Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forum"Bye Honey" Bernie supporters celebrating Pete's withdrawl...
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Link to tweet
East Bay DSA. They've got the rat emoji and everything.
I laugh at the delusion that Pete's supporters will flock to Bernie.
Sid
ETA: they've deleted the tweet. Screenshot added.
Note the emojis used in the tweet.
The nail polish emoji directed at a gay candidate.
The rat emoji.
Fuck 'em.
Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
RandySF
(58,835 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I'm still undecided, with my top two choices being Sanders and Warren. In a world of internet FUD I wonder who these supposed Bernie Bros really are. It's true I'm an old fart but my adult children are supporters of similar policies. They wont refuse to vote for whoever the Democratic candidate eventually is if it isn't Bernie. Are we sure that these online disruptive voices aren't from a Russian bot farm?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Just donated to Joe again.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
This pushes me in the same direction.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,240 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)supporters are not Democrats. Perez got a mess on his hands
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)The Bernie shirts, life-size Bernie cut-out, and giant "Volunteer for Bernie" letters on the window give it away.
Plus, this isn't some rando twitter account. This is the official twitter of the East Bay DSA.
Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mopinko
(70,104 posts)one more case of trying to save the world w bernie's baggage tied around your ankles.
so many of the people i know who are berners are also old campaign hands. i keep asking them why they want to send me to war w all that baggage when all liz warren has is this nice little handbag. always crickets. always.
and ya know, that was actually the reason i didnt want hillary to be the nominee. desperately wanted her to be the nom, but did not want to be her face at the doors.
so, how come i am the only one who doesnt want to repeat '16?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)Sanders has a good PR department, I will give him that. He's managed to convince people that alienating basically everyone at one point or another means that he's the best candidate to unify the party. It helps to have legions of followers who repeat the talking points non-stop.
I'm sure the usual suspects will be along shortly to declare that these are just random nobodies or Russians.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(43,381 posts)and smears of Pete over the past year plus.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)to get out or stay in in order to stop Sanders...It helps us for Warren and Klobachar to stay in ...Buttigieg did not help. He really is a patriot...and wants Trump gone. Now Bloomberg is the wild card what is stronger his ego or his desire to get rid of Trump?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
AGeddy
(509 posts)Unity candidate, my ass.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Initech
(100,076 posts)"How can Bernie unite the country when he can't even keep Public Enemy together?"
And I say this as a Bernie supporter.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,695 posts)Politics 101: Don't insult people and piss them off, then expect them to vote for you.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)and others posts on here that aren't exactly making Sanders' supporters feel like people want them.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,695 posts)and that anyone who disagreed with them was corrupt, stupid, and/or a corporatist tool of the oligarchy, maybe they'd feel more wanted. Like it or not, the Democratic Party has always been a big, diverse tent that welcomes a wide range of ideas. If Bernie and his spokespeople and supporters would STFU about purging from the party (of which Bernie is usually not even a member) all so-called "moderates" - whose votes, by the way, will be needed as much as anyone else's - they'd find more friends here. It's their rigid ideology that's turning people off.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)Sanders supporters posted. It truly is disgusting but will IMHO help Biden on super Tuesday.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,240 posts)Thank you, Nancy!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DanTex
(20,709 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sweetloukillbot
(11,023 posts)You know, like he said. Probably don't like the homophobia being displayed by the Bernie supporters. But go ahead and attack the messenger.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and will most definitely NOT be flocking to Bernie. My neighbor is a Pharma lobbyist (I know ) and she's a big Pete supporter because she opposes M4A.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kcr
(15,317 posts)And there's no such thing as Bernie Bros. So, it will all work out.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)supporters.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kcr
(15,317 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tblue37
(65,357 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)This stuff while very common, is mild compared of the other stuff from Bernie supporters online.
Never ceases to amaze how divisive so many people are.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LisaM
(27,811 posts)Dancing on a grave, and throwing in a little homophobia to boot. There is no room for this. None.
Pete Buttigieg was not one of my top choices, but I have been uniformly impressed by the absolutely gracious behavior of his disappointed supporters. They speak really well for the candidate himself.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)don't mean EW who is my second choice.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
deurbano
(2,895 posts)but there are too many high profile ones... not to mention the unfortunate hiring decisions in terms of his actual campaign staff.
(And LEFT is in quotes for a reason.) Warren is my first choice, but my second is Biden, because before we move forward (like we should have been doing since Jan., 2017), we first have to reset to NORMAL, and a Sanders administration would be anything but that.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Codeine
(25,586 posts)to win over voters.
