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Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:10 AM Feb 2016

Sanders To The Bernie Bros: “We Don’t Want That Crap”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/sanders-slams-the-bernie-bros#.ofNNNwmbZ

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Bernie Sanders is not happy with the Bernie Bro phenomenon, he said Sunday.

“It”s disgusting, we don’t want that crap,” Sanders said during an appearance on CNN’s State Of The Union recorded three days before Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary here.
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Sanders To The Bernie Bros: “We Don’t Want That Crap” (Original Post) Blue_Adept Feb 2016 OP
And yet it continues. This forum is a perfect example. Witness my locked OP KittyWampus Feb 2016 #1
Which is why your OP got smashed. Lucinda Feb 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author SidDithers Feb 2016 #18
Hello there, Mrs. Kettle cali Feb 2016 #23
So richly deserved. You made a false claim. cali Feb 2016 #24
Everything was true. It's your claim that is false. R B Garr Feb 2016 #34
Every single word was true. And you know it is. KittyWampus Feb 2016 #55
seems to me that the riversedge Feb 2016 #31
Misappropriating logos? pinebox Feb 2016 #35
They stole the logo from an ad in Canada from the 70's? n/t Lucinda Feb 2016 #62
yup pinebox Feb 2016 #65
How many civilians died from all this? John Poet Feb 2016 #41
You think that's an example of 'Bernie bros'??? Matariki Feb 2016 #45
I applaud the lock. nt artislife Feb 2016 #47
Of course you do. And the irony is it's mostly same Sanders supporters KittyWampus Feb 2016 #56
I am an Obamabot. nt artislife Feb 2016 #63
The bros can trash you here workinclasszero Feb 2016 #59
You continue to cry in your milk for ways you continue post... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #66
I thought it never happens? 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #2
I think it is so bad and has continued so long that even Sanders has to admit there is a problem. riversedge Feb 2016 #32
When will h talk to her surrogates, not mere supporters artislife Feb 2016 #48
Of course that won't stop trolls from trolling. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #3
yeah, keep telling yourself it's just trolls. Angry candidate attracts angry people KittyWampus Feb 2016 #5
I have noticed a lot of anger in your posts Bjorn Against Feb 2016 #12
Do tell UglyGreed Feb 2016 #16
Just read her first post in this thread Bjorn Against Feb 2016 #22
I know UglyGreed Feb 2016 #25
You mean where I just posted a few facts? That's 'anger'? KittyWampus Feb 2016 #57
Oh please, you refer to the "obnoxious hateful people known as BernieBros" Bjorn Against Feb 2016 #60
^^^Truth! artislife Feb 2016 #49
Stop projecting. KittyWampus Feb 2016 #54
LOL Bjorn Against Feb 2016 #61
Well judging from your emotional state, I'd hate to suffer HRC's wrath. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #29
Speaking of anger, link to ONE of your posts that isn't seething. frylock Feb 2016 #51
LOL! If you don't kiss Sanders' butt, your posts are "seething". KittyWampus Feb 2016 #58
I'm surprised he's saying anything. joshcryer Feb 2016 #8
Agreed, I'm glad he spoke out against it though. n/t tammywammy Feb 2016 #10
Same, he has integrity. joshcryer Feb 2016 #13
Yes, he does have integrity tammywammy Feb 2016 #15
it'll bring out more trolls d_b Feb 2016 #53
Oh sexist crap? 2pooped2pop Feb 2016 #6
Wut? Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #9
Keep up Matariki Feb 2016 #46
Right on. And those comments actually *are* coming from the top! JudyM Feb 2016 #20
I can see her head bobbing in agreement as she listens to her surrogates. nt artislife Feb 2016 #50
Similar to Dean Campaign Problems DrFunkenstein Feb 2016 #7
Social media was small back then. joshcryer Feb 2016 #11
Social media then really was just message boards Blue_Adept Feb 2016 #14
That Was My Point DrFunkenstein Feb 2016 #21
that was happening in the real world, too wyldwolf Feb 2016 #33
I can see this happening. I recently decided to vote for Bernie over Hillary . AgadorSparticus Feb 2016 #37
Took long enough. n/t Control-Z Feb 2016 #17
I guess he'd had to "look into it" cyberswede Feb 2016 #28
DU rec for all kinds of reasons...nt SidDithers Feb 2016 #19
Huh. But I thought I learned on DU that the Bernie Bro phenomenon was just Squinch Feb 2016 #26
So now I'm sure Hillary will disavow the comments The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #27
A huge K&R LW1977 Feb 2016 #30
Bernie is going to lose a whole lot of supporters over this. wyldwolf Feb 2016 #36
Why? LW1977 Feb 2016 #38
I wasn't being serious. Bernie Bros don't think he's talking about them. wyldwolf Feb 2016 #39
please where are the bernie bros please redruddyred Feb 2016 #40
I'm wondering too. nc4bo Feb 2016 #43
they're mythological..... smiley Feb 2016 #52
Let's hope his supporters listen mcar Feb 2016 #42
Cheap campaign tactic the Clinton campaign sold the MSM because they can's win on the issues. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #44
Sanders TOTALLY stole that behavior regulation tactic from Hillary's governance over Wall Street Vote2016 Feb 2016 #64
 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
1. And yet it continues. This forum is a perfect example. Witness my locked OP
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:11 AM
Feb 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511085748

