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Onlooker

(5,636 posts)
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:22 PM Mar 2016

Negative attacks on Hillary 2.5x as great as negative attacks on Bernie

People wonder why some of us complain or even lash out at Bernie supporters. A quick review of the first page of this forum shows there are 2.5x as many attacks on Hillary as on Bernie. People call for her to be indicted, claim she takes bribes, argue her experience is useless, some even support Trump over her (as a nihilistic approach), and so on. But, dare someone raise an objection to Bernie's stands on guns, his support for the vigilante Minutemen, his advocacy for the stealth bomber, his support for the Kosovo war, his support for war resolutions against Afghanistan and Iraq, his support for states rights, his lack of support among most people of color, it's like they are criticizing Jesus, because Bernie can do no wrong. I think this is a necessary belief for many of them because of their overarching efforts to constantly frame Hillary as inconsistent and dishonest, but in the end that claim applies to Bernie as well.

Disclaimer: I did not list threads that were neutral or threads that were hard to classify, such as a thread by a Hillary supporter on Sarandon's support for Trump over Hillary. There were also a couple of threads that linked to videos, which I didn't watch, and some threads about Trump or Cruz that are not relevant to my point.

Imagine if this forum had one day where only threads in support of their candidate were allowed. I wonder what that would be like?

Pro Hillary
Countries with a female head of state
Hillary is qualified and progressive
Hillary in person is very effective
Clinton looks to the General Election
There have been enough debates
The NRA hates Hillary more than it hates Bernie

Anti Hillary
Not indicting Hillary would be a mistake
Hillary must face the FBI
Hillary bribed to change stance on trade
Hillary's foreign policy experience useless
Hillary followers are like BernieBros by asking for loyalty pledges
Hillary committed fraud in Arizona
Hillary won't discuss issues
MSNBC and Hillary coordinating together
Hillary holds fundraiser with lobbyists
Hillary's emails
Rich people like Hillary
Hillary refuses to debate
Hillary runs from debates
Hillary leaves a trail of blood
Hillary gets paid well for speeches about displacing American workers
Bernie donors maybe being targeted for dirty tricks
33% of Bernie supporters won't back Hillary
Hillary won't debate

Pro Bernie
He's a New Yorker
Feel the Bern in Brooklyn
Bernie's not far left
Bernie's diverse coalition -- Hawaiians
Bernie didn't insult his wife
Sarah Silverman likes Bernie
His victories predict he'll be the nominee
Superdelegates in states Bernie won must support him
A Hillary supporter switches to Bernie
Bernie would make a great CiC
Bernie will make the economy great

Anti-Bernie
Bernie doesn't reach out on gun violence
Sanders superdelegate efforts backfiring
Bernie welcomed bird, but not his wife
The loser wants more debates
Bernie supporters threaten superdelegates
What if people of color acted like Bernie supporters
Bernie doesn't have the momentum

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Negative attacks on Hillary 2.5x as great as negative attacks on Bernie (Original Post) Onlooker Mar 2016 OP
What is your point? GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #1
HRC Will Never Be Change Agent cantbeserious Mar 2016 #2
I think you have a broad definition of "attack" revbones Mar 2016 #3
Hillary leaves a trail of blood? bettyellen Mar 2016 #4
What else is new? Dem2 Mar 2016 #5
Hard to be negative about Bernie unless ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #6
 

GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
1. What is your point?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:24 PM
Mar 2016

There are more people subscribed to the Bernie Sanders group than the Hillary Clinton group so I wouldn't expect the discussion to necessarily be balanced perfectly.

 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
3. I think you have a broad definition of "attack"
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:25 PM
Mar 2016

Also, wow. You'd want a forum where only positive pro-candidate information is allowed? You are aware that the "D" behind some people's name is not magic right? Some Democrats can do the wrong thing - we need to be able to discuss faults and compare and contrast, otherwise it is truly a cult of personalities.

Dem2

(8,166 posts)
5. What else is new?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:28 PM
Mar 2016

50-75% of the breathless, tired & repetitive attacks on Hillary are trashed faster you can say "wait a..."

 

ThePhilosopher04

(1,732 posts)
6. Hard to be negative about Bernie unless
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:29 PM
Mar 2016

you are simply a negative person who likes to bitch about someone for the hell of it. He's on the right side of just about every progressive issue.

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