Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumBULLIED: Hillary Supporters Launch #EndCyBernBullying
This article hits the problem hard-and correctly. Some days I am so sad to see Hillary smacked/labeled as a "murderer" -serial killer and or monster! They are all over the net--many with Bernie avatars. Nobody deserves to be treated like that.
BULLIED: Hillary Supporters Launch #EndCyBernBullying
http://bluenationreview.com/hillary-supporters-launch-endcybernbullying/
By Peter Daou
April 9, 2016
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One of the low points of the 2016 election and one of the reasons Bernie isnt winning is the venomous and aggressive anti-Hillary trolling targeting Hillary and her supporters. Even Bernie himself conceded the disgusting and sexist attacks back in February, telling his supporters: We dont want that crap. But that crap has continued unabated. If anything, it has intensified as Bernie and his surrogates increasingly embrace a scorched earth strategy against Hillary.
If youre a Hillary Clinton supporter online, you know exactly what youre in for each day: a torrent of insults, smears, taunts and threats. The source is a group of Bernie Sanders supporters along with assorted rightwing Hillary haters and astroturf GOP accounts. Many of these accounts were created with the express purpose of trolling Hillarys fans.
It is an ugly spectacle. Pro-Hillary hashtags are immediately hijacked and turned into gleeful Hillary-bashing fests. Women are subjected to misogynistic rhetoric. Hillary Clinton, one of the most accomplished and admired women in the world, is described in terms that are typically reserved for serial killers and monsters.
It is a despicable aspect of the 2016 race and when it is over in a couple of months, it will be looked on as a terrible moment in American politics, the wholesale mobbing and degradation of the first woman with a viable shot at the presidency...................
Cha
(297,719 posts)Thanks, rivers.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)It's like we are in this alternate reality! So glad we have found each other and we are voting for her nonetheless...
SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)These bullies act like they own the internet.
I can't wait until she's the nominee.
They want to run the page on every site. To me it is no different than the right-wing Christian fanatics wanting everyone else to adhere to their religious beliefs. They all want a homogeneous society that reflects their views, and pretty much looks like them, too.
In many ways, Bernie = Ted.
pandr32
(11,617 posts)liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)They will never let you have the last word and hold grudges 8 very politics.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Basic LA
(2,047 posts)And that's all they have.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)to other people. The "misery loves company" adage is made valid on the internet by the Sanders supporters. Sanders, himself, isn't making it any better.
I'm appalled by their ugliness. They must lead horribly miserable lives.
otohara
(24,135 posts)Last edited Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)
the usual Hack, Hillbot, stooopid, but then I was labeled a "cripple" Now I know he meant I was a mental cripple, but
as a polio survivor it brought back memories of my childhood.
I joined this group on Twitter yesterday