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In reply to the discussion: Trash-talking Hillary on this board makes me more likely to vote for Hillary. [View all]L0oniX
(31,493 posts)75. Great idea! Pin the tail on the donk... um ...err ...candidate.
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Trash-talking Hillary on this board makes me more likely to vote for Hillary. [View all]
byronius
Jun 2015
OP
OH BULLSHIT. You got your post hidden and were banned for good reason:
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#143
If people critiquing another candidate on a message board makes you change your vote....
Joe the Revelator
Jun 2015
#2
It's fair to critique, but I don't see Bernie supporters making fun of Hillary's hair.
Exilednight
Jun 2015
#38
Don't base your vote on the behavior of a small handful of rude supporters.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2015
#3
That's all it takes? A bunch of anonymous internet users? Not the policies of the
neverforget
Jun 2015
#5
Most of the comments on this thread are a direct response to the insults in the op.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#227
What did you think would happen when you insulted a bunch of people in GD?
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#225
"Bernie Sanders is a better person than some of his Number One fans are."
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#240
I too enjoy reading everything via the mechanism of literalism rather than grasping an obvious point
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#204
Are you saying that some words posted on the internet by people you've never even met...
99Forever
Jun 2015
#8
I picked Bernie by closing my eyes and pointing at a chart of all the quality candidates running. nt
peecoolyour
Jun 2015
#15
Whatever, it's not a matter of being smart. When you rec a post people can view what you rec.
Autumn
Jun 2015
#226
"I didn't see the anti-Bernie posts that have apparently sent this place over the fucking edge"
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#232
You think so huh? Do you have a problem with the "slime-spew" directed at Bernie
Autumn
Jun 2015
#22
I've already weighed in on any alerts I had an opinion on. Has your friend told you how
Autumn
Jun 2015
#68
Wow.. they sure do like to censor.. not for free speech so much that bunch. Doubt if the
Cha
Jun 2015
#256
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Systematic Chaos
Jun 2015
#27
Just consider the sources. Bernie would never act like this, which makes him worthy of consideration
freshwest
Jun 2015
#29
Trash talking makes you vote for people? How many times did you vote for Bush? Eleventy-million?
Fearless
Jun 2015
#46
'Baseless invective', 'absolutist exclusionary language', 'uncivil discourse'.
byronius
Jun 2015
#191
It's good you give your vote for President as much weight as voting on American Idol.
jeff47
Jun 2015
#56
When you love someone dearly, you don't abandon them because of a message on the Internet.
jeff47
Jun 2015
#174
I like to use images as well but that gentleman seems to go overboard.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#69
So you let other voters' feelings affect your vote? Wow that's rather shallow and ill-thinking.
silvershadow
Jun 2015
#80
I haven't seen any anti-Bernie posts like that. Why would anyone say such things?
byronius
Jun 2015
#122
Instead of subtly slandering me from the anonymity of an internet connection
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#177
Nope, just want Bernie's supporters to abstain from absolute nuclear warfare.
byronius
Jun 2015
#190
I agree with you completely. I'm laughing that after a dozen years here more or less
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#246
"If Bernie himself was acting anything like this, I'd stop listening to a single thing he said."
Cha
Jun 2015
#131
Your analogy is specious. Music isn't politics, and Nickelback isn't going to be running against
byronius
Jun 2015
#193
Your disbelief does not change the fact that civil discourse is more productive.
byronius
Jun 2015
#217
So? Trash talking Olive Garden on this board makes me more likely to breastfeed a smoking pit bull.
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2015
#243
With so many people claiming their hair is on fire because their hero (or heroine) is disrespected
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2015
#249
Your full-on McDonalds slime-spew is making me want to write in a smoking pit bull's name
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#245