The View Triggered After Bernie Sanders Takes Lead

[LiberalLovinLug]

My gawd, you'd think Whoopi just escaped from the USSR. Does she REALLY want Sanders to start his own third party and run?

I think these privileged high paid hosts are rapidly distancing themselves from their initial audience. I think there is this unfounded fear in the circle of privileged entertainment stars, that Sanders is BAD for the Democrats chances. Maybe they should look at the polls from Democrats themselves and respect their preferences. Here's a thought: maybe a lot of Democrats actually WANT Sanders to run and win, as a Democrat. Sanders beats Trump in polls. No logic in their paranoia. Could it be they are enjoying Trump's tax cuts to the wealthy? and know who is going to take those away?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

1. Substitute "DU" for "The View" in that video

and it's how I feel a lot coming on here.

Cue up the TYT bashing as if that has an impact on the CNN poll and other polls that the video discusses.

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. +1000

You're correct. I'm bracing myself.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. I welcome the Bernie Bashing; it's backfirin BIG TIME! The more Bernie's bashed, the more he surges

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. lol. I think you're right!

PLEASE SIR, CAN I HAVE SOME MORE?

?itok=1yTI3Zrc

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

40. HAHAHA!! I KNOW I'm right!! Ya gotta LOVE all the Bernie Bashing... if Bernie had no chance

at the Democratic nomination, then why would peeps pay SO MUCH DAMN ATTENTION to Bernie by criticizing him at every turn?!?! So I say, the more Bernie Bashing the BETTER!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[ehrnst]

65. Feel the momentum!

[TwilightZone]

4. The TYT bashing is warranted.

And there are plenty of other sources that discuss polls that don't have a history of overt misogyny and historical ignorance.

Besides, "triggered" makes them sound like junior high kids or the dopes on social media. If they want to complain about hyperbole, they should probably look in the mirror.

[ehrnst]

12. Indeed. (nt)

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. More should be looking into mirrors then

We can drag up 20 year old text or opinions from some, but others are off limits. We can judge a present day person based on past faux pas, for which they have apologized for, but not others.

And then go one step further even. To dismiss them as a "messenger" for even truth to power. And further, to dismiss truth to power from even anyone that works at the same organization. Like a brilliant journalist host like Ana, a woman, who knows Cenk may have issues like many do, but that he's repentant, and she can forgive and move on. Especially when liberal voices are so few and far between today in media.

Its the hypocrisy of forgiving some for past opinion and attitudes, and stressing what's important is the here and now. But others must pay. No matter how much truth they expose. Of course it could also be because TYT are behind the Democratic primary leader, Sanders. Who if you listen to trolls, who want division, is also a misogynist sexist gun nut who doesn't like black people.

I hate the way tabloid politics, easily manipulated by trolls, is a big factor in folks deciding who they support, and not by what they actually stand for.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. Yes, the double standards are amazin! But that's ok, the more peeps bash Bennie, the more popular

he becomes!! So keep it up... at this rate, Bernie is a SHOE-IN for the Democratic nomination!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[George II]

55. Who is Bennie? Bennie Hill?

[Locrian]

6. no kidding.... thanks for saying exactly what I feel

[ehrnst]

20. Well. it was Sanders supporters who convinced him to retract the Cenk Uyghur endorsement.

Is that what you're talking about when you say "TYT bashing?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-cenk-uygur.html

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

44. +1001

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[redqueen]

47. +1

[George II]

2. I wish you would have warned us this was Kasparian, NOT Whoopi Goldberg doing most of the talking...

Unfortunately I watched 5 seconds so they got the click, then shut it down. I'll see how "triggered" they got from youtube, thank you.

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. "triggered"

Do you even see the irony in your post?

lol

[Locrian]

7. stunning isn't it? It just never stops.....

I think I'll head over to CENK2020 and donate... then maybe another $27 for Bernie...

ops: forgot the trigger warning.

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. cheers!

Feel the Bern!

[Cha]

62. You do that..

Link to tweet

snip//

Sanders’ abrupt reversal represented a misstep for Vermont senator and presidential candidate. The California arm of his campaign was warned about Uygur's past comments and urged the national campaign to stay out of the race, sources told POLITICO.

But Sanders endorsed Uygur regardless. His intervention created turmoil on the ground in California’s 25th Congressional district, a seat that Democrats flipped in 2018 but is now vacant after Democrat Katie Hill resigned amid allegations of sexual impropriety.''

snip//

Similar denunciations poured forth again following Sanders’ endorsement on Thursday. Even supporters of the Vermont senator expressed dismay that the progressive standard-bearer would back a candidate, in Uygur, with a problematic history. Local activists also groused that, unlike Smith, Uygur does not live in the district.

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=381802#top

[George II]

8. Nice that you're adopting the title of trump jr's book.

[George II]

53. The title of your OP is: "The View Triggered After Bernie Sanders Takes Lead". No?

[ehrnst]

16. lol

You promote Cenk's show after the damage that endorsing him did Bernie?

