END TO END BERNERS: The Official Bernie Sanders 2020 Crew thread

As bad as Robinson’s writing is, his voice and mannerisms are worse. He’s a fedora away from m’lady.

he wears a fedora. that's not the problem with him though.

NJR gives me maddox.xmission vibes. also slatestarcodex/scott alexander vibes if any of u read him

Something to be said for SSC imo.

there are meaningful differences between Sanders and Warren that need to be hashed out now, while we're having a primary. Warren has already backpedaled on M4A, and she gave a BS answer re: foreign policy. I don't trust her not to bomb Iran. But she's the only other Democrat I would even consider voting for (I don't live in a swing state).

President Bernie Sanders is an unparalleled possibility and one worth fighting for while there is still time.

I don't trust her not to bomb Iran.

lol ok

I dont think thats an lol

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Yeah yikes, its really not a good luck for Warren. call me whatever you want though. but maybe don't come into the room saying drop out and support my candidate immediately after the news drops that Bernie is having health problems.

Her claim doesn't need cred, I don't think anyone doubts that. It would be cool if she used it as a teaching moment about the way white people (particularly of certain regions) received family lore about Native American ancestry and how that relates to the history of colonization and subjugation. "It's real fucked up that I was raised to think this was part of our heritage and how that obscured the way we were living on stolen land."

She hasn’t taken the risky stands against military aggression Sanders has. An important reason to back him—i agree.

I just don’t like the “total war” tenor of these debates on social media, with the two campa of supporters accusing each other of the worst things possible.

Yeah I know it’s not making any friends, but tell me how this is ok warren supporters:

https://youtu.be/SLI3SU33tIc

it's absolutely a lol. We just had the most Iran-bombing-est guy in the fucking Trump WH and even he couldn't get it done before getting fired, even with handy provocations immediately on-hand to use as an excuse.

The fact is practically everyone in the American military command chain knows that the US bombing Iran would be a total disaster, and there's no appetite for it. Funnily enough, Iran knows this too.

I can't envision any scenario where Warren becomes such a bloodthirsty warmonger that she manages to lead the entire American military into a fight they don't want and know they can't win. It's more likely that Iran and Israel wage a proxy war.

xps

flappy is fully redpilled

I just don’t like the “total war” tenor of these debates on social media, with the two campa of supporters accusing each other of the worst things possible.

― treeship., Wednesday, October 2, 2019 2:16 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yup. I ride for Bernie, but if Warren gets the nom, she'll still be by far the best democratic nominee in my voting life in terms of aligning with my politics, so I'd really rather not tear her down completely, especially since I do think the stakes of getting Trump out of office are higher than just moving politics to the left. The Native American issue is real and I'm not minimizing it, but also (1) she apologized, and (2) the actual amount of harm done is pretty minimal.

I like Bernie but Bernie or die supporters need to reign it the fuck in. holy shit.

NARRATOR: they did not reign it in

Warren has called for pulling out of Afghanistan. She seems about as much a creature of the national security "blob" as Obama was. There will be drone strikes as the War on Terror is eternal, but the consensus within the blob has turned pretty strongly against the support for regime change that lead to involvement in the Libya and Syria quagmires. Warren doesn't seem too enthused about a close relationship with Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Just make sure Samantha Powers is kept far, far away from any appointed/advisory role.

The whole "Bernie's supporters are so rude" shit is such a cliche cudgel against the left. Sorry we're mostly younger and poorer, so this shit actually matters to us unlike you assholes who want to treat politics like a polite garden party and call each other "sir" and "madam" while people die in the gutter.

Fuck you

well that escalated quickly

nothing like ad hominem attacks to bring us all together lol

The whole "Bernie's supporters are so rude" shit is such a cliche cudgel against the left. Sorry we're mostly younger and poorer, so this shit actually matters to us unlike you assholes who want to treat politics like a polite garden party and call each other "sir" and "madam" while people die in the gutter.

― OneSecondBefore, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:01 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh my fucking god log off

Some of us who are pretty comfortable financially still live in a country that murdered our great-grandparents for existing, have gone through situations that were dangerous to us solely because of our heritage, and have children who will have to navigate an environment of re-energized, state sanctioned racism, so get your head out of your goddamned ass and stop telling me what I do and don't care about, you insufferable jackass.

This is why allies like are aren't worth shit.

like YOU, that was meant to say

I really don't find this to be unique to Bernie-or-die supporters fwiw, plenty of nasty mud gets slung at Bernie. I just think generally speaking there's plenty of criticizing and feet-to-the-fire-holding that can be done without trying CANCEL the person who may very well become the democratic nominee in a high stakes election

xp what are you guys having at your autumn harvest party btw, anything good

I mean there are Bernie-or-die people and there are also death-before-Bernie people.

Sorry, I did get a little too heated there. Just having a bad day and very tired of rehashing the whole "bernie supporters are monsters" thing.

they aren't monsters, but they are definitely way over the top in a way that no one should be for any politician that you aren't actively fucking or waiting for an inheritance from.

sorta like Springsteen fans

Worth reiterating that like 8/10 Warren and Bernie fans are totally fine with the other's candidate

I was super critical of Sanders in 2016 and he is in my top 2 this go-round, with Warren. He is someone who seems to have learned from mistakes he made during the first run.

For what it's worth, I also am a #1 Bernie guy who would be slightly disappointed but still support the hell out of Warren if she won.

Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm feeling good. I'm fortunate to have good health care and great doctors and nurses helping me to recover.

None of us know when a medical emergency might affect us. And no one should fear going bankrupt if it occurs. Medicare for All!

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 2, 2019

oh look another presumably white guy freaked out

lol xpost

xpost I had almost posted something about the delicate balancing act of one white guy knowing he has it harder than the other white guy.

Stenting probably won't change Bernie's prospects, but it will give him some relief from angina. Someday I might get Dr. McDougall's "Do Not Cath, I Will Sue" tattoo.

― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:46 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

the paper you’re citing is about stable angina, and your interpretation of the evidence for effectiveness of PCI for this purpose matches up with mine, but from the sounds of it, bernie probably had an acute coronary syndrome

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ElegantTallBernesemountaindog-size_restricted.gif

someone better have a stash of chewable aspirin around him at all times now.

None of us know when a medical emergency might affect us. And no one should fear going bankrupt if it occurs. Medicare for All!

fuck yeah, that's the stuff

KING

:)

hook it into my veins (for free)

pictured him delivering that line immediately after sitting up in his hospital bed

Love it

nothing but respect for MY president (hopefully)

<3

pictured him delivering that line immediately after sitting up in his hospital bed

flexing like The Rock at the end of Fast 7, his IV pops gently out of his arm onto the sheet

Someone get the deepfake video guy on that

I really feel like the left is gonna win this one :)