For those who are mystified as to why Bernie's speech (and, it seems, very existence) is vilified [View all]

[djean111]

by the supporters of a different candidate -

(For the deflecting pedants who may screech that this is IMPOSSIBLE! Because time and stuff! - this is just an analogy. Thanks in advance for resisting the urge to marginalize and deflect.)

If Abraham Lincoln had had the temerity to run against Hillary Clinton, and delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address as part of his platform, I truly believe that Hillary's supporters would immediately swoop in - be it to the taverns or the internet - and declaim angrily that just who does A. Lincoln think he is! and tell us that the Emancipation should be carefully done in incremental stages, and also who the fuck does Lincoln think he is.

This is what they do. I have accepted it, and use my full ignore key when I see it. Not worth one second of angst.