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Related: About this forumThe most interesting hit piece I have read so far:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-womack/dear-bernie-red-flags-frequent_b_9289954.htmlThis is what I have to say:
Beautifully woven fact and fiction. Alex Jones couldn't have written a better hit piece if he tried. Put just enough truth in, to make it appear convincing and logical... The snarkiness and condescension does undermine the credibility.
Starting an article with:
"Senator Sanders, I like you. I admire you. Most of the time, I wish that we had 99 more senators just like you.
And I would, wouldn't I? I'm on the younger end of the likely voter spectrum. I'm male. I'm white. I'm liberal as hell. I'm the kind of voter that you should have a lock on.
But " Is a red flag if ever I saw one... Praising a person before shitting on them does not make the act less disgusting smile emoticon
PS. I really find it fascinating how the first line of attacks by camp Hillary was that Sanders only appeals to young educated privilege people, now that he's winning the Blue collar and Latino vote, the attacks are that Sanders' supporters are "a mob of angry, misinformed people"...
You are venturing into very dangerous, not good territory for Clinton supporters to tread into, considering how it went in 2008 against Obama... I recall something about "Obama is loosing the working Americans, the hard Working American, white American vote"...
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The most interesting hit piece I have read so far: (Original Post)
PeterGM
Feb 2016
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)1. But this is a 'very serious author'.
You can tell by lines such as
Sometimes, Senator, you really live up to your initials.
ETA: We get to the meat of the piece down at the bottom.
Senator, you are forming a mob of angry, misinformed people and then turning it on the likely Democratic nominee. That, Senator, is a dangerous and destructive game. Does your campaign honestly wonder why it has become synonymous with nasty online invective?
Translation: Don't you dare actually bruise the anointed one!
n2doc
(47,953 posts)4. And one short step from 'mob' to 'lynch mob'
I fully expect Bernie supporters to be called that by Sunday. If not sooner.
PeterGM
(71 posts)5. Agreed... KKK accusations *, coming up... /nt
PeterGM
(71 posts)3. Just out of curiosity, what does k&R mean? I'm new to DU... -.- /nt
Mbrow
(1,090 posts)6. kick and recommended for reading
It helps with moving it up the listings and I agree with your point in the OP, Welcome to DU
PeterGM
(71 posts)9. Thank you very much :) /nt
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)7. Kicked and recommended
When you click on the recommend box in the lower left corner of the op, it adds 1 to the recommends.
When you post in the thread, the new activity "kicks" the thread back up to the top of the list.
PeterGM
(71 posts)8. Thanks! /nt