• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I think I always had the feeling he’d be sandbagged by the “liberal media”, but once I started hearing people trying to accuse him and “Bernie Bros” [1] of being racist/sexist around 2016, I had a really good idea of his chances at the presidency…

    [1] It grates on me, much like the term “tech bros”. Hey, