Violence adhering to the Sanders campaign
Notice: I am in no way claiming the Bernie's campaign has anything to do with this.
Facts:
Hungry people fight out of desperation
People no longer hungry fight for aspiration
The self-righteous have no inner vision
The self-righteous are beyond doubt
The self-righteous are convinced they know the truth
The self-righteous are convinced that your ignorance commends them to educate you
When words fail, fists often fly
A lesson, one which is now festering in plain sight, is that Berniecrats are often like white phosphorus--always on fire. I am a former Berniecrat, who, while not backing Bernie this time around, hence fully understand the continuing, slowly growing rage of many of Bernie's true believers. A small cadre of the true believers are unfortunately of a self-righteous disposition. It is this faction which may be likened to Antifa, in that the group is not uncomfortable with confrontation.
Here is a Tim Pool video discussing the phenomenon which is addressed here. Tim is a 34 year old south side of Chicago fellow (I was a north sider--Cubs vs White Sox), former Berniecrat, pissed at the Dems. Tim describes himself as a milquetoast fence-sitter.
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PFFFT
From the Urban Dictionary-PFFFT The sound your lips pressed together and blowing air through them makes as you witness some idiot make a bigger fool of him or herself either ...
All I want is the truth. Just give me some truth. John Lennon
Tell me that after Milwaukee
@Alligator Ed OK
OK
All I want is the truth. Just give me some truth. John Lennon
Bernie has called them out
I don't know why people think he has total control over every damn person who says that they support him. Other candidates have people who say horrible things about other candidate's supporters. It happens.
Let's talk about how the PTB have gotten their goons to attack Bernie himself shall we?
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If he had said that about anyone except Bernie CNN would have issued an apology. Schumer. Schultz. Steyer. Any Jewish person. Warren. Harris or Biden.
Todd said his supporters are just like brown shirts.
Matthews thinks his supporters are going to take him to Central Park to be shot in the back of his head.
Neither one has been fired for saying those things.
This guy as well as many other media folks have all gone after Bernie and his supporters, but the only ones calling them out are the ones supporting him.
Where's Pelosi or any other democrat on this? You know damn well if they had gone after anyone but Bernie there'd be hell to pay.
Yeah it's just Bernie's supporters who are mean.
Pffft is right.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
As a Draft Resister
(not draft dodger) from time to time I would hear about how draft resisters were self-righteous anti-vet disturbers of the peace. I am sure people exist that fit that description, but I never happened to encounter anyone of that sort.
As for those that spat on returning vets from Việt Nam. The only people I could verify that did were Korean and other vets, not resisters and dodgers. I am sure there were legitimate anti-war protesters that spat on returning vets from Việt Nam, but I haven't any personal knowledge of them.
In the same way I am sure there are those that create mayhem in Bernie's name. But, just like in the past I doubt they define the mindset and spirit for those of us that know this "revolution" must not fail.
RIP
The very definition of a political false flag then?
Some folks just wanna crack skulls from time to time. Just a different hobby than stamp collecting. So, somebody's passing out campaign stuff, then let's grab some and say we're with the campaign. Being pro-[fill in the blank] supporter gets you some street leverage.
Why do you double down when people don’t take your bait? n/t
I didn't go there and you know that.
The implication that all "Bernie supporter are X" is not what I am about. I have lived too long and fought (and won) too many knocked down dragged out fights to know how messy the field really is.
Whoever these malcontents are, they are not US.
So, knock it off!
RIP
I have never attributed any quality to ALL Bernie supporters
The only thing ALL Bernie supporters have in common is by definition, being a Bernie supporter. Inferences that I believe anything else about the entirety of Bernie supporters cannot be drawn from anything I have written. Please produce such blanket categorization by me of anyone's supporters. Such an idea is ridiculous.
I wrote this essay on the basis fit showing some Bernie activists surrounding a local Dem chairman's home at about 9 PM, yelling at the person from outside the home using a bullhorn. What the activist was yelling is immaterial. What candidate that activist prefers is also immaterial. The point is that this is happening. This is existential reality. I didn't make it up. Yes, I'm cynical. Tell me why I should be otherwise. Please. I would love to discard my cynicism for a bright smile.
Ever see the movie Swarm?
Are you gonna tell us alligators get a bad rap in that one?
@Alligator Ed who are you voting
who are you voting for and why? This Bernie broad is curious.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Tulsi
The fighting lady.
What??
In a comment you titled:
The very definition of a political false flag then??
You quoted my statement:
In the same way I am sure there are those that create mayhem in Bernie's name. But, just like in the past I doubt they define the mindset and spirit for those of us that know this "revolution" must not fail.
So explain what your title has to do with my statement, given by definition I am not saying a claim that some "Bernie Bro" creating mayhem is "false". Or, did you not understand, "I am sure people exist that fit that description, but I never happened to encounter anyone of that sort." in the first paragraph of my comment? Do notice: the "people exist that fit" was referring to "draft resisters" of the previous sentence.
Inquiring minds want to know?
RIP
Unless you've seen such..
You're buying into the propaganda. You know...."I believe it because somebody said so".
Like the "chair throwing" in Nevada 2016 that got reported because Jon Ralston, who didn't see it, got told it did and then stood by his "reporting"
Take a look at the video and tell this is RW propaganda
but first, I must make a few corrections: The person targeted was not a D party official and the bull horn episode I discussed is not mentioned in this article. I have no other source for the bullhorn rumor, sorry.
The person targeted by zealous Berniecrats (allegedly that is what they are called in the article although no accompanying confirmation of that is in the video) is a Democratic candidate for election who is being "blocked in" from driving away by activists urging her to support M4A.
Video: Bernie supporters trap Illinois Democrat in her car.
Democrat vs Democratic
One surefire way to tell if something is rightwing propaganda is if it uses the term "Democrat congressional candidate" instead of "Democratic congressional candidate".
The clear and present menace of Alligators
Oh my, what should we do with alligators causing all this violence and mayhem?
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Come and get me, coppers!
you are funny
. . . even when we disagree about stuff.
Well gee
Tim Pool...When someone equates a few people behavior, to someone's "entire base", they are full of shit. That's not journalism, that's baiting. He want's clicks and views. He's gone the total HA Goodman route, a total red bating POS.
Gee a "milquetoast fence-sitter", in other words, he's too ignorant about politics and has very little in terms of "principals", but hey, to each his own.
I guess she should have called a SWAT team and had executed them right there on the spot?
C99, my refuge from an insane world. #ForceTheVote
I also attribute it to
laziness. It is lazy to just post shit. We are witnessing that here in this essay in more ways than one!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Tim Pool has turned into pompous asshat
who selectively reads media reports and puts a clickbait twist on them. When history proves him wrong, he NEVER goes back to correct his record. His mindless followers march to the tune of his flute no matter where it leads. Arguably, his site is now one the worst of the alt "news" blogs.