It’s literally the smallest anecdotal evidence possible but I had dinner with my best bud last weekend and when talk turned to politics he derided Warren for, ironically enough, not having any plans and more or less saying she was going to fix things magically. I think her waffling on raising taxes to support M4All is the germ of this sentiment because my friend also praised Bernie for being willing to say he’d tax the shit out of rich people to fund his ambitions.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 3 January 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
i don't think bernie supporters are notably more "toxic" than supporters of other candidates. this is just an idea that's been promoted to discredit the candidate.
― treeship., Friday, January 3, 2020
mmm they kinda are? The bros are, especially on Twitter. Messianic fervor is a helluva thing in politics.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, January 3, 2020 9:20 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I don't know enough to say how toxic "berniebros" are but they have definitely been the most exhausting to me since 2016.
― Evan, Friday, 3 January 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
it is amazing that "berniebros" caught on but "standers" didn't
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
posting this again because bernie >>>> this discussion
I was right about Vietnam.I was right about Iraq.I will do everything in my power to prevent a war with Iran.I apologize to no one. pic.twitter.com/Lna3oBZMKB— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 3, 2020
― 💠 (crüt), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link
ok
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link
He’s right though. A war in iran would be a catastrophe of extraordinary magnitude, probably worse than any of us can imagine, and this inside baseball media nonsense doesn’t matter at all.
― treeship., Friday, 3 January 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
this isn't even the worst conversation itt in the past month
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
thanks for the dose of perspective we surely all have though treesh
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
People in the responses to that tweet don’t get it. A few take it as an example of bernie being self aggrandizing.
― treeship., Friday, 3 January 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
I mean, it's that as well though, lol
― Frederik B, Friday, 3 January 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
he forgot to mention grenada
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
People in the responses to that tweet don’t get it
replies to tweets by political candidates don't matter at all
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 3 January 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
― Frederik B, Friday, January 3, 2020 10:58 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
why are you even in this thread?
― peloton for the painfully alone (m bison), Friday, 3 January 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
Fred works for blue cross blue shield
― treeship., Friday, 3 January 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
Blue eyes blue hearts can't lose
― Frederik B, Friday, 3 January 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
Just keep FPing the sack of shit and move on. No need to engage.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 3 January 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
Bernie's complete refusal to apologize is worrying. If he won't apologize here, is there anything he won't apologize for. And if he won't apologize then his acolytes are going to take the message that apologizing is a sign of weakness. Once a self-reinforcing crowd mentality of not-apologising starts to take hold we're in real trouble. We saw this before with the election of Trump
Guys, this is hardly conducive to building bridges. The blame goes right to the top
― anvil, Friday, 3 January 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
soon as I see the word “berniebros” I’m done reading
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 3 January 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
or do you reach for your revolver?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 January 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
it’s only January in due time
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 3 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
STOPPED CLOCK ALERT
I may be Chief Neoliberal Shill, but I also think Bernie Sanders is Democrats’ best choice for 2020:— Least likely to start wars— Strong full-employment plank— Plausible electability argument— Get the Young Left inside the tent pissing out https://t.co/IGkuraziTv— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 7, 2020
― 'Sly Cooper' Movie Breaking Into Theaters In 2016 (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
Worth the read: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/24/18510756/bernie-sanders-2020-democrats-neoliberals-chill
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
“I would beg [Bernie] to drop out so I don’t have to keep flying in from LA to do SNL... he’s idestructible, nothing stops this man. If he wins, do you have any idea what that’s going to do to my life? I mean do you have any idea? It’ll be great for the country, terrible for me.” pic.twitter.com/5YipWzopm4— wideofthepost (@wideofthepost) January 9, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 9 January 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
should replace him with Adomian
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 January 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
Lorne would have to die first
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 9 January 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
bernie has secured the all important emily ratajkowski endorsement
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 9 January 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
and the Drew Magary.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 9 January 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/bernies-policies-are-good-but-how-can-he-appeal-to-the-absolute-worst-people-ever
this lolzy little piece nails red state obsessed centrism better than anything i've seen tbh
― ingredience (map), Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
Good stuff
This is how you win against Trump pic.twitter.com/MGBi2xriED— SᴡᴇᴇᴘTʜᴇLᴇɢ (@CobraKeiser) January 10, 2020
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 10 January 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
"You got the fossil fuel industry, which is literally destroying the planet..."
― frogbs, Friday, 10 January 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
'people like president trump, they are corporate socialists'
fuck yes, this is str8 fire
― 'Sly Cooper' Movie Breaking Into Theaters In 2016 (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 10 January 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
boom
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
damn, missed a solid Dead Pool pick
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
Bernie Sanders, sitting very rascistly... pic.twitter.com/G3NDmoS9Zj— Garbage Ape 🗑 🦍 (@GarbageApe) January 11, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 January 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
Yes king
It means you’re going to lose. https://t.co/CVBKoKq8DT— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 12, 2020
― glindr jackson (gyac), Sunday, 12 January 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
Solid bern
― DJI, Sunday, 12 January 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
Spent a couple hours volunteering at his SF headquarters yesterday. While I was there at least a dozen people walked in off the street asking what they could do to help. The bern was palpable.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 12 January 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
This is how you win against Trump
Cooper looks like he's actively shitting himself with fear during this.
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Sunday, 12 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
i can not, in good conscience, condone a "SANDERS" presidency because i once vividly imagined him walking around while twirling a pistol— wint (@dril) January 12, 2020
It's happening
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 January 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
folks, Bernie bout to do it
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 13 January 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
Bernie Sanders showing us all that the key to having a long healthy life is to never ever go online under any circumstance. pic.twitter.com/Jc4qJbLQYK— Arman Kalyani (@ArmanK925) January 13, 2020
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 13 January 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
he's got my vote
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
:)
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 13 January 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
lol, these questions
KK: I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a couple of more personal questions. Can you give us an example of one person who’s broken your heart?[AFTER A LONG PAUSE] What, on a personal level?KK: Yeah.No. I won’t. Even candidates for president of the United States have a limited amount of privacy.
[AFTER A LONG PAUSE] What, on a personal level?
KK: Yeah.
No. I won’t. Even candidates for president of the United States have a limited amount of privacy.
CW: Are you an Amazon Prime member?Pardon me?CW: Are you an Amazon Prime member?No.
Pardon me?
CW: Are you an Amazon Prime member?
No.
― jmm, Monday, 13 January 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
He’s the fucking best I love him so much
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 13 January 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
these journos make Joy Behar look like I.F. Stone
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 January 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
eh fuck it I'll vote for Biden.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 January 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
I watched A Serious Man recently. I think Joe Biden would make a president who could properly appreciate that parking lot.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 13 January 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
"Bipartisan deal-making," which Bernie Sanders is surprisingly good at, and symbolically introducing bills with a GOP cosponsor, which Sanders doesn't do, are completely different things. Not remotely the same. This is so embarrassing for the Times. https://t.co/RVEiuktXKu pic.twitter.com/T8PPBMa97n— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) January 13, 2020
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 13 January 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
Using the far-right’s appropriation of things the left has always done to call Sanders Trump-like is especially insidious b/c fascists often appropriate left tactics & stances. They say they oppose capitalism. They say they oppose war. We can’t let the far right own these things. https://t.co/rybTwBGDov— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare) January 13, 2020
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 January 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link