2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNew Yorker - "The Bernie Bro Code"
The Berniebro is someone you may only have encountered if youre somewhat similar to him: white; well-educated; middle-class (or, delicately, upper middle-class); and aware of NPR podcasts and jangly bearded bands.
The Atlantic.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/the-bernie-bro-code
1. A Bernie Bro must #FeelTheBern twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. A Bernie Bros newsfeed must reflect this.
2. Under no circumstances should a Bernie Bro allow the delegate count to cock-block Bernie Sanders from the White House.
3. Even if a Bernie Bro claims that he is just gonna leave this here when posting a Bernie-related Op-Ed on social media, he must also be prepared to reply to all comments that seem to refute its pro-Bernie sentiments in any way.
4. If a Bernie Bro goes two weeks without sharing that picture of Bernie sitting with Martin Luther King, Jr., his Bernie Bro-ship shall be subject to scrutiny.
CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)Labels, so much fun.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)Sorry, berniebros this time around.
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)"It's so spot-on!"
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)they've had a tough few weeks
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)We had "dont tase me, bro", that helped turn "bro" into a term of fun and mocking... and then we had the rising popularity of using "dudebro" as an insult on platforms like tumblr..
I dont think it carried the same meaning in the lexicon back then.
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)So glad I deleted my account, otherwise I'd have started losing hair from the asininity I was subject to on a day to day basis via my dashboard.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)MelungeonWoman
(502 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)pantsonfire
(1,306 posts)Zira
(1,054 posts)We all got it and still thought it was tasteless.
JustinL
(722 posts)Those were supposedly our effete beverages of choice, while the more authentically American Hillary supporters preferred beer and Dunkin Donuts coffee.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)suggested on another thread?
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Like "I laughed so hard my teeth fell on the floor of the rec room" funny.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I know, I'm mean that way.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Guess we're just erased by this guy.
This meme by Hillary supporters of erasing large swaths of Bernie supporters is really offensive.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)It's satire
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)I thought that they were a serious part of this.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Bjornsdotter
(6,123 posts)...I just bought a new Volvo and Mr Bjornsdotter is getting a new one this fall.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Good fucking grief.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)prefers to hear himself talk about the poor and oppressed and women's issues and issues involving people of color more than listening to or hanging out with truly poor or truly oppressed people, or women or people of color who consider themselves liberal and may have slight differences of opinion on how best to effectuate positive social change. Doesn't vote in local elections or state or midterm or general elections for a variety of reasons which may include getting high.
Based on experience online I'd add: prefers to lecture people of color who are undecided or emphasize the importance of voting in November over actually reading up on the history of racism as a basis of this country's wealth or examining anything wrong with himself and publicly admitting that perhaps someone else may know more about the situation than himself. Incredibly defensive about posts like this one, to the point of absurdist denial that he may have anything to learn about anything. Perhaps improves after being reminded of it a hundred times (better than a right wing fanatic who never gets it but worse than a liberal who gets it after the first few or ten times). Brags about not voting in general or local or state or mid-term elections because he enjoys claiming moral superiority and actually thinks it will persuade others.
Please note I'm not speaking of any of our fine liberal contributors to this site.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)w4rma
(31,700 posts)LOL, remember when everyone tried to unskew the exit polls showing Bernie winning the Latino vote in Nevada? Welp
Reuters has him up 56-40 among Hispanics.
http://polling.reuters.com/#poll/TR131/filters/PD1:1/dates/20160201-20160405/type/overall
PRRI/The Atlantic poll has Sanders up 49-48 among Latinos.
And finally, Marist/McClatchy has him up TWO TO ONE among Latinos.
So not only is Bernie winning black voters under 30, but hes winning ALL Latinos.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/04/08/1512584/-Three-New-Polls-Confirm-That-Bernie-is-Winning-the-Latino-Vote-Nationwide-Markos-Goes-Into-Hiding
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1702053
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)..., which are the States with the largest Latino populations that have already held primaries, and why he is favored to win New York and California by large margins.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)I agree with you.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)nt
You know this, and before they vote to.......
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Back, back into their parent's basement.
TSIAS
(14,689 posts)The article says the "Bernie Bro" is middle to upper class, yet you claim they live in their parent's basement. Which one is it, bro?
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
I read it twice. The secondary slower read is quite revealing.
Perhaps a family member or some peers should have glanced at it first.
