Establishment's anti-Bernie Sanders 'violence' smear is attempt to silence dissent

[portlander23]

The Democratic establishment's anti-Bernie Sanders 'violence' smear is a dishonest attempt to silence legitimate dissent
MICHAEL TRACEY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, May 20, 2016, 1:18 PM

Now Sanders stands accused by senior members of Democratic Party leadership, with support from the Democratic-leaning commentariat, of somehow enabling or encouraging a coordinated campaign of harrassment and intimidation. Chastened by perceived procedural wrongdoing at the Nevada convention, Sanders delegates registered their discontent by doing things such as booing, jeering and shouting — pretty standard fare in terms of public political displays.

Somehow this run-of-the-mill discord morphed into wanton “violence,” as Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader and kingpin of Nevada politics, later described it. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former Hillary surrogate who now runs the Democratic National Committee, echoed these allegations and ridiculed Sanders for refusing to condemn his own supporters.

Despite several days’ worth of news cycles premised on the occurrence of violence, no evidence for this has yet been produced. No one has come forward to claim that physical harm was inflicted upon them by rabid Sanders backers, nor has law enforcement brought charges, as would be expected if such mayhem had truly transpired. NPR’s ombudsman, Elizabeth Jensen, determined earlier reports of violence from the outlet to be “misleading.”

By framing routine political dissension in terms of “harassment” and “safety,” Democratic officials and allied pundits are now importing the rhetoric of therapeutic psychology currently in vogue within academic liberalism into the presidential campaign arena. It’s one thing when “safe space” nomenclature is deployed on behalf of the marginalized and outcast.

But when it’s used to insulate a powerful U.S. senator from criticism, something has gone awry.

Yep.

[nc4bo]

1. That hors...errr donkey left the barn for daylight about 1-2 months after

SANDERS announced his campaign run.


It's not going back in that dark barn any time soon.

[BernieforPres2016]

8. NPR's ombudsman should get in touch with the host of Morning Edition

On Thursday morning, one of the NPR Morning Edition hosts referred to the aftermath of the Nevada convention as a "melee" and said that "chairs were flying."

[beachbumbob]

2. I guess when sanders says revolution...that it's a sanitized version?

Does his supporters understand?....don't think so...as the plans of 10's of thousands in philly to take to the streets...WTO riot style...

[frylock]

23. Reap the fucking whirlwind

[Thinkingabout]

3. If it is in the opinion the establshment smear is an attempt tp silence dissent, then it must be an

Attempt by the dissenters to silence the majority. Now does it seem reasonable the minority rules the majority and the oligarchy Sanders so often complains is trying to force their will on the majority, won't happen, the majority will continue to rule.

[kaleckim]

28. The anger in Vegas

was over the damn process, how it was handled, and you know it. My god, I haven't seen one post from your that didn't involve manipulating objective reality.

[Thinkingabout]

30. No, the anger may have been fueled by alchol, not the process. The rules was plain,

To overturn a rule there needed to be a 2/3 % of the vote. One hundred angry people does not make the rules. BTW, your posts have lacked truthful information about the rules.

[Fawke Em]

31. People were drinking at 10 a.m.

I somehow doubt that.

That said: You're wrong. The anger was over the DNC establishment's attempt to change the rules and not recognizing Sanders' supporters were were both objecting and attempting to follow these stupid new rules to present platform changes.

[liberalnarb]

33. Well, when there is too much comotion for a vocal vote to be taken

the rules state that a vote of standing division is to be conducted. There was no vote of standing division.

[bigtree]

4. orchestrating a disruption in an attempt to steal delegates isn't dissent

...it's just dirty politics.

[ucrdem]

10. Exactly.

Not the first time either.

[cui bono]

12. Boy do you have things turned around. Delegates were stolen away from Bernie.

And that is dirty politics.

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[Dem2]

14. Yes, all this whining because they were bagged and got pissed about it

... It's not helping at all.

[bigtree]

21. it's a pattern of behavior

...admit to nothing when caught red-handed and blame Democrats; like when they got caught stealing voter data and, instead of owning up, sued the DNC, raising money off of the DNC's response to their stealing.

Fundraising email claiming they're the victims of something in Nevada are as good as posted.

[workinclasszero]

15. Real dirty

But stealing Hillary delegates appointed by the voters of Nevada is approved by the revolution!

They must kill democracy to save democracy because......reasons, sparrows, dumb Nevadans voted the wrong way?

