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Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:25 AM Feb 2016

Getting sick of this Bull.....

A hillary supporter makes a false claim:

-You think this country can be divided over LGBT and race issues.

-Bernie thinks non economic issues don't matter.

-Bernie is a sexist.

Someone comes out and calls the out poster on the absolute blatant crap post... rightly pointing out exploitative behavior.

The response?

-I wont be silenced by you

-Stop bullying me

-Your just trying to cause division

The bullshit just gets thicker and thicker from there, with all manner of deflections and projections.
I don't get how this sort of thing isn't laughed off into non-existence.
I see this pattern repeated over and over.

It's worth saying: co-opting a group's voice, IS the same silencing them. Hillary supporters do this ALOT!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511210504

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Getting sick of this Bull..... (Original Post) Bubzer Feb 2016 OP
You forgot "Don't tell me how to vote" . CentralMass Feb 2016 #1
Right! I did forget that one...another classic... Bubzer Feb 2016 #2
The Irony malletgirl02 Feb 2016 #10
they should just stick to making those topics retrowire Feb 2016 #3
That would be nice. Bubzer Feb 2016 #4
Well, you should know by now they get that from their candidate. Nyan Feb 2016 #5
Thats the size of it. Bubzer Feb 2016 #6
Not helping. Nt Rebkeh Feb 2016 #7
If we were in Europe DaveT Feb 2016 #8
and "how dare you criticize (proxy)!" MisterP Feb 2016 #9

malletgirl02

(1,523 posts)
10. The Irony
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 08:40 PM
Feb 2016

The irony of this is that Clinton supporters are telling young women how to vote by telling them they are stupid man crazy sluts who are going to burn in hell if they don't vote for Clinton.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
3. they should just stick to making those topics
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:41 AM
Feb 2016

in their protected Hillary group where no one can contest their claims and they can be shielded in their comfy bubble.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
5. Well, you should know by now they get that from their candidate.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:53 AM
Feb 2016

Remember how she was determined to be not silenced on gun control, even though she was being held down by her sexist opponent?
So there you have it; false victimhood, playing gender card, and pandering to the base in the hopes of gaining political support -the trifecta of very cynical and deeply insulting Clinton strategy.

DaveT

(687 posts)
8. If we were in Europe
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:59 AM
Feb 2016

we would have multiple parties with two names.

Bernie would be leading the Social Democratic Party.

Hillary would be the champion of the Passive Aggressive Party.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
9. and "how dare you criticize (proxy)!"
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 03:08 PM
Feb 2016

screaming "we will NOT be silenced" is always a core tactic of astroturfers--Brooks Brothers Riot, West LA sending chanters to shut down any subway carrying "those people" past Vermont Avenue, biddies worried about bike lanes

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