Discussing the primaries is a bit like arguing over music...

[glaeken777]

If I like Yes and you think it's pretentious nonsense, it's an utter waste of time for me to explain why you don't "get" Yes.

I like Yes, and you don't. Simple as that. Listen to what you like, and groove to it if it moves you.

And so it should go with our candidates.

[daleanime]

1. If the primary had no effect on your family and friends....

I would agree with you, but our choice of candidate does have an impact on everyone no matter what their taste is.

[glaeken777]

5. was expecting that...

... and I don't necessarily disagree. The point is that people's tastes in a message (and how it is delivered) are generally not subject to change merely based on someone else's opinions.

You might try sampling an album I enjoy -- perhaps with great reluctance, and a small chance you'll change your mind -- but no matter what your reactions, I can't get you to walk out of a record store carrying an entire discography of an artist you don't admire, short of putting a gun to your head (which I wouldn't do anyway).

So yeah, I get that the stakes are a lot more world-shaking than my simple analogy, but the underlying principle is the same. Time is better spent spreading your preferences to those who haven't heard, or are at least open to the message.

[cali]

2. Not really.

[dana_b]

15. not at all. n/t

[el_bryanto]

3. I'm sorry that makes no sense

the whole point to elections is to move the needle to support the candidate you think will do best by this country; it's hard to do that without discussing it. I do agree that HRC and Bernie supporters talk past each other a lot, but that's what happens when people care a great deal about something and can't understand why the other side doesn't agree.

Bryant

[glaeken777]

8. Talking past each other a lot?

That's an understatement. There's passion, and then there's bloviating. It's like a ham actor who's limited to shouting when asked to show emotion.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Yeah,

Hillary is the Stones and Bernie is the Beatles.

[dinkytron]

7. Hillary is Milli Vanilli. Bernie is Neil.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. Or maybe Hilli Vanilli?

[dinkytron]

6. Yeah but voting for Yes, wont start more wars and cause more poverty in

the name of profits.

[Gregorian]

9. I'm noticing a lot of low post count users from even years like 2002,2008.

I'm wondering why they are showing up now. And why their posts are seemingly cryptic.

[glaeken777]

11. Paranoid much?

Just because I'm not chatty during meetings, doesn't mean I'm not engaged. By all means, flex your 22,000 post muscle if it makes you feel superior. I'm jealous of the free time you apparently have.

[MisterP]

10. they've ruined even that analogy

this

produced all of THIS

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/02/bernie_bros_stop_this_meme_your_dumb_joke_about_hillarys_music_taste_isnt_funny_its_predictably_sexist/
http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/your-pop-culture-sanders-vs-clinton-memes-are-sexist-and-unfunny-8130819
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2016/02/the_bernie_vs_hillary_meme_is_weird_ceaseless_and_kind_of_sexist_just_like.html
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/theres-a-new-bernie-or-hillary-meme-but-is-it-sexist-stereot
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/279562/hillary-clinton-bernie-bro-sexism/

I think my brain popped somewhere between "situates Bernie's dominance in masculine subcultures and products" and Kenny G as unpacking cisheteronormativity

[glaeken777]

13. Too bad that's one's a joke...

IMO "Bernie" is definitely correct on that one, there.... Kenny G or no Kenny G.

[olddots]

14. I get Yes

but still think them and the Moody Bues were pretentious woo based dribble aimed at people trying to be hip ...........

I on the other hand have allways been tragically hip . As our daughters would say 20 years ago. What Everrrrrrrrrr .

taste in music has little to do with the stark realities of this election process and on the other hand 5 fingers