PM)treee Wrote: I've noticed you have the tendency to characterize Sanders' supporters negatively. Personally, I think his supporters are a young, diverse, and energized bunch. They believe in his vision and authenticity. They see a foresighted person with an established voting history going way back. 

Of course there are grifters in any movement, but I wouldn't feel negatively about being associated with Sanders' supporters at all. The driving force of his base is the kind of thing that gives me hope.

Most Bernie supporters are great. His online base, the Bernie Bro’s, is horrendous.

Whether it’s Twitter, Reddit, or Facebook, they’re promoting conspiracy theories about the reason for the delay, falsely claiming Buttigieg funded it, and calling Pete “rat” and “Mayor Cheat”.

It’s worthy of condemnation. It undermines the process and plays into Trump and Russia’s shared narrative. It ignores the fact that maybe it wasn’t rigged, maybe Pete’s strategy of focusing on having a captain at nearly every district was the right play in a caucus, given the data released on social media that Pete gained the most in the realignment round. He played the delegate game and it appears he’ll be able to claim victory later today.

No it’s easier to say it’s rigged. Just like how the poll 2 days before was obviously canceled because Bernie won it...