now that I've voted for the motherfucker I open this thread, and it's more twitter nonsense. Doctor Casino on the other thread soooooo otm about this.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 6 March 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
They didn't use any snake emojis so it's fine.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 6 March 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
xp rather that than a load of anti-Bernie shit imo! (But sorry, it’s just the medium we work with now).
― median punt (gyac), Friday, 6 March 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
Thoughts from Krystal, Saagar and Kyle on what Bernard should do next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzm5BhlK8nI
― anvil, Friday, 6 March 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 6 March 2020 bookmarkflaglink
Congratulations for doing the Bernie Bros a favour.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 6 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
that tweet with bernie and the kid with her stuffed animal is very sweet and has cheered me up a bit on this otherwise horrible day for twitter and everything else
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 6 March 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
Saying something in 1988 was the start of a 'years long effort' by the Soviets is pretty fucking funny. And very pathetic
― Frederik B, Friday, 6 March 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
I'm sure in 1991 they were just about ready to use comrade Sanders to finally win the cold war, but then stuff happened
― Frederik B, Friday, 6 March 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
The best Bernie content you’ll see all day (apologies to Euler)
An anonymous friend told me to post this as a reply pic.twitter.com/sSfKRB03ZA— Ella Mayo 🧠📉 (@ella_mayo_lmao) March 6, 2020
― median punt (gyac), Friday, 6 March 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
It is admittedly hard to see those who care about civility + toxicity (which I understand) sit in silence about the disturbing antisemitism emerging around Sen. Sanders. A pundit also compared him to a disease on national TV.It’s disturbing. If you care, please care everywhere. https://t.co/hMSJ87Id52— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 6, 2020
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 6 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
AOC OTM IMO
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 6 March 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
MSNBC—the outlet which multiple times likened Sanders' campaign to Nazis—has posted the same tweet twice today about online "ugliness" from purported Sanders supporters.Zero tweets today about the man who held up a literal Nazi flag at the Sanders rally last night. pic.twitter.com/mu7LVMBYwB— jordan (@JordanUhl) March 6, 2020
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, 7 March 2020 01:01 (four years ago) link
Shocked, shocked that Christian America doesn’t grasp the gravity of anti-Jewish hatred
― college bong rip guy (silby), Saturday, 7 March 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
similarly shocked that MSNBC only cares about "ugliness" from the left
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 01:16 (four years ago) link
Hey, the eventual told you so is almost as good as having healthcare and not drowning in rising seas.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 01:24 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESdDxG5XYAAeqJV?format=jpg&name=small
Well done on the photo choice.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
The Hill also had a story about how Bailey was "running for first dog" and it was "stressful". I love journalism
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
The centrist lane, the progressive lane, the adorkable lane.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
the thing about "well-timed" is that the best possible timing would have been last monday, the second-best would have been any time this week
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:31 (four years ago) link
yup, and the fact that both have blown by is what makes me at least 90% sure it ain't gonna happen at all
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:35 (four years ago) link
When you've been told "fuck you, you're awful" often enough by an opponent's supporters, it makes it a bit harder to stop and say, "you know, you guys are right; I'm fucked up and your guy is God's own truth".
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:05 (four years ago) link
If her dedication to progressive reform did not outweigh her Twitter mentions... yikes.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:06 (four years ago) link
it's definitely worth undermining the possible future of the vital policies you ostensibly support because some teenagers were mean on the internet.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:09 (four years ago) link
So, she is supposed to absorb as much abuse as you think fit and count it as nothing? Is that the new rule?
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:09 (four years ago) link
Ideally she's not wasting her time reading Twitter responses.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link
when was the world ideal?
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
If the candidate/campaign in question routinely condemns said abuse, and it occurs on a platform that's deeply susceptible to both silly hyperbole and outright fakery, then yeah, kinda!
