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Bernie Sanders repsonds to Clinton's Sexism Slur (Original Post) portlander23 Oct 2015 OP
You really like the sound you your own voice, doncha? nt onehandle Oct 2015 #1
Is that a gun in your signature or are you just happy to see me? portlander23 Oct 2015 #2
He's not posting much in the way of his own words passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #5
Posting links to 'his' own links. onehandle Oct 2015 #6
his own links passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #8
He is such an upfront and honest guy. She has nothing, cannot stand her...n/t monmouth4 Oct 2015 #3
exactly passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #4
Here's how it works. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #13
very good analysis passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #15
Yep, he's a class act. SmittynMo Oct 2015 #7
He totally speaks for me. That's why I support him. Gregorian Oct 2015 #9
+1 n/t ejbr Oct 2015 #10
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #11
Wonderful malokvale77 Oct 2015 #12
Is it honest to imply that he is the only one who can discuss gun control without shouting? nt Nitram Oct 2015 #14
Like he did that passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #16
I see, so he wasn't referring to Clinton. Nitram Oct 2015 #18
He never said 'everyone' is screaming and shouting. passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #19
I could vote for a Sanders/Clinton Ticket zebonaut Oct 2015 #17

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
5. He's not posting much in the way of his own words
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:19 PM
Oct 2015

He's posting other's words. But that doesn't sound belittling enough, does it?

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
8. his own links
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:38 PM
Oct 2015

all linking to information he felt was important enough to share here. Do you have a problem with that?

Seems your first snide remark wasn't enough...now you accuse him/her of being a sock puppet?

It may be true...we could all be sock puppets...but if they are not insulting anyone...what is the problem?

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
4. exactly
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:15 PM
Oct 2015

Bernie is a class act. Hillary has tried, but she just can't resist playing in the gutter when it seems like an easy strike against her opponent.

I thought she started out great, but her history with Obama is starting to repeat itself.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
13. Here's how it works.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:35 AM
Oct 2015

A candidate (or anyone) is overly sensitive to criticism or very minor slights.

She/he gets really angry at some small thing like Bernie's use of the word "shout."

She/he talks to his/her friends or aides, employees, family about the slight that is angering her/him.

The people close to her/him (the candidate) commiserate. Oh Bernie should not have used the word "shout."

A number of people commiserate, sympathize to the point that the candidate begins to feel like a victim. The very minor hurt or misinterpretation of what an opposing candidate has said becomes magnified. It's sort of making a mountain out of a molehill.

Teenaged girls do this a lot. I was once a teenaged girl, and I had daughters. I recognize how this works.

Hillary gets sympathy from her close friends and assistants when she complains about some nonexistent insult that seems huge to her. Then she goes public with her hurt feelings. Makes her look like a poor me type to most of us who don't know much about her sensitive feelings.

This will blow over. My comments may hurt some feelings. Bernie's weren't serious enough to even cause a murmur. Mine? I'm seeing the big trend. It's one of Hillary's personality problems, and she will have to deal with it.

Her complaining is very unattractive and makes her look weak.

She should have made a joke of this if she felt it wasn't right. She is handling this so badly that it will reflect negatively on her when all is said and done.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
15. very good analysis
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:14 PM
Oct 2015

And I agree, this only hurts her in the end...and it hurts the credibility of her supporters, who insist she is being "attacked" in some way.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
7. Yep, he's a class act.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:28 PM
Oct 2015

The differences between Bernie and Hillary is 180 degrees. Policy, truth, and personality.

This is such a no brainer for most people, who actually want to represent and save our democracy.

No one is like Bernie. NO ONE!!!

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
18. I see, so he wasn't referring to Clinton.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 05:43 PM
Oct 2015

And he wasn't referring to anybody else in particular? I think you got yourself out on a limb and just fell off.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
19. He never said 'everyone' is screaming and shouting.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 06:45 PM
Oct 2015

He only said 'all the screaming and shouting' is not going to get anything done.

So no, he isn't addressing any one individual, he was addressing society's reaction to some of the horrible mass shootings that have taken place, and the trend of some voices in the news to go to extremes when they want to pass gun control laws that are unfair to many people who use guns responsibly, like in his state (a rural hunting state).

My position is pretty much on solid ground, not out on a limb. The limb crawlers are the ones trying to use anything they can to accuse Bernie of using a sexist statement directed at Hillary, when it's obvious to those of us on solid ground that he did nothing of the sort.

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