Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Can someone please explain the hostility at DU to me? [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)Simply because it is OK to hate Hillary if you like Bernie. I imagine they sign up and since long time members have such disdain for Hillary, and all you have to say is "I'm a Sanders supporter..." Trolls can be expected to have arrived in droves.
The ugly that I see generated by the Berniebots can only come from the opposition. I have no problem with Bernie, but he's not a democrat, and most of what he wants to see happen originates in the body of government that he's already occupying. He's kind of like Ron Paul in that respect: wants things to go his way, but doesn't take the steps necessary to advance his program, i.e. sponsor legislation that forwards his vision, talk other legislators into supporting his program etc.
Obviously, if he's the nominee, I'll vote for him because I'm a dyed in the wool democrat, but he doesn't impress me all that much. He certainly isn't charismatic enough to make me constantly display anger toward democrats, and very little that he talks about on the stump would come to fruition if he's elected.