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ProudToBeLiberal

(3,964 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:42 PM Feb 2016

Bernie bros won't shout down Hillary backers

The shouting revolution has the stage right now. The media love the so-called Bernie Bros — the angry, misogyny-led boys who speak on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ behalf. They also love to tell us how much young women hate Hillary Clinton.

But there is a less-reported side of the story.

I’m a 17-year-old girl who plans to vote for Clinton if given the chance in the general election in November. But I am worried that the debate is being defined by the shouting and emphatic hand-waving of Bernie and his bros.

The use of anger as political communication reminds me of my high school experiences. Here’s a story:

It’s 11th grade and I am in international relations class. I’m the sole person arguing a certain progressive point of view against three senior boys. I present my point, which is rooted in equal parts facts and figures as well as morality and human-rights expectations. Before I can finish, though, the boys have started yelling.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thinktank/Bernie-bros-wont-shout-down-Hillary-backers.html#cJrKsYewGx2UTUdu.99
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beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
3. What a shallow whinge. "hand waving"? "Bernie and his bros"?
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:46 PM
Feb 2016
We understand, and nod, thankfully, when Madeleine Albright stands onstage with Clinton and says “there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other,”


It reads like it was written by a teenager. Oh, wait...

ERMAHGERD, ICKY BERNIE BROS!


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