Democratic Primaries

DanTex

(20,709 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:53 PM Mar 2020

This took a lot of courage. [View all]

I don't think Biden is responsible for what people supporting him do online, but it would be good if he followed Bernie's example and denounced this sort of thing, in the interest of civility.
We should be supporting recovering addicts, not shaming them.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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This took a lot of courage. [View all] DanTex Mar 2020 OP

He got into law school with a criminal record? Moderateguy Mar 2020 #1

First question in my mind too. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #3

Why shouldn't he? Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #4

Because most states won't let you take the bar if you have a record Moderateguy Mar 2020 #6

The practice is exclusionary and wrong. And I know there are exceptions. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #8

I didn't know there were exceptions... learnt something new Moderateguy Mar 2020 #9

Yeah it all depends on the person's record. You can explain it to the Bar. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #14

ANY exception can be and will be made for the more privileged Moderateguy Mar 2020 #16

Real sweetheart.. Trashed Warren after giving Bernie credit for her appointment to the CFPB ehrnst Mar 2020 #18

As a survivor myself ... I'm completely not following you or this tweet ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #2

Maybe if Bernie denounced what his supporters do immediately padah513 Mar 2020 #5

Sad isn't it? ehrnst Mar 2020 #12

I don't expect Biden to denounce this. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #7

A Bernie supporter is being harassed online for his drug history. DanTex Mar 2020 #11

But how does this relate to Biden as a candidate? Is he instigating it? Do his values support it? Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #17

A bit more about the guy in the OP. ehrnst Mar 2020 #19

To be frank, I don't care about any of that and it by no means excuses the harassment. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #24

Well, I figure since Bernie is always being asked to apologize for what his supporters do, DanTex Mar 2020 #22

"the same standards should apply to everyone." ehrnst Mar 2020 #27

Bernie has given a rather weak tea, whataboutism tinged, generalized address of online harassment ehrnst Mar 2020 #30

"the same standards should apply to everyone" TwilightZone Mar 2020 #35

LOL. What do young voters in Iowa have to do with this vicious case of online harassment by DanTex Mar 2020 #36

Do you think that Biden, like Bernie, might suggest that those harassers are "bots?" ehrnst Mar 2020 #55

I see... you're pretending to make a point. Nice, fractious, forced and awkward try. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #64

More desperate whataboutism. ehrnst Mar 2020 #10

You mean this guy? squirecam Mar 2020 #13

OMG.... the SAME guy? Well, that puts the OP in a very different light. ehrnst Mar 2020 #15

+++ still_one Mar 2020 #21

WTH?! sheshe2 Mar 2020 #38

I don't see how his political views have anything to do with the online harassment he's receiving. DanTex Mar 2020 #23

When you attack, smear and troll others on twitter squirecam Mar 2020 #28

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Mar 2020 #33

Your source is a self-describe "[Dis]content Creator".... ehrnst Mar 2020 #57

"Ten years later, Warren is selling her soul to sabotage Bernie. Sad." TwilightZone Mar 2020 #20

He may not share your political views, but that doesn't justify the online harassment he's DanTex Mar 2020 #25

"Selling her soul" isn't a political view. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #31

Of course it is. And it certainly doesn't justify people digging up his history of addiction. DanTex Mar 2020 #34

There's only one post about it on his entire feed. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #37

I have no idea why you would think that. DanTex Mar 2020 #39

Speaking of being had.... TwilightZone Mar 2020 #53

You mean like the union leaders in Nevada who were doxed by sanders supporters? Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #46

Yes. And I'm glad Bernie denounced that, even though it wasn't evident whether that was actually DanTex Mar 2020 #47

Ah, yes, the attempted denial that they were his supporters. I guess you'll accept that ehrnst Mar 2020 #60

Your source is a self-described "[Dis)content creator" twitter troll who appears on anti-Dem media. ehrnst Mar 2020 #58

+1. The whataboutism is strong with that one...nt SidDithers Mar 2020 #26

Samuel D. Finklestein II - "[Dis]content Creator" - could the harassers be fake? ehrnst Mar 2020 #29

Yep, the guy is a shit-stirrer. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #32

You keep looking to justify Sanders supporters. Stop. LizBeth Mar 2020 #40

What? Justify? I think it's courageous for this recovering addict to address DanTex Mar 2020 #41

Do you disagree that this person is an anti-Dem troll, and a self-described "[Dis]content creator?" ehrnst Mar 2020 #61

Sanders Supporter: Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg is "a bloodless asexual." TwilightZone Mar 2020 #42

Huh? I don't see what that has to do with this courageous man addressing the online harassment DanTex Mar 2020 #43

Oh yes. The courage.... squirecam Mar 2020 #48

So, you're fine with the podcast, eh? TwilightZone Mar 2020 #49

You think that they might be bots harassing him? Bernie suggested that harassers might be bots... ehrnst Mar 2020 #56

The "Huh?" evasion - deployed when someone landed a particularly painful blow with some facts. ehrnst Mar 2020 #59

The "courage" to troll and be a [Dis]content creator" and then whine when someone ehrnst Mar 2020 #63

... NYMinute Mar 2020 #44

Hmm, that's actually not that surprising. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #50

+1,000,000 nt NYMinute Mar 2020 #65

I an laughing so had I can hardly type. Sander doesn't take any responsibility for what his Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #45

that twitter troll in your OP is a perfect example of the Sanderite social hit job patrol on parade Celerity Mar 2020 #51

This is a game he plays. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #52

+1000. ehrnst Mar 2020 #62

There is a twitter block and report feature for fakes like that. That would help spreading the BS. fleabiscuit Mar 2020 #54