A message to Bernie’s supporters from Firebrand.
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Friends, while we are differing on pathways at the moment, I hope that many of you realize that many of Hillary’s supporters also adore Bernie-I think many of us really do.
I don’t want to see Hillary’s supporters bashing Bernie, I watch the boards a lot and truthfully most Hillary supporters do not do that. Trending Now and Greatest Threads have become fully allocated to hating Hillary-it’s a bummer to see.
It’s much harder to call out your friends rather than call out your opponents. We’re a better party than the GOP, I hope we can each try to keep our sides of the street clean, it’s a road that we all need to travel on in the general.
Best wishes my friends! Oh and I saw the picture of the woman breast feeding her child at Bernie’s rally-I loved that! Bernie also has magic!
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a Third Way candidate, sorry. I will gladly welcome you into the fold if Bernie, a traditional Democrat, wins his fight to re-take the party back to its' 80-year roots with labor. 
That would be an olive branch.
I've had an incredible day for personal reasons, I just wanted to write something polite to my friends supporting Bernie. However it appears that several people could care less.
Have a great evening my friend! 
It seems many around here would rather we were silent.
Best to you
OP did not ask you to vote for Hillary...
if I want to recommend the thread for more exposure or not. 
.... which baffles me, because I've never sparred with the poster...
well aren't we condescending about others. i personally think bernie to be a phony. He is an utter fraud and let me explain that. He has lived an entire congressional life without any power and where his votes had no consequences. He represented a state that is pretty isolated and insulated.
He had basically one vote his entire life that mattered and that was the gun vote. Where was his liberal values on that vote?. The only vote that mattered and he choked. He capitulated like any other politician. How was that for a profile in courage.
I have been pretty successful in life through my own hard work. I started out pretty poor and grew up in a laundry. I shared a twin bed with my brother until I was 9 and he was 10.
My dad who was Chinese couldn't even swim in the public pools in St. Louis. When we went to go get a mortgage with 45% down we could only get one from the bank of Harlem
I can guarantee I suffered way more discrimination than Bernie ever did. Growing up Jewish in NYC is no handicap. As a matter of fact it is probably an advantage. I grew up in a Jewish clique in NYC.
I find his incessant whining annoying.
Currently , i sell to some of the most powerful attorneys in the country. i was just with the attorney representing Bob McDonnell( VA gov.) last week. Am I as smart as these people. No they are smarter than me but I can certainly be in their company and garner respect from them.
So when it comes to intelligence I certainly hang in there.
Your comments are exactly why I detest you Bernie people. Most of you are full of shit.
... except that you can't because they are on a time out (after seeing the transparency, I think they should have anger management, frankly.
Anyway... I know in the end we are Democrats, so it's herding cats!
We're going to get through this together. If Sanders is the nominee I will support him enthusiastically! We are keeping the executive branch, that is for sure!
last week I began putting the nastiest of both sides "supporters" on ignore (for they are not truly supporters if they can devolve to that).
"I don’t want to see Hillary’s supporters bashing Bernie, I watch the boards a lot and truthfully most Hillary supporters do not do that. Trending Now and Greatest Threads have become fully allocated to hating Hillary-it’s a bummer to see."
Now, you would have to admit you are a bit blinded by bias, but I have an equal number of nasty "supporters" on ignore from both sides. I would behoove you to look deeply within yourself instead of posting goofiness here to see what you CAN do to not be that which you claim to hate. There are no victims here. Only people on my ignore list. 
In peace,
Laura
Because I've chosen to support Hillary in this cycle I am a bit biased, but any person looking at the cover page can see that its largely dedicated to muddying Hillary. It's a constant barrage, the tables have never been turned on Sanders because they control the juries.
But I've also challenged my own thinking several times. I have and I do look within. Thank you for your post!
You both have mud on your welcome mats... in equal proportion. I also ask you take this message from a calm Democrat who intends to vote for the nominee in November. Both groups could learn a few lessons. It is equally despicable, and I've voted to hide posts by the most vocal of the acid slingers. Again, there are no innocents (or, as you would put, "less gulty"
. Perhaps you could encourage your side to breathe and walk away just as Bernie's side could do the same. I'd post this in both of the groups, but people get banned for the dumbest of comments in both groups.
In short, drop the acts and get real.
Your for Sanders, not centrist as you suggested.
This is what I wrote in the OP: It’s much harder to call out your friends rather than call out your opponents. We’re a better party than the GOP, I hope we can each try to keep our sides of the street clean, it’s a road that we all need to travel on in the general.
Best wishes my friends! Oh and I saw the picture of the woman breast feeding her child at Bernie’s rally-I loved that! Bernie also has magic!
Best to you, I thought we were having a decent conversation until you dropped that last line. Best wishes to you! 
I'm sorry, Firebrand Gary, but both of my replies to you are honest and they stand.
I encourage you, your friends and Bernie's supporters to stop with the vile behavior. None of you are helping your chosen candidate.
Don't let the negativity wear you down.
My hat is off to you 
