2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumUh oh. I forgot about the Bill Clinton Dust up with BLM vs. Sanders handling of an anti-Semite
I know I'm pretty dense at times, but I didn't get why Hillary Clinton supporters were so mad about this post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511696374
I said nothing about her, or actually, his campaign, just pointed out that he shut down a bigot.
Finally, 98 posts in, I got what made them so pissed. It happened around the same time that Bill Clinton excoriated a BLM supporter, and claimed they supported 13 year olds hopped up on crack.
Compared to Bernie's response to an obvious anti-Semitic trope, that doesn't look too good for Hillary's side of the fence, does it?
I didn't realize how many asses I was chapping with that. I just thought it was a cool moment that showed how calmly he discusses issues.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)or being impolite, but ... dang. Even Job had his limits.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Especially considering that Clinton's protesters had a pretty good point, and the Sanders protest was a racial conspiracy.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)until I was harangued by a Hillary Clinton supporter.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)THAT is how you handle a heckler, Bill.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Then it made me wonder.
I sincerely did not make that correlation - it just happened.