She might have standing, where she doesn't need get her work scrutinized before going for final approval.
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Docreed2003
(16,863 posts)As a white male, professional with an advanced degree that fits pretty much every point this satire is making, except that I grew up on a tobacco farm and worked for everything I have...your statement is utter bullshit. I own the fact that I'm a successful white male who happens to support Bernie, but I'm not a sexist/racist/bigot. I try my best to listen first and talk second. So, your cute little comment might play well for some, but it's insulting. Bernie's supporters aren't just white or male or the fictitious nerds who play D&D and live in their mother's basement.
frylock
(34,825 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Beartracks
(12,816 posts)Nice attention to detail.
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)betsuni
(25,538 posts)bjo59
(1,166 posts)The descriptions sound like they were written by some geeky journalists trying to show how cool they are. (By the way, Is Harry Belafonte a "Bernie Bro"?)
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)If it is exactly what the HRC narrative claims? Even has the white guy in the image and is written by a woman I think?
It would be more humorous if it actually questioned it, I know it is very outlandish, and is so stupid, but those are the narratives I have heard...
Maybe this election has gotten to grim for me to see humor anymore, but that line just bugged me as to reek of "only the white man can help the women and minorities". The classist cr@p the Brits did to the other nations and we did to our native population. I give this article one Queen...
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)Yes, I am more commenting on how I am less amused because of how this season has basically made us all short fused to any thing since everything has been used as an attack. My favorite example was the story about, sure Trade deals have hurt us, but does Bernie not know that moving jobs back to the US would hurt the worlds poorest and least powerful? Really a f@cking sweatshop argument? You ant to help the world's poorest, arrest the Bangladeshie owners and managers that allowed all of their workers to burn to death, and arrest the inspectors, the people in the US that approved it, and hold them all accountable for murder. Oh and while you are at it, pay them a living wage and put them in safe and fair working conditions.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)The Panama Papers are just starting to unravel. We got email server. It is hysterical...how weak of a candidate the Donkeys are about to ram down on the voters.
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)Shut up and take your feckn medicine!
They are like...
then when the DNC collapses we can say...
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
If I remember correctly, they are also Fart-Sniffing... and cause SMUG ALERTS!
(Note: 50 posts will follow saying, "I subscribe to The New Yorker and I'm not Blah! Blah! Blah!" I know it's coming!)
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Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)pantsonfire
(1,306 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 11, 2016, 03:28 AM - Edit history (1)
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)10. See, a Bernie Bro knows that its because of just this type of anti-Bernie propaganda, perpetuated by the mainstream media, that Bernie is constantly getting grilled on his lack of foreign-policy experience even though, as every Bernie Bro knows, BERNIE WAS THE ONE WHO DIDNT VOTE FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ!!! I mean, a Bernie Bro doesnt get why, just cuz hes a white man, were supposed to bar Bernie from being a part of our political system. Bernie Bros understand what Bernie and his Bros are trying to accomplish and that is to give women and minorities access to a political revolution and a Bernie Bro is SORRY NOT SORRY FOR REFUSING TO APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
Let's clarify that not all Sanders' supporters are "Bernie Bros".
Zira
(1,054 posts)?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Zira
(1,054 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)I just like the alliteration of SandersSistas it fits with BernieBros... I've also heard BernieBabes too...
The best way to defuse an insult is to embrace it, leaves the insulter swinging wildly off balance.
Sky Masterson
(5,240 posts)It is an insult.
It paints me as some kind of Sexist pig whose only reason for NOT liking Hillary is because she is a Woman.
Never mind that casting a vote for Elisabeth Warren would be a dream to me.
Never mind the fact I was all for Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act , and am a strong supporter of a woman's reproductive rights.
Never mind that my Best friends are Women.
Never mind everything I've ever thought and done.
I am a Bro,Bro.
I'm this mythical frat-boy who has zero respect for women and I have an extensive library of "Bro's before Hos" , and "Who Farted" shirts. I am against Hillary because she uses the potty differently than I.
It has nothing to do with her Horrible voting record and Hawkishness.
I had a post hidden in a thread that I feel was totally undeserved.
and Now if I wanted to I couldn't post a thread right now.
Watch this one get hidden too. Even if there is not one damn thing wrong with it. Democracy...
smiley
(1,432 posts)He was riding down the street on a unicorn, chasing a Hillbully, waving a stack of results from the last 9 primaries.