2020 Presidential Election

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(02-14-2020, 11:41 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Here's the amazing thing to me. Bernie is not even a Democrat, yet his followers (which are very cult-like in their demeanor) are so insufferable that they have taken over the local party.

I had to call this guy an irrational actor, today, because he has continued to attempt his argument. My point with him has been that by calling objective data "fake" he makes any other argument he makes questionable. He could be correct in his discussion of the interpretation of these numbers, and he mostly is, but when you open up with the whole "alternative facts" type of argument you cause your own credibility to be an issue. Why should I, or anyone, engage with someone in a legitimate discussion over these numbers if that is the starting point?

This is why I don't post in r/Politics. It's 90% Bernie supporters, but the insufferable kind. I can't engage when the starting point is a conspiracy theory. I want to be able to discuss politics not mindlessly worship a candidate and refuse to entertain anything unrelated to them or anything that doesn't praise them.

They dismiss the comparison because of policy, but:

1) attack the media
2) predominantly use fringe and biased media sources
3) promote conspiracy theories
4) engage in personal attacks
5) use insulting names for other candidates


There's a lot of what the Bernie Bros crowd does that mirrors the MAGA crowd. The fact that Bernie is far, far more admirable in his aims doesn't excuse the behavior of the supporters. They're also not winning anyone over with the behavior.