2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I NEVER want to hear another word about BERNIE BROS on DU again [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)I posted the parameters I used. Clearly, it is not a scientific poll, but it is a good snapshot of who actually uses the term "berniebro" on this site. The OP is SO MAD that Clinton supporters say that, but it appears that they rarely do. It is mostly Sanders supporters who are flogging that dank meme, and a few Clinton supporters replying to Sanders supporters
Here is a screenshot of part of the search for those too lazy to do their own search. It goes on for pages, so I can't get more than a small percentage. All but one are prolific pro-Sanders posters.
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I did see a very few instances of actual Clinton supporters saying that, unprovoked. But that was a very small percentage of the total.
It is also clear that Sanders supporters throw around plenty of Clinton smear words, even the ones who are whinging about the BBros thing.
You got anything at all justify the OP? Anything? At least I made an effort to find some empirical evidence. I will be happy to count totals and give some ball park percentages of response types, but I don't think any pf you really care about facts, so it seemed like a waste of time. Or you can make a suggestions for different search parameters. I am open to that.
And, of course, I was not "exhorting" anyone to do anything. I was using sarcasm to point out the hypocrisy of the double standard that is being applied. I guess I need to use the tag. Sorry. I assumed that my intent was obvious.