What a bunch of fucking assholes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)I couldn't figure out what the emoji was in front of the rat, so I went looking.
It's the fucking nail polish emoji. Directed at a gay candidate.
Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Democrats Ascendant
(601 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)Pete went after Bernie's policies. But that is how it plays. These people take it personally with a sense of malignancy I've only seen in DT supporters, minus the violent racism and sexism of course.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)and neither has Bernie. I am certain some are homophobic, and definitely sexist, and probably racist as well. But they don't compare to the malignancy of a DT supporters, i.e.-white supremacists, etc..
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)leads to violence often. And these folks are not liberal nor progressive either.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)It's disturbing that they see people as enemies.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LisaM
(27,811 posts)Ted Kennedy was trying to get some sort of socialized medicine at least as early as 1980 and probably before. I remember "arguing" with Carter supporters about it, even before I had ever voted.
And that's just one example.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,492 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Jirel
(2,018 posts)Bernies supporters arent Bernie. Bernie has never invited or supported that behavior. Bernie has asked his supporters - a very small subset of his supporters - not to be asshats to other candidates supporters.
While I think Bernie needs a lot of improvement in some areas, should Warren drop I will strongly support him. Attacking him because some supporters are jerks is the last refuge of people who cant convince others that their candidate is better for substantive reasons.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)Pointing out abhorrent behavior in his supporters isn't an attack. It's the latest data point in a clear pattern of behavior that we've now seen for five years in a subset of his supporters. This isn't an isolated incident. It happens all the time.
At some point, we should probably stop waiving it off and making excuses for it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)behaved badly as well...a campaign offers a glimpse into how a person would govern. Sander's isn't looking good in this area.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
themaguffin
(3,826 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)It's the fucking nail polish emoji. Directed at a gay canadidate.
Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)what spews forth from the MAGAts? It is not. Actually its worse. Is this part of the revolution?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Paladin
(28,261 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blue-wave
(4,353 posts)More bile from that side.
Pushing through their garbage, I'd like to say again, Thank you Mayor Pete!! Keep pushing through too!!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)He doesnt disavow their tactics, he disengages. Then he has got surrogates telling lies, appearing
on Russian TV, and playing dirt ball politics.
His movement. His supporters. No leadership.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I am curious though ... have they done this same thing for other candidates when they dropped out? Or is 'Bye Honey' specific to Pete, and is it meant as a jab at his sexuality ... which would make this doubly worse.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blue-wave
(4,353 posts)that you are correct.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)to think that his economics policy will breed equality. I disagree. You have to think that he has more than a few of homophobic followers...I don't blame him completely as you can't choose your followers really. But it does his candidacy no good.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hav
(5,969 posts)The supporters of other candidates know the importance of winning over those whose preferred candidates dropped out.
I surely don't blame Bernie for these deplorables but there is a similarity between him and some of his followers that is behind this behavior: An inability to recognize the importance of compromise and forming coalitions to reach a common goal.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)All I can see the still screenshot, but if what's being described here, that is appalling.
And this is a Bay Area group. I wonder how other Bernie groups behaved.
It does start from the top and the non-Democratic Senator from Vermont who wants to be head of the Democratic Party and who didn't mention he was getting Russian aid for at least month could stop it. I don't see issues like this from the other campaigns.
Gee, I wonder why I'm voting for Joe?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Botany
(70,504 posts)From Wiki
Military service
In 2014, Buttigieg began his deployment at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Buttigieg joined the U.S. Navy Reserve through the direct commission officer (DCO) program and was sworn in as an ensign in naval intelligence in September 2009.[59] In 2014, he took a seven-month leave during his mayoral term to deploy to Afghanistan.[60][61][62] While there, Buttigieg was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks. Part of this was done at Bagram Air Base, but he was also an armed driver for his commander on more than 100 trips into Kabul. Buttigieg has jokingly referred to this role as "military Uber", because he had to watch out for ambushes and explosive devices along the roads and ensure that the vehicle was guarded.[63] In order to better communicate with the local Afghans, he learned some Dari (a dialect of the Persian language). Buttigieg was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal[5] and resigned his commission from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2017
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kerrycrat
(159 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ramen
(790 posts)Why would Democrat do this type of nonsense bile? It makes no sense to me.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Duppers
(28,120 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
renate
(13,776 posts)There are some really lovely Bernie supporters here and in the real world. (And there are others I have blocked here because they are tiresome and repetitive.)
