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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Faces Feisty Democratic Challenger [View all]Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)does show a shocking amount of misogyny, right wingers and barely coherent spittle flecked screeds, but they are all from people who seem to be supporters of Sen. Sanders. Bitter , unstable men who seem to be attacking the man, the party and the nominee it chose personally, by making lame comments about FB games.
I see also a man who seems to actually have been active in his hometown and working to help the homeless, upset about a politician who he believes has failed his constituents.
No one is perfect, but those attacking a man for daring to challenge their favored political leader in this manner is not about "perfection", surely? These are not actions or tactics that stable, reasoned people who can read English, even poorly edited social media, would engage in. The spittle flecked rants about video games and the deeply personal attacks speak volumes here. Constituents, who have a history of working with a politician, and who has expressed his feelings over the years should not be attacked in this manner. Are we not supposed to support Democrats here and not slime them with questionable looking links which do not match up to the advertisement and would not excuse these tactics even if they did?
I don't support bigots either, nor do I look kindly upon those whose bigotry is based on poor reading skills, petty ad hominems and selective reading of sources. That is bigotry in and of itself, and it's tiresome enough coming from the Trumpkins and their cult of personality and poor literacy, let's not engage in it under the pretense of "protecting" people that one cares very little about, and who were not victims in the first place.