Why Bernie Sanders supporters are trolling Elizabeth Warren with snake emoji

[TomCADem]

Well, at least they haven't started chanting "lock her up."

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/15/21067331/warren-is-a-snake-hashtag-explained

In the wake of Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, one of Twitter’s trending hashtags was #WarrenIsASnake. Angry social media users have been tweeting the hashtag, along with its partner hashtag #NeverWarren, and flooding Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s replies with snake emojis.

The trend seems to have begun with some Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters, who were angry with Warren for maintaining that Sanders told her privately that he didn’t believe a woman could win the 2020 presidential election, even after Sanders denied saying any such thing. After a while, though, the hashtags continued trending not only because of anti-Warren Twitter users denouncing her, but also because Warren fans were using the hashtags to denounce Sanders and proclaim their support for Warren. (And possibly because of some bots, too. Twitter in 2020!)

But it’s notable that this ostensibly political argument is centered on the idea of Warren being a “snake” — because using the snake emoji to troll an opponent is not an idea that arose out of politics. It’s an idea that arose out of fandom. Specifically, it arose out of celebrity stan culture.

Which means that this political debate is looking less and less like a discussion about the electability of the candidates and more and more like stan trolling.

[BlueMTexpat]

1. They might as well.

They are just like Trumpers.

[TomCADem]

2. Megyn Kelly: I Was Called 'a Real C-Word' After Debate Dust-Up With Donald Trump

Now that you mention it...

https://www.thewrap.com/megyn-kelly-real-c-word-debate-donald-trump/

‘Today” show host Megyn Kelly got personal on Wednesday, telling her audience that after her famous dust-up with Donald Trump during the first Republicans debate in August 2015, she got angry voicemails from viewers calling her “a real C-word.”

“On my voice mail after the August 15th debate after, I asked [Donald Trump] that question about misogyny, I got all these voicemails saying, ‘You’re a real C word,'” Kelly said. “And there was one that said, and I quote, ‘No one gives a damn about misogyny.'”

The moment Kelly referenced took place in August 2015, during the first Republican presidential debate in which Kelly ferociously confronted Trump — then a long-shot candidate — about his history of misogynistic comments over the years.

Kelly also discussed Time Magazine’s decision to name the “silence breakers” who launched the #MeToo movement as this year’s Person of the Year.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. If the shoe fits ...! eom

[sheshe2]

6. +++

[Cha]

4. Yep.

[madville]

5. And all the Biden supporters asked

What is an emoji or a hashtag and why do I care lol.

[sheshe2]

7. Surprised.

Not.

[BannonsLiver]

8. That's a great look for them.