2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The real reason Bernie's supporters are being attacked is because they are very effective [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)If all anyone talked about on this forum were the positives of their candidate, how would anyone learn about the negatives that we all NEED to know to make a wise choice?
How can pointing out factual and historical negative policy choices, be considered "negative" campaigning?
If we don't talk about the things Hillary has done that scare us, how will anyone else new to the game find out about it? And if you don't talk about the things Bernie wants to do that scare you (or from his history) then how will anyone new know to research those issues?
Attacking a candidate is playing dirty...swiftboating...going after things that are not fair game (like Benghazi, e-mail problems, marital problems, etc, a story written when in college, etc.).
Going after real policy decisions and stances is not attacking. It is informing. How can anyone make a fair choice if they are not honestly informed?