Establishment Attacks - On Bernie - Mirror The Seven Stages Seen - During Corbyn's UK Election

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STAGE 1: Polite condescension toward what is perceived to be harmless.

STAGE 2: Light, casual mockery as the self-belief among supporters grows.

STAGE 3: Self-pity and angry etiquette lectures directed at supporters upon realization that they are not performing their duty of meek surrender, flavored with heavy doses of concern trolling.

STAGE 4: Smear the candidate and his supporters with innuendos of sexism and racism by falsely claiming only white men support them.

STAGE 5: Brazen invocation of right-wing attacks to marginalize and demonize, as polls prove the candidate is a credible threat.

STAGE 6: Issuance of grave and hysterical warnings about the pending apocalypse if the establishment candidate is rejected, as the possibility of losing becomes imminent.

STAGE 7: Full-scale and unrestrained meltdown, panic, lashing-out, threats, recriminations, self-important foot-stomping, overt union with the Right, complete fury.

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Sounds all too familiar with what is seen daily on US media, social networks and forums.

Source can be read here:

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/21/the-seven-stages-of-establishment-backlash-corbynsanders-edition/