Hillary Supporters Speaking Up and Out

[HillareeeHillaraah]

It's been noted often that the volume of online support voiced by Bernie Followers vs. Clinton Fans clearly leans heavily toward the former.

Yet we are out there and in greater numbers than Sanders supporters. Her winning metrics back that assertion. Still, we're so vastly out-posted online.

Does he have a hired army of prolific posters or is Camp Clinton just a quieter crew ( present group not withstanding )

This from an article on HuffPost

I had a number of conversations with Clinton supporters this weekend (on the phone and in private messages; not on public Facebook pages) in which all parties involved admitted to being reticent to speak up for her in public because to do so means having to endure battering by #FeeltheBerners. One mentioned feeling that the sheer fanaticism and idealization of Sanders supporters has made it impossible to have an adult conversation without triggering a kind of cultish backlash... which I too have experienced (similar to the way Scientologists respond when one suggests L.Ron Hubbard is not a god). Another said she’s going to quietly vote, quietly share her Clinton support with those who ask, but is not going to throw it out there for public consumption. I don’t blame her, I don’t blame any of them... one supports Clinton at their own peril.

But I’m done being quiet. Not that I’ve been all that quiet, but I’ve been kinda quiet. Certainly quieter than the #feeltheberners in my midst!

An interesting read worth clicking on...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lorraine-devon-wilke/why-clinton-supporters-ne_b_9554372.html

[liberal N proud]

1. We don't get paid

That is the difference.

There are others as well.

[HillareeeHillaraah]

2. I guess that's it

His on line support feels manufactured and deliberate while hers reads more authentically, I believe.

[liberal N proud]

3. I also thing another big part of it is age

While the BSer are mostly young people, many of Hillary's supporters have done this before. We have been around the block and know how it works.

[FloridaBlues]

4. They are younger college age with alittle more time on their hands

Versus working, family and other demands we have for our time

[HillareeeHillaraah]

5. I think that's a big part of it

I think that's also a big part of why he does so well in caucuses. It takes a big chunk of time to caucus. Of course, I'm not nearly the first to have said that.....

[artyteacher]

6. ... and we know online polls and BS is meaningless...

The freepers thought rigging polls for the past couple of decades would destroy Democrats. It's not the same as actual voting.

[Coolest Ranger]

7. Here are my reasons for refusing to engage with Bernie supporters online

They all post the same thing when they come on social media. They will either post about Clinton's alleged membership with Monsanto or that they post about she takes more money then they should or they talk about how she's evil and she's going to destroy the world crap. They then talk about the economic bull shit over and over again. Then they go to the he marched with Doctor Martin Luther King (hint: that happened if it happened over 48 years ago) ever hear of the song What have you done for me lately?

Then when I want to talk about issues that are important to me. Like how are we going to address the racism among police departments nation wide? How are we going to fix it so that people like me can have a fair shot in the criminal Justice system. Their response to me. You are an angry black man, you're a racist. They then go back and start posting all their talking points about how great Bernie is. I then press them about what will he do to win over black Voters like me. Again they go back to th economic bull shit. If I ask them to answer my question, they accuse me of being hostile. The same damn crap over and over again. So I block every Sanders supporter I run into. I won't engage them until they give me a reasonable answer to my question.

Killer Mike, don't mean jack crap to me. Cornel West a joke and don't get me started on Lady Susan. Until you take the issues I care about seriously I don't care how much you hate Hillary, I won't deal with you, PERIOD and if that makes me sound angry then fine, I'm angry

[DemonGoddess]

8. great article!

shared it to Pinterest

[HillareeeHillaraah]

9. Agreed, she states it well

And I knew the author's words would be welcomed here

[Loki]

10. Another word to remember "American Crossroads"

a NTY article from 2015, but very important to read today, because this is exactly what they are doing. And guess who? Karl Rove.....

The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton

By ASHLEY PARKER and NICK CORASANITIMAY 16, 2015


WASHINGTON — A Twitter post recently caught the eye of Bill McKibben, the environmental advocate and godfather of the Keystone XL pipeline protests. It included an image from “The Simpsons” showing Homer and his family basking in mountains of cash in their living room, followed by a report on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s appearing at a fund-raiser with a lobbyist from the Keystone fight.

Mr. McKibben’s environmental organization, 350.org, has been trying to raise awareness about the ties it sees between lobbyists for the oil pipeline and former aides to Mrs. Clinton. He promptly shared the post with his 150,000 Twitter followers, and the reaction was immediate.

“You expect different from a Clinton?” one person responded on Twitter. And from another: “Did you need another reason not to vote for Hillary Clinton?” Lost in the response was the source of the offending tweet. It was not another environmental organization or even a liberal challenger to Mrs. Clinton. Instead, it was a conservative group called America Rising PAC, which is trying, with laserlike focus, to weaken the woman who almost everyone believes will be the Democratic Party’s candidate for president in 2016.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/politics/the-right-aims-at-democrats-on-social-media-to-hit-clinton.html

[HillareeeHillaraah]

11. It's hard to think its NOT, in some part, Rovian

I remember reading that article. Thanks for the reminder. I do find that no matter the site, all around the web, Bernie posters go from zero to outraged in a just post or two. What once read as passion now feels like performance.

If future journalists ever perform a complete autopsy on this entire campaign, I can't help but wonder if it will be discovered that a vast part of the revolution was planned, purchased and performed.

[SharonClark]

15. Thanks for posting

[creon]

12. I will vote for Clinton

I see nothing special about Sanders.
He is a long term politician; a member of the "establishment".
He is a socialist; and, there is no Socialist Party.
He has to caucus with the Democratic Party and run as a Democrat.

He is 74; and 2016 is an open year for President. This year is his only opportunity.

And, plenty of people are "mad as hell" and "will not take it anymore".
So, a lot is projected onto him.

I am not "mad as hell". If I were, I would not use that as a basis for behavior.


There are plenty of reasons to vote for Clinton.

[pandr32]

13. Excellent!

I am now following her on Facebook! I will be braver amid my circle of family and friends, too (her article seemed as though I could have written it--it paralleled my experiences and undoubtedly everyone else here could say the same thing!)

[Her Sister]

14. thanks for this article!

I Will If You Will: Why Clinton Supporters Need to Speak up More on Social Media
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lorraine-devon-wilke/why-clinton-supporters-ne_b_9554372.html

Social media is a powerful place to make important points, and my goal is not debate as much as finding a way toward that necessary balance, at least in my social circle; to potentially help those who are still asking questions, still considering; to give them something beyond oppositional propaganda and zealous negativity. To contribute to a scenario in which they can see and learn about more than one side of this contest.

Join me if you’re so moved, quiet Clinton supporters. It’s only March.

More and more we are speaking up. Coming out for HRC!

With HER!!