If I thought they were clever enough, I would say that most of these internet so called Berniacs are anything but. I’d parse tweets for key phrases like “would sooner vote for Trump” – the one candidate in this stupid thing that is a 100% polar opposite of Bernie Sanders. People insisting that they won’t vote for Hillz because of the emails or Wall Street donations. Saying that Bernie should run as an independent because the numbers are all faked and the superdelegates are the ONLY way Hillary will win. Some of them are trolls no doubt, but no, Trump supporters are not clever enough for that. Libertarians maybe. I “know” some of these people. I’ve been posting with some of them for years. I had one person call me a “Hillbot” by someone who knows I’m a real girl. Because everything and everyone is now filtered through the Bernie lens. It’s like watching friends and relatives get on a plane to Jonestown.
I’ve been called a paid shill for Hillary (are you fucking kidding?! I will talk shit about Donald Trump for FREE), corporate shill, a sheeple in the tank for Wall Street (that one made me laugh), a misandrist (hatred for men motivates my support for Clinton), and a host of other names by people who know me and should fucking know better. People I spent both nights of Obama winning in celebration. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. And I AM a Bernie supporter – I’m so far left fiscally that I make Karl Marx look like a member of the Birch Society. I am also a really fkcng smart person and know a fuck lot about history and I am a realist. I don’t want to get yelled at in all caps, also by people who know me, almost always men.
I’ve been told that being called a Hillbot is inevitable if you raise any fact not consistent with the Bernie mythology. It stands in place of addressing or refuting the offered fact. “Hillary would be worse that Trump”. I don’t know about that. I can’t say for certain Trump would be worse than Hitler, but I do wonder. Sorry there. Ruined a good lead in to ‘Say, you know who also would be worse than…’ There are people on every part of the political spectrum that will believe anything, so long as it fits their narrative. And if it doesn’t fit, they will beat, shave, drill, saw and hatefuck it until it does. Not to mention regurgitating the eight previous years of tossing fake scandals at the Clintons, all of which turned out to be complete bullshit except for the blowjob. After another 8 years of seeing these fake scandals tossed at Obama, seeing people on the left swallow this bullshit hook line and sinker is mind-blowing and completely depressing.
Fellow Democrats: Why do we insist on shooting ourselves in both feet?