2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders’ supporters could doom his campaign [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)My God, if I'd judged Obama by his supporters I would have voted for Hillary in 08. Not only were some actual Obama supporters very homophobic and casually cruel, many who posed as his supporters were virulently baiting the internet. So you have authentic jerks and then also ratfuckers. Only a chump lets the ravings of random persons influence them, particularly on the internet where random persons can claim anything or any association they wish.
The worst 'fake Obama supporter' post I read in 08 involved threats of arson on LGBT places because 'he is against homo marriage'. I suppose I could have steamed about his 'supporters' and rejected anything to do with the man but what I did was pick up the phone, call a pal in Chicago who knew how to get to the campaign and had that bullshit remark removed as quickly as possible. It was early in the campaign. 'West Hollywood will be in flames'. I'm no chump, so I did not buy what that jerk was attempting to sell.
I also, by the way, did not assume that DUers supporting Obama were arsonists in waiting. Again, because I am not a chump.