I don't doubt that some of Bernie's supporters are like this. And some (not all!) of his spokespeople and staff are undeniably gross, which doesn't give me a lot of confidence in his ability to choose good people to be around him as president. His message resonated with me in 2016 and still does, but I'm so turned off by so many of the people around him. I don't understand why he doesn't even try to stop this kind of behavior; that's a failure on his part, and it's definitely making him an unattractive candidate this time around, but it's not a flaw in his message.
I hope Russia's attempts to split the Democratic party are called out in time for us to unify again, no matter who the candidate is.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)These are not Russian bots; these are Bernie people.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
renate
(13,776 posts)It raises my blood pressure too much to read too many of their comments and tweets. At a time when we desperately need unity or we lose our country, it's beyond frustrating to watch this truly ugly infighting happening.
It's as if some (not all) of them would rather let the world burn (literally--what do they think four more years of Trump would do to the climate) than compromise and even grudgingly accept another Democratic candidate.
I am NOT saying that all of Bernie's supporters are like this--in fact, the vast majority aren't--but some of them kind of remind me of Trump's.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sienna86
(2,149 posts)We are playing into Putins hands. Please think about this.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)Since they posted it on their own twitter feed, I doubt you can do so.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Codeine
(25,586 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)It's the official twitter feed of the East Bay DSA.
The DSA is the Democratic Socialists of America, a group that endorsed Sanders.
https://www.dsausa.org/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Farmer-Rick
(10,170 posts)It makes me really want to support Bernie. I love an underdog and people who are constantly attacked for their liberal progressive opinions. It's why I'm a Democrat and always have been...since I could vote.
That's why I did support Biden, because Trump attacked him so much.
But this new wave of Bernie hate just makes me want to vote for Bernie even more. I think I will go out, call people to vote Bernie and take people to the polls now too.
So keep up the insults, they frequently backfire.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
blue-wave
(4,353 posts)The bashing was directed at Mayor Pete. So who's insulting whom?
As a matter of fact, I'm insulted that you are trying to gaslight us. We're on to it. Now just stop!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Farmer-Rick
(10,170 posts)It wouldn't play for me. I assume your comments about Bernie supporters gay bashing were enough since you mention the tweet has been removed. If you weren't bashing, you need to be more explicit because it sure sounds like it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
blue-wave
(4,353 posts)There is a link in one of the comments above, so you can watch the video, as I did. My comment about the video being deleted was posted before I saw the the good video link.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Farmer-Rick
(10,170 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)Not only did they use the veiled homophobic "honey", they used a "nailpolish" emoji as well as a rat.
You are right about insults backfiring, however; the overwhelming majority of responses to the tweet were outraged, with posters stating that they would now support Biden, and never Bernie. This is why the reprehensible cowards deleted the post.
Calling normal reaction such disgusting antics "Bernie hate" is pretty revealing.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Codeine
(25,586 posts)This was a tweet from a group of his supporters. Posting that isnt bashing by any stretch of the imagination.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)Switching one's support to and fro based on simple spite seems even less clever than, say, gay-bashing a Dem candidate on Twitter.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)on who we pretend is or is not attacked. But I get it... we keep up the pretense even though doing so frequently backfires.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)The DSA, as you're probably aware, endorsed Sanders. AOC is a member.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)expect Mayor Pete's voters to flock to Bernie? Un-freaking-believable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
woundedkarma
(498 posts)Anyway... I think Pete's votes will mostly go to Biden.
Since Sen. Warren shows no sign of dropping out today, I think Biden will get a big lead tomorrow. Then it'll be a matter of time before Sen Warren drops out. She might stay in all the way to the end.. if the DNC is putting their foot on the scales, they just need to keep Warren in until the convention to sap away Sander's progressive voters.
Once that's done, congratulations we end up with a guy who wants to go back to the old days where we give republicans everything they want PLUS some extra just so they don't hurt us. Wet noodle politics.
But at least he won't deliberately continue the destruction of our constitution... maybe.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)It's like they have the same spectrum of bullshit and childish remakes. Bernie really needs to tell these people to knock off their shit
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)Trumpanzees fully acknowledge that they're doing it.
Sandersnistas claim it's the work of Not Me and Ida Know.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I think they fully acknowledged that they're being assholes
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
MineralMan
(146,309 posts)Brats. Each and every one of them. Homophobic, nasty little brats.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden