02-14-2020, 12:37 PM
(02-14-2020, 12:29 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 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.
That right there is the biggest thing they need to understand. Policy wise, I'm a Pete man, but I have Bernie and Warren as a close second, tied. If both Warren and Pete dropped out between now and Super Tuesday, I'd probably vote for Biden because of how much the Bernie crowd has turned me off from him.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
