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In reply to the discussion: Privilege: Would your personal circumstances change if Bernie was President? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)82. I think it is very full tilt freaky to ask others questions like this while not offering up your own
circumstances and what you think your candidate is going to do for you. Lord knows you are not voting for Hillary on my behalf, you do that for you. On DU her supporters tend to be the sort who say 'Hi, I'm very rich nice to meet you' before they tell you their names. Not just people with money but people who define themselves by their money. They speak of attending salons with Sec Clinton and having luncheons with Senators. They despise Bernie, they love Hillary.
So how about you? Is that you? Do you or your family work for Hillary or for a company that benefits from her campaign? Many of her supporters in the public eye are married to people who work for her. Many. Could be you. You fail to say.
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Privilege: Would your personal circumstances change if Bernie was President? [View all]
Chichiri
Mar 2016
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I'm voting in my own self-interest, and I don't much care what anyone thinks of that.
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2016
#2
Because unless you're a millionaire like Hillary you'll continue to bleed out.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#3
Read all of the threads on DU from Bernie supporters about why we need reform.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#11
Because we know that's not really what you're doing; we've seen your other threads.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#32
Would they respond to a loaded question based on cherry picked excerpts ?
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#40
I have a degree in analytical philosophy, and I find it hilarious when people c/p fallacies at me.
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#49
Nice try, forget your title already? "Are Bernie supporters really "privileged?""
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#51
Good thing he's not Jewish or a woman, I'd hate to see what you'd say about him then.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#68
And none of them were hidden for calling someone "an old crusty Jew" or a "p*ssy"
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#93
Probably still won't work, we've been fighting this stereotype since last May.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#60
Katy Perry is worth $400M+; she shrugs and giggles that good jobs get sent abroad
closeupready
Mar 2016
#4
something all farmers learn early and never forget, but many 'city dwellers' never fully master...
islandmkl
Mar 2016
#5
Do you, or the author, think that Bernie is going to ignore the plight of Blacks and Latinos?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#9
How will your personal situation change over, say, the next 30 years if Bernie becomes President? nt
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#81
The patterns and policies put into place since 1980 by BOTH parties have hit almost everyone...
Armstead
Mar 2016
#19
Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, Asians, Muslims - nah they don't count.
jillan
Mar 2016
#25
This is so funny! Thanks for the laugh. The author of this does not have a clue.
jillan
Mar 2016
#24
They feel (rightly or wrongly) that they personally stand to lose a lot depending on who's President
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#41
That's an excellent motivation to vote, but it comes from personal privilege unless . . .
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#38
Thank you for your comment. I am sorry that the response you recieved was so cold.
demmiblue
Mar 2016
#64
I would worry a whole lot less about my Social Security and Medicare with Bernie.
Vinca
Mar 2016
#62
In the Primary I am voting for Bernie because Hillary has a long history of opposing my civil rights
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#78
I think it is very full tilt freaky to ask others questions like this while not offering up your own
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#82