2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The real reason Bernie's supporters are being attacked is because they are very effective [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)It isn't the fault of the politician and said politician's views that is the problem, it's the supporters who like a different politician's views that is the real problem.
If I was a Jeb Bush supporter, and I denounced Trump supporters because they like Trump more than Bush, whose fault would it be? (Okay, mine for supporting either of the idiots, but I digress).
If you aren't an appealing candidate, you just flat aren't an appealing candidate and lashing out at supporters of other candidates that in your mind should support you isn't a winning strategy.
They don't support you because they don't like what you have done in the past. They don't support you because they disagree with your views. They don't support you because they would support damn near anybody on the Democratic ticket in the primaries than you because ... they don't support you.
Correct me if I'm wrong - it's is the CANDIDATE'S job to get people to like them and vote for them. Attacking the people that don't like your candidate as though they are somehow defective is stupid.
They aren't defective because they don't like your candidate, it is your candidate that is defective.