But the problem isn't just the obnoxious, hateful supporters known as Berniebros… it's obvious something is wrong within his campaign too where his staff steals data, logos to fake endorsements, id's to fake union support, personal images to drum up veteran support.

Response to KittyWampus (Reply #1)

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
24. So richly deserved. You made a false claim.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:55 PM
Feb 2016

And you have the gall to piously accuse others of what you do day in and day out.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
31. seems to me that the
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:23 PM
Feb 2016

Sanders was only referring to sexist comments. But as we know, it goes so so so much deeper into the pig poop.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
45. You think that's an example of 'Bernie bros'???
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 04:07 PM
Feb 2016

This bullshit is really insulting to women.

I don't think your post should have been hidden, because it's par for the course in GD: P - but it was full of deliberate untruths.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
56. Of course you do. And the irony is it's mostly same Sanders supporters
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 04:32 PM
Feb 2016

who called Obama supporters "cult-like".

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
66. You continue to cry in your milk for ways you continue post...
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 12:08 AM
Feb 2016

That's why there are rules. They apply to everyone, so quit crying and insisting everyone here in GD-P is a perfect example.

I've offered responses to some of your whoppers, and low and behold, you never answered them. This isn't anger management, it's a primary.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
2. I thought it never happens?
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:13 AM
Feb 2016

That's what people have been telling me, that any claims of bad behavior by Bernie supporters is Clinton propaganda.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
3. Of course that won't stop trolls from trolling.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:14 AM
Feb 2016

Or even saying they're doing it 'for him'.

(ETA: but thanks for posting this, to end the constant stream of people proclaiming that Sanders just 'ignores' those people, and 'Doesn't tell his followers not to do that sort of thing'.)

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
5. yeah, keep telling yourself it's just trolls. Angry candidate attracts angry people
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:16 AM
Feb 2016

through demagoguery.

Angry supporters go around taking their anger out on anyone who doesn't agree with them by bullying and harassment.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
57. You mean where I just posted a few facts? That's 'anger'?
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 04:33 PM
Feb 2016

Not supporting Sanders and posting facts about him, his campaign and his supporters is "anger"?

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
60. Oh please, you refer to the "obnoxious hateful people known as BernieBros"
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 05:26 PM
Feb 2016

That certainly does not come off as very positive to me, nor does it come off as factual. Damn near every post I read of yours is negative, you have no business accusing Bernie supporters of being angry people while you post nasty crap constantly.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
58. LOL! If you don't kiss Sanders' butt, your posts are "seething".
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 04:34 PM
Feb 2016

Posts facts that put him, his campaign and his supporters in anything but a glowing angelic light and it's "anger".

LOL!

I'm not angry. I'm amused at the irony of DU'ers who called a lot of us "cult followers" over the last 7 years.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
8. I'm surprised he's saying anything.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:20 AM
Feb 2016

It's not his to control, the movement is bottom up, it requires self-policing. But it must've got bad if it made its way to him to the point where he had to say something (clearly his response was to acknowledge it rather than dismiss it and say it didn't exist; so he has had to have been notified that it could come up).

