2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you think the term 'Bernie Bro' is funny, would you find the term 'Hillary Hag' funny too? [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)It's about white men, maybe on the young side, with libertarian leanings who are very strident Bernie supporters. I am a woman who voted for Bernie. I know I don't fit the description, not just because I'm a woman and middle aged, but because I'm not a "Bernie wonderful, Hillary horrible" person. I'm more of a "Bernie good, Hillary good, but Bernie better" voter.
Anyway the point is that BernieBro was never intended to describe all Bernie supporters, only a stereotype of them, and the stereotype assumes male, among other things. I assume HillBot also describes a stereotype of Hillary supporters (who support everything she says no matter what it is? Not sure but that is what "HillBot" makes me think of.)
"Bro" and "Hag" are not equivalent in any case.