Talk about irony.

Especially on a site that promotes social justice and respect for women...

[George II]

21. bwahahahahaha!!!!

[progressoid]

41. Oh, c'mon. You don't think the word is his do you?

It’s a contentious topic that arose from a fairly simple idea: to alert an audience of any unsettling content that may follow. Trigger warnings can be defined as an attempt to prevent an unaware encounter with certain subjects that may cause someone to unwillingly recall a traumatic event. These warnings can be found on various social media platforms, many left-leaning blogs, some college syllabi, and even in verbal discussions or presentations.

Despite the push to abolish trigger warnings in favor of “free speech,” the term itself is not as new as those who oppose it would lead you to believe... https://www.adolescent.net/a/let-s-discuss-the-etymology-of-the-word-triggered

[ehrnst]

64. lol

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

37. LOL... doubt it!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Cha]

57. lol.. do you see the Irony in yours?

[scheming daemons]

9. A. Bernie hasn't taken the lead. B. "Triggered" is right-wing framing and title of DJTJr's book

One outlier poll ... especially when every other poll on the same day (at least three of them) says Biden is leading... is not indicative of anything.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

11. Triggered is not right-wing framing.

Yes, they are trying to twist the word, but it is a thing that is used in many very positive contexts.

[ehrnst]

14. Yes, especially towards women and people of color. The RW NEVER refers to them that

way...



After all the revelations about Cenk, one would think people would be wary of promoting TYT on a site that promotes social justice.

At least sometimes.

[scheming daemons]

15. It is literally the title of Donald Trump Jr's book.

Using the term "triggered" toward fellow Democrats in a political context is the equivalent of using the word "Cuck" or "Snowflake".

Might as well start saying "Make America Great Again" too.

[Autumn]

24. Whoever wrote it for him used the title. The only triggering he does is when he's slaughtering

animals. So fuck Donnie jr.

[LiberalLovinLug]

30. Why do we just hand over the lexicon to Republicans?

https://www.lexico.com/definition/snowflake
https://www.lexico.com/definition/triggered


Snowflake: informal, derogatory; An overly sensitive or easily offended person, or one who believes they are entitled to special treatment on account of their supposedly unique characteristics.

Triggered: (of a response) caused by particular action, process, or situation.
‘a triggered memory of his childhood’


Doesn't Trump fit that "snowflake" description? And don't editorials and cartoonists also use that word against him? Why do we just give them words like that? We don't have to.

And to answer your last statement. Hell yeah! I think it would be hilarious if Democrats started wearing Blue caps with the same statement. Maybe a "Vote Democratic" on the back. Now that would definitely TRIGGER the Trumpists SNOWFLAKES.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

38. Seriously!! It's amusing that some attribute to RethugliKKKons that much control!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[redqueen]

48. Hear hear - it's very satisfying to see RWers hoisted by their own petard.

👍

[Autumn]

54. They did that with the word Liberal, they did it with socialism. They don't own any fucking words.

[Cha]

61. Oh really? "..hilarious.. " is it? omg.

[Cha]

63. The problem is.. no one "triggered" like the OP is suggesting..

one thing.. BS is Not in "the lead".. so the whole premise is wrong.

[progressoid]

43. Yeah, and he even wrote this essay about Trigger Warnings 5 years ago for Inside Higher Ed.

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/10/09/middle-ground-trigger-warnings-essay

[boomer_wv]

13. This

They spend a year talking about how all polls are rigged, and then 2 polls show him up and they are buying inaguration tickets.

[Autumn]

10. I laugh my ass off at that show. The thought of losing a dime to taxes triggers Whoopie, she pays

too much you know. Don't even get me started on Megan. That show is a joke.

[ehrnst]

17. Lead?

[LeftTurn3623]

18. At what point does Amy Klobuchar

see the writing on the wall and drop out?

[pnwmom]

22. She has far experience than the 37 year old mayor, and she graduated Magna cum Laude

from Yale, and was an Associate Editor of the Law Review at U. Chicago.

When is the Rhodes scholar mayor going to see the writing on the wall and drop out?

[LeftTurn3623]

29. She is polling lower than

When others have dropped out. She isn’t even beating Trump head to head.


Pete most likely won’t win but at least he is in the hunt in Iowa and NH. And he is raising money.

[pnwmom]

32. The only polls that will matter are the primaries. n/t

[squirecam]

46. Amy

Is far likelier to be on the ticket, either as President, or as VP, then Pete.

Yet I’m not asking him to quit.

[LeftTurn3623]

67. maybe VP but she has way less of a chance to be

President. She doesnt even have a shot in Iowa or NH. Pete is in the hunt & has way more money in hand. Matter of fact she wont qualify for votes in Iowa. Her supporters will go with someone else cause you have to come in at a certain number or you move your choice to another candidate .

[scheming daemons]

26. when/if she drops out, most of her supporter will move to Biden, not Buttigieg.

Same thing will happen when Buttigieg eventually drops out... his supporters will go to Biden, overwhelmingly.

