Michael Bloomberg's attempt to buy the election, detailed

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(02-18-2020, 05:02 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Someone called it his "deplorables" moment. 

That said, he's not wrong and neither was she. It only heightens the hate, though. 

I hate the Bernie bros because they give legitimate Bernie supporters, one of the most diverse groups of voters out there, a bad name.

The problem, I think, is the most vocal portion of his supporters feel like the country is ***** them over (with student debt that their parents/grandparents didn't have, with increasing costs of living vs wages that their parents/grandparents didn't have, with healthcare costs that are skyrocketing to the point of bankruptcy which...to be fair their parents probably also had, but not to the extent that they do). And when they express these frustrations, they're called communists when they really just want what the generations before them had.

Van Jones said it isn't socialism or communism but called it "Grandparent envy" on Real Time with Bill Maher, which I think is pretty accurate.

It makes me more sympathetic to them than Trumps' deplorables, who are truly just fueled by hate and bigotry.

But I do wish they'd shut the hell up sometimes. Or at the very least express their frustration via constructive argument rather than trolling...

Ugh...Politics in the modern age suck...