[liberalnarb]

34. Well if it weren't for the brilliant delegate system this whole cluster fuck wouldnt have happened

in the first place.

[frylock]

24. The only people orchestrating a disruption are the Clintonites.

Barbie Boxer went their to troll Sanders supporters hoping they would react in order to effect the primary in California. It isn't going to work, and she is going to lose here. And, boy, are the optics going to be terrible.

[Fawke Em]

32. I think you mean Clinton is going to lose in California.

Boxer isn't running again.

Right?

[frylock]

37. Yes, it was poorly worded.

And good riddance to Boxer. Her actions make me sad that I ever voted for her.

[riversedge]

5. Next time maybe the Sanders fans will be adults and not put on violent desplay for the world to

see and hear.

[Quixote1818]

9. There was no violence, completely made up.

Or maybe you mean the guy who lifted a chair and then got stopped and hugged a bunch of times. Those violent hugging Sanders supporters. But it was fine for Hillary to come out and say Obama could get assassinated and allow her one more shot at being President. That was real classy.

[riversedge]

17. And you just made up your post.

[cannabis_flower]

27. You mean this?

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/Hillary_cites_RFK_assasination_in_explaining_why_shes_still_in_race.html

[cui bono]

16. What violent display? Did you see something? Can you post the video?

I doubt it since there was none. So why are you catapulting the propaganda, the smear?

Does that make you feel good about yourself? Is that your attempt to get Bernie supporters to vote for Hillary if necessary?

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[Jester Messiah]

19. It's good that you're here to correct the record. n/t

[Fawke Em]

36. Corrupt the Record is more like it.

[frylock]

25. Maybe you can act like an adult and show us all that you know how to read.

Continuing to claim there was violence in an OP showing that there wasn't calls into question your credibility and/or intelligence.

[kaleckim]

29. You're lying

provide proof of violence (there is none) or admit you're a liar, which you are.

[SamKnause]

6. Thanks for posting.

Feel The Bern

[YouDig]

7. Any article about Nevada that doesn't include the words "death threat" and "b*tch" is propaganda,

intended to whitewash the behavior of the Sanders delegation. Violent behavior was reported by witnesses, it would be dishonest to ignore it just because the Sanders people claim it didn't happen.

[Waiting For Everyman]

11. It's like the Gollum Party.

Cheating isn't winning.

[arcane1]

13. They're just "Breaking Barriers", right?

Correct The Record will invest more than $1 million into Barrier Breakers 2016 activities, including the more than tripling of its digital operation to engage in online messaging both for Secretary Clinton and to push back against attackers on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram. Barrier Breakers 2016 is a project of Correct The Record and the brainchild of David Brock, and the task force will be overseen by President of Correct The Record Brad Woodhouse and Digital Director Benjamin Fischbein. The task force staff’s backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize.

The task force currently combats online political harassment, having already addressed more than 5,000 individuals who have personally attacked Secretary Clinton on Twitter. The task force will provide a presence and space online where Clinton supporters can organize and engage with one another and are able to obtain graphics, videos, gifs, and messaging to use in their own social spaces. Additionally, the Barrier Breakers 2016 task force hopes to embrace the creativity of Hillary Clinton’s supporters by sharing their efforts and content with other groups.

http://correctrecord.org/barrier-breakers-2016-a-project-of-correct-the-record/

Trolls gotta troll!

[MisterP]

18. they thought it'd be a knockout blow--that Sandernistas are violent Know-Nothings

undermining the party in the fight against Trump; this'd make him lose KY big and clinch the Midwest, his funding would look like it was faltering and she could hold off a little on the billionaire-courting (clogs up surface traffic, ya know), the primary would polls bounce downwards off the 50% line, his momentum carrying him downward now instead of upward, and then onwards to win CA again

[RoccoR5955]

20. They were wrong again.

That which does not kill us only makes us stronger!

[AtomicKitten]

22. How'd that sniper fire in Bosnia work out for her? Crying (lying) wolf fail.

[The_Casual_Observer]

26. There was a fracas in there, the news picked up on it. Remember what happened

to Howard Dean? One single solitary war whoop and he was finished. That's the way these things go.

[Blue_Tires]

35. Yeah, keep telling yourself that...

Whatever helps you sleep

[QC]

38. Manufacturing Consent, baby!

We have just seen a fascinating case study in it.