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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is referring to Bernie Sanders as "BS" a subtle way of insulting him? [View all]
I know its his initials, but none of the other candidates are referred to by theirs. Joe Biden isn't called "JB", Kamala Harris isn't called "KH", Pete Buttigieg isn't called "PB", etc.
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Is referring to Bernie Sanders as "BS" a subtle way of insulting him? [View all]
BlueStater
Apr 2019
OP
How about SBS? if BHO can be called PBO (because we fear the middle name),
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2019
#116
No, BS doesn't lead "all other candidates", he comes up short against Joe Biden
SFnomad
Apr 2019
#17
that seems a little excessive... All I know is every time I see "Sanders", I think the post is about
hlthe2b
Apr 2019
#9
Yes, and I've seen some around here, when an article about Huckleberry is posted....
George II
Apr 2019
#46
I've been criticized for referring to SHS by her last name alone in subject lines. So, SHS and BS.
highplainsdem
Apr 2019
#140
So what in that when I see people type BS, I don't just think they mean Bernie Sanders.
BlueStater
Apr 2019
#184
I never liked using HRC, only because it's also the same initials for the Human Rights Campaign
SFnomad
Apr 2019
#24
JFK, FDR, HMT, DDE, JFK, LBJ, RMN, RFK, WJC, BHO (and sometimes PBO), HRC, etc.
George II
Apr 2019
#22
None of the other 19 or so candidates have been out there for 3-4 years, people aren't familiar...
George II
Apr 2019
#41
Well, that's exactly why I never use that for Bernie, but did with HRC and do with others like AOC.
KPN
Apr 2019
#32
Have to distract from the part of the report that reveals the support for Sanders
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#57
Maybe some of the BS supporters (including the BS press secretary) are still in denial
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#76
"Militants"? I thought the run of the mill everyday Democrats were "Establishment"....
George II
Apr 2019
#42
Remember what happened to French fries. Maybe Dems should start calling canapes
betsuni
Apr 2019
#142
Calling a Senator and Presidential candidate "Bernie" is a suble way of making him more likeable, so
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#48
I like how everyone in this thread assumes I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter simply because I question
BlueStater
Apr 2019
#71
Whether you are a Sanders supporter or not, the rest of redstatebluegirl's post is a perfect reponse
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#75
I've seen you post the exact same response in other threads you apparently find disagreeable.
BlueStater
Apr 2019
#67
Yes, personal glory. We were faced with the election of Donald Trump with a Republican Congress
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#102
You mean the person that Sanders supporters called "Hitlary", "Shrillary", and "Killary"?
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#107
Yep. That's the giveaway. No real Sanders supporter ever refers to him by first and last initials
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2019
#96
I don't know, is it? FDR, JFK, even ocassionally you saw Obama referred to as BO.
Fla Dem
Apr 2019
#125
It's a little insult used by people who don't like Sanders because he's divisive.
dgauss
Apr 2019
#135
For some posters there is a pattern of use of "bs" and deliberate lowercase "sanders"
Devil Child
Apr 2019
#143
Oh NO! The horror! LOWER CASE "sanders" instead of BS? Really?? Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
NurseJackie
Apr 2019
#148
But it bothered you enough to speculate about a poster's motivation or intent....
NurseJackie
Apr 2019
#157
If Mayor Pete got the nomination and chose Biden for VP, we'd have "PB & J"
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#187