2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I NEVER want to hear another word about BERNIE BROS on DU again [View all]DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)That's not to say he doesn't have elderly supporters or that elderly people on both sides aren't on the internet, etc. It's just that internet participation is very high among the liberal under-30 crowd that makes up his base, ergo having more people magnifies the number of bad actors that are going to be in a group. And once a large enough number of people manifest, the kind of behavior we're talking about can multiply.
I think the propensity for being an asshole probably isn't helped by the fact that large parts of the internet are bubbles where nobody but Bernie supporters talk to one another. And so when dissenting opinions enter their orbit, they lash out because they're confused as to why people believe different things than all their friends.