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
13. Same, he has integrity.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:25 AM
Feb 2016

I personally think it was kept from him for as long as possible.

Whenever I pointed this crap out (BLM, John Lewis, Sybrina Fulton, etc) I got trashed. First hide in a year for defending Planned Parenthood over that non-sense (and I said nothing hateful in it at all). What can you do.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
15. Yes, he does have integrity
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:36 AM
Feb 2016

Some of his staffers, volunteers and supporters don't serve him well. I wish he had spoken out earlier about it.

 

d_b

(7,463 posts)
53. it'll bring out more trolls
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 04:28 PM
Feb 2016

any dipshit can go on reddit or 4chan, claim to support bernie, and then spout off misogynist shit against Hillary.



This is just going to make it worse.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
6. Oh sexist crap?
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:17 AM
Feb 2016

Like going to hell ifyou do 't vote for the woman? Or the girls only vote Bernie to get the boys, Gloria Steinem? Yeah cut that sexist shit out!

DrFunkenstein

(8,745 posts)
7. Similar to Dean Campaign Problems
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:19 AM
Feb 2016

It reminds me of 2004, when strong Dean supporters scared off people receptive to his candidacy with bullying tactics in the social media world. The campaign was unsure what to do because they wanted to encourage passionate support, but many took it way too far. I'd hate to see something similar happen to Sanders.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
11. Social media was small back then.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:23 AM
Feb 2016

Friendster was the largest platform (which is where Dean made inroads). So it wasn't that bad at all. I've woken up every day face palming at some of the crap the Reddit Sanders group says or does. I've gotten to a point where if I read any article on Sanders on news sites I skip the comments because someone somewhere is going to say something stupid. Oh, and don't get me started on all the endorsements which we should just congratulate and move on rather than do a pile on on the endorser.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
14. Social media then really was just message boards
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:33 AM
Feb 2016

And comment sections. Particularly as at the time a lot of news orgs just let them be unmoderated for the most part. More people were starting to look online for news, particularly in election coverage, so it was definitely one of those early phases of what we're seeing now.

DrFunkenstein

(8,745 posts)
21. That Was My Point
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:03 PM
Feb 2016

Obviously, social media has evolved massively since 2003-2004, but there are lessons to be learned.

News organizations are looking for clicks, and leaving the comment sections open is a great way to drive repeat traffic.

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
33. that was happening in the real world, too
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:25 PM
Feb 2016

I watched it happen at Dem party event in Georgia. Some people were a little apprehensive in leaving the building because of how aggressive (bullies) the Dean people were. This is why I have no patience for these Sanders followers.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
37. I can see this happening. I recently decided to vote for Bernie over Hillary .
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:57 PM
Feb 2016

It was a big decision for me. And the obnoxious reply I got from one of his supporters all because I dared to suggest we Democrats are in this together. Because who the f*ck truly believes they live in a bubble??!!?!

Squinch

(50,955 posts)
26. Huh. But I thought I learned on DU that the Bernie Bro phenomenon was just
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:15 PM
Feb 2016

a made up thing by the mean Hillary supporters.

I'm so confused now.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,734 posts)
27. So now I'm sure Hillary will disavow the comments
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:17 PM
Feb 2016

of Madeline Albright (the going to hell if you aren't supporting women remark) and Gloria Steinem (young women are volunteering for Sanders just to get boyfriends). Or not, because they weren't sexist at all.

LW1977

(1,235 posts)
30. A huge K&R
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:22 PM
Feb 2016

Get it, people who are flooding the front page with garbage headlines I'd expect from sites like Free Republic, Breitbart, newsbusters, and Drudge?

LW1977

(1,235 posts)
38. Why?
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 02:57 PM
Feb 2016

Because he sees the bigger picture?


That if he is not the nominee, it would be better to vote for Hillary than take your ball and go and wind up a President Trump, President Cruz, or President Rubio?


Bernie is doing what a good parent does when some of his children are acting up!


Grow up Bernie Bros!!

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
40. please where are the bernie bros please
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 03:31 PM
Feb 2016

so frequently mentioned in casual conversation and yet invisible to the naked eye...

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