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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Some highlights from #DropOutHillary [View all]JTFrog
(14,274 posts)100. There is a double standard alright.
The volume of trolls pretending to be Bernie supporters and stacking DU juries is probably well documented. Skinner has pointed out the bias in the jury system a while back. Hence the new rules coming soon to DU.
There are always assholes on both sides, but the influx of new posters who wear their hatred for Hillary like a badge and spam the forum with right wing propaganda exceeds just about any other type of trolling I've seen on DU.
It is what it is.
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You failed to notice every POTUS (good and bad) elected has the highest unfavorable numbers?
bettyellen
May 2016
#112
If Sanders Can Keep His Momentum, He Might Be Able to Get ZERO Votes in the Electoral College
Stallion
May 2016
#51
Your sexism glasses blind you to her actual failings. Gender ain't one of them for any of us.
JudyM
May 2016
#8
Don't presume I'm not seeing her accomplishments, I am not biased in that way. But many
JudyM
May 2016
#83
Some of us view those "accomplishments" as the strongest argument for why she's unqualified.
Chan790
May 2016
#121
Janey, you always revert to sexism as a shield when it has nothing to do with it. It's her character
JudyM
May 2016
#12
Yeah, that was a chickenshit hide. One of many we see here lately when the truth hurts n/t
arcane1
May 2016
#89
I just don't think Sanders supporters have the ability to see behind their blind hatred for
Trust Buster
May 2016
#32
Well it took some time, but they finally convienced me. I view sanders and trump
still_one
May 2016
#58
You are entitled to your view, and ironically when this started last year up to a month ago I would
still_one
May 2016
#90
Just like Hillary supporters can't see how very serious the FBI investigation in to her
Fawke Em
May 2016
#59
as opposed to posters who haven't been a month and already have a transparency page showing yet
Hiraeth
May 2016
#98
That's called 'the people speaking', I know you know it all and don't want to hear it but . . . . .
pdsimdars
May 2016
#105
I guess that means you never actually read them. I did. And by your response you didn't.
pdsimdars
May 2016
#118
I dispise sanders because of this garbage, and that is a 180 degree turn from where I used
still_one
May 2016
#65
She shouldn't drop out but, then again, neither shoud he. The democratic process needs to play out.
Hiraeth
May 2016
#104
And more civil than when her campaign spread lies, smears and swift boated Bernie.
pdsimdars
May 2016
#107
Respect is long gone, the question now is whether she is even tolerable.
Waiting For Everyman
May 2016
#116
Most of what I have read is about issues people have, not ad hominem, like the Clinton campaign
pdsimdars
May 2016
#106
In the sand? Every elected POTUS had higher unfavorable numbers. All of them.
bettyellen
May 2016
#113