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:14 (four years ago) link
Snake emojis are not abuse and she wanted to be President, a job where you're criticized 24/7 around the globe.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:15 (four years ago) link
I don't see Bernie's campaign condemning any other candidates for their supporters' racist and anti-Semitic horseshit he and his surrogates have had to endure.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
So I looked up the SPUSA nominee and they did a unity ticket with the fuckin Greens.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:19 (four years ago) link
I wish I could remember which specific commie strain/sect the SPUSA belonged to so I could recall specifically which part of their ideological history I could make fun of them for
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:21 (four years ago) link
They're just straight Eugene Debs-worshiping dem socs
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:22 (four years ago) link
she wanted to be President, a job where you're criticized 24/7 around the globe.
true that. but it does not stop one from considering whether you should endorse that criticism, based on whether you thought it just, or simply abusive. abusive criticism is never likely to earn an endorsement. demanding an endorsement because you thing you 'deserve' it is also a questionable way to extract such an endorsement. this is not practical politics, so much as practical human relations.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:23 (four years ago) link
So back to what I said - if snake emojis outweigh all of your stated principles... hope President Biden is on board to roll back the bankruptcy bill that he wrote that she got into politics to fight.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:25 (four years ago) link
it amazes me that you cannot see any reason why such treatment at the hands of Bernie's supporters might, uh, complicate what you see as Warren's clear obligations to you. this reminds me of teenagers who can simultaneously mock their parents and do whatever can they think of to make them miserable, then relying on those same parents to support them, feed them and generally deliver non-stop gratification of their desires, because it is their obligation to do so.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:30 (four years ago) link
But it doesn't matter - she's out and not up for reelection until 2024 so barring a surprise endorsement her relevance is minor and her mentions can go back to being peaceful.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:31 (four years ago) link
how gracious of you
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
Anyway I hope Trump and Biden both die before November
― college bong rip guy (silby), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
I don’t care if it’s the ‘vid or something else
you cannot see any reason why such treatment at the hands of Bernie's supporters might, uh, complicate what you see as Warren's clear obligations to you
To her stated principles, you mean.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
And yes, if "such treatment" "complicated" her support for Medicare For All, I don't think she ever actually cared about it all that much.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link
she can continue to support her principles within her capacity as US senator, without supporting Bernie. this small fact escapes you. Bernie is not a principle. he's a candidate.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link
hope President Biden is on board to roll back the bankruptcy bill that he wrote that she got into politics to fight.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:37 (four years ago) link
Anyway
I've never been so happy hearing my name mispronounced lol what a damn dream ✨ pic.twitter.com/sovDgHqnln— Anna Burch (@annaisaburch) March 7, 2020
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link
whether you should endorse that criticism
criticism that came from _a portion_ of Sanders' supporters on _Twitter_, the universally agreed-upon pettiest, silliest place on the internet, all while Warren was lobbing pretty sharp criticisms at Bernie on a regular basis *in real life*, all while Sanders himself said absolutely nothing negative about her at all, while actively condemning the former camp.
she can continue to support her principles within her capacity as US senator, without supporting Bernie. this small fact escapes you. Bernie is not a principle. he's a candidate
she sure can! I wonder which of those positions can do more to advance those principles and keep them in the discourse at the very least
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link
I wonder which of those positions can do more to advance those principles...
Well, as senator, she has 1 vote in 100 on actual bills and can introduce legislation, seek co-sponsors, and lobby the other 99 voters. As an endorser she has the capacity to publically state her support for a particular candidate for the presidential nomination of her party. How does one measure 'doing more' and 'doing less' in regard to such disparate positions of power/influence? It beats me.
...and keep them in the discourse at the very least
I doubt the channel of the discourse will be greatly affected by that pebble thrown into its massive flow.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:49 (four years ago) link
You left out the part of the calculation that factors in "who will be signing or not signing this legislation" and "what agenda does the party leader set."
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:53 (four years ago) link
Right, one senator vs the President, who can say who wields more influence?
Warren is of course free to do whatever she wants and she is under no obligation to anyone. But it's fair to doubt her commitment to her stated principles if she declines to help elect the last remaining presidential candidate with whom she shares a LOT of very difficult-to-accomplish goals just because some people who weren't him were mean on the internet.
xp
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
xp - Finally, a sensible response. Yes. She definitely should consider those factors in making her decision. Among others.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
i don't honestly know what bernie is supposed to do about the ongoing phenomenon of ppl who support him being mean on twitter, considering that twitter is basically just a step or two up from a fuckin' online comments section on youtube or something. considering that bernie didn't know what the term "cancel culture" meant i think he just doesn't really get this stuff. warren's suggestion, that campaigns should hire people to pay attention to their supporters and then intervene whenever someone says something offensive, struck me as interesting but also not really something that would actually work--how are you supposed to respond to everything that's out there? tbh i basically blame twitter for existing.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:55 (four years ago) link