Before the "Bernie Bro", Clinton supporters created the "Obama Boy."

[Fawke Em]

So, Sanders was recently forced to condemn mean sexist people on the internet. Yet, as Gloria Steinem says that young women support Bernie because they are just boy crazy, Clinton is not called to condemn her sexist supporters. And when Madeline Albright tells people that “there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other out,” Clinton does not apologize. In fact, she just laughed.

And if you think the Bernie Bro thing is just a creation by the internet, well, the Clinton campaign has officially adopted it…

<image from Twitter redacted here>

So where DID this idea that Sanders supporters are super sexist come from? Let’s ask Tom Watson, circa 8 years ago...

The messiah complex in Obama scares the hell out of me - as does his campaign's casual acceptance of sexism so easily in order to win...
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) February 10, 2008

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/8/1481627/-WOW-Before-the-sexist-Bernie-Bro-Clinton-supporters-created-the-sexist-Obama-boy-No-seriously?_=2016-02-08T05:17:11-08:00

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And here I'd always thought that recycling was a good thing.

This time it isn't.

[Renew Deal]

2. Has anyone else received hostile/rude/disrespectful treatment from Sanders supporters?

I have and I bet there are many more first person accounts from people like Al Franken. Chuck Todd said today that he's been the victiom of it too.

[Fawke Em]

4. And I've received it from Clinton supporters. So what?

People are fighting the establishment right now, as well: that people get angry when perceived liberals like Franken endorse the status quo isn't that far-fetched. It should anger us all that our parties are two sides of the same coin.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. There are rude people on the Internet. Quelle surprise.

The anonymity of the Internet unfortunately invites inappropriate behavior, and because they can get away with it some people post rude, nasty stuff that they'd never say to anyone in person. There has been a fair amount of nastiness from supporters on both sides; I don't think either camp can claim the high ground. I've read that approximately 2% of any given group will be deviant in some regard, and I'm guessing, accordingly, that the really over-the top rudeness is coming from that 2%. Which, of course, means that the other 98% are not rude assholes.

If there is more alleged bad Internet behavior coming from the Sanders side it's probably because there seem to be more Sanders supporters on the Internet altogether, considering that there are so many young people on that side. And maybe there are some younger people who are so new to political involvement that they haven't learned to temper their passion and behave themselves and get the hell off the old peoples' lawns.

[jeff47]

13. I have multiple DU mail stalkers. They are not Sanders supporters. (nt)

[Renew Deal]

14. Thankfully I don't have that issue.

[jeff47]

15. Two gave up. One had to be blocked. (nt)

[roguevalley]

21. boo hoo. its the primary season here. alert or toughen up, renew deal. I have.

clintonians are so pure.

[Renew Deal]

24. The best part of your post is it comes with the avatar

I'm not complaining. I'm giving you witness testimony. The stories are true and people on DU have been bragging about it.

[AzDar]

3. K & R

[UglyGreed]

5. Like Yogi used to say

[Fawke Em]

6. LOL!!

[stonecutter357]

7. “I have heard about it. It's disgusting,” Sanders said.

[Fawke Em]

8. Not as disgusting as condemning me to hell because

I'm a female who doesn't vote with my vagina.

[stonecutter357]

10. " this posts has been hidden by a DU Jury" DanTex.

[Fawke Em]

16. Don't understand your point.

But, I will explain that it's outrageous that Bernie has to condemn unsolicited comments from people on the Internet who aren't an official part of his campaign, but no one is calling for Hillary to condemn Madeline Albright's sexist statement even though Albright IS an official part of Clinton's campaign.

I don't cotton much to hypocrisy.

[Luminous Animal]

23. Hell, Hillary has defended it.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/hillary-clinton-defends-madeleine-albright-women-female-voters

“I don’t want people to be offended,” Clinton said. But when asked if she understood why some women did take offense, she suggested political correctness had made Americans overly sensitive.

“Good grief, we’re getting offended by everything these days!” she said. “People can’t say anything without offending somebody.”

[Bobbie Jo]

9. Yeah, this is officially a "thing"

no matter how much they try to dismiss it.

Glad to see Bernie call it out, but I don't think it's going to make any difference at this point.

[TheBlackAdder]

11. GHWB-like attacks about Socialism, Now Reaganesque attacks about Hell. What's next, Anti-Christ?

.


Dang! Another trend soon to play out...


These attacks keep getting more Right Wing by the day.

The Moral Majority types would constantly bring up what is Christian and images of an American Hellscape!


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I remember when Reagan's folks would claim that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale were the Anti-Christ!

I remember when George H. W. Bush would call Bill Clinton a Socialist, one who was into Government Planning!


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Now, we have Madeline Albright evoking the images of Hell, if women aren't elected.

Now, we have Claire McCaskill bringing up Socialism, the same way Bill Clinton was attacked by it.


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When the term Anti-Christ is evoked, a full circle switch to New Republicanism occurs in that campaign!


.

[WillyT]

17. K & R !!!

[Fawke Em]

18. Thanks...

I think there's two of these threads floating about.

[one_voice]

19. I guess no one remembers..

the 'Bros before H*es' shirts that were sported back then?

I was an ardent Obama supporter but found those reprehensible.

Google search is your friend.

*posted in the other thread as well.

[Cheese Sandwich]

20. just wow. nt

[AtomicKitten]

22. k/r same strategy, different election, same outcome