[LeftTurn3623]

31. Isn't that funny you know what

Everyone is going to do once their candidate drops out.

I’m not moving to Biden. I live in PA and my plan is to vote for the candidate that has the best chance to beat Biden.

If that is Amy, Bernie, Warren, Bloomberg, Yang and Pete is still in it I would vote for one of them.

[scheming daemons]

34. That's why I said "most"

You're the exception.

[pnwmom]

19. Even Bernie learned his lesson and took back his endorsement of Cenk of TYT.

But some people never learn.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

39. Excellent point!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

51. Or....

Trump is the biggest snowflake in the country. Followed by Nunes, and other Republicans. But we have a few too. Don't confuse political smarts and expediency with outright rejection. Sanders still speaks highly of Cenk. But Cenk saw the trouble that those few would cause. Evidence of their knee jerk vitriol right here on DU. So he instead said he wouldn't take endorsements, paving the way for Sanders to politely pull his endorsement.

I'm sure you've seen this kind of pattern before. Al Franken was a big example. Felt he had to take one for the team. Different circumstances, but the same rationale.

Same for the Obama's relationship with Reverent Wright.

There is a time when a politician or party must sever ties not because of some severe misconduct, but more because of the perception of it, and the opening for the enemy to exaggerate and use a relationship against them. Sanders had no choice.

Cenk has already acknowledged and apologized for his past statements. But he did it, and he has to wear it. Part of that is paying the price by Sanders having to publicly slap his wrist to placate the PC purists. Fine. I can accept that. Most of us realize this is a price that must be paid sometimes to walk the line.

[pnwmom]

56. Cenk is a misogynist whose support wouldn't be a bit of help to Sanders,

of all people.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/13/21020431/bernie-sanders-cenk-uygur-christy-smith-california

However, Uygur’s past comments have been an issue since he first announced his candidacy. In the past, he has written that women “are poorly designed creatures who do not want to have sex nearly as often as needed for the human race to get along peaceably and fruitfully,” as Martin reported in November. And in a post on The Young Turks website about his “rules” for dating, he wrote that he must have an orgasm by the fifth date: “If I haven’t unloaded by this time, things are intolerably slow.”

SNIP

In a 2012 segment of The Young Turks, for example, Uygur said he thought that Orthodox Jews and Muslims who wear heavy clothing are “wasting their lives.”

In a 2007 episode, he used the n-word multiple times after celebrity bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman used it. (Uygur told the Times that The Young Turks had followed a policy of using the n-word when criticizing racists for using it, but had stopped after conversations with black activists.)

And in 2016, he covered the Harvard soccer team’s “scouting report,” in which players rated female students, speculated about their favorite sex positions, and criticized their appearances. The report referred to one student as “manly,” and added, “Not much needs to be said on this one, folks.”

[Cha]

59. There's no coming back from all the "lewd misogynist" comments

cenk made.

Of course he "apologized".. what else is he going to do when he got Busted like he thought there was "no internet"?

[Aaron Pereira]

23. It's the highly personalized attacks like this that will cause problems.

We have a primary going on now in which records will be examined (they should be) but some people seem to be forgetting we'll have to unify in a very short period of time. Open and very personal hostility will bring a negative consequence in November.

[RelativelyJones]

42. Used to like Kasparian, but she's turned into this weird Bernie cultist like Krystal Ball.

[Amimnoch]

45. Yep. Trash. -nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

49. "weird Bernie cultist"

Or.....maybe they just are passionate supporters who like his ideas.

Does that make you a "weird Biden cultist"?

[Cha]

60. Nope.. Biden has supporters who Respect him.

But you knew that.

[NCProgressive]

50. No one is "triggered" except for Sanders' supporters

After a dismal few months, dealing with hopelessness as one smear against Biden to every dirty trick against Biden failing (from Lucy Flores to Zephyr Teachout), it appeared bleak. Hopeless. Depressing. Demoralizing. Incurable. Grave. Wretched. Parlous. Futile. Vain. Irreparable.

Then one poll comes out (an outlier) and suddenly the whole group is Triggered (or is it Tiggered?)

The fact remains that another poll will come out showing that one to be an outlier.

Then it will be back to bleak. Hopeless. Depressing. Demoralizing. Incurable. Grave. Wretched. Parlous. Futile. Vain. Irreparable.

[LiberalLovinLug]

52. When polls come out showing Bernie on top, "triggered" is not the word I'd use.

Maybe for other candidates supporters, but Sanders supporters are dancing in the streets about it. I think you don't quite understand the definition of "triggered".

Like this other "outlier":

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/politics/new-hampshire-poll-bernie-sanders-wbur-massinc/index.html

Poll: Bernie Sanders rises and leads in New Hampshire

[Cha]

58. BS is Not "on top"..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287442156

[ehrnst]

66. Well, as we all know, whoever takes NH gets the nomination by a huge margin.

[m-lekktor]

68. I can't believe I ever liked Whoopie Goldberg. She is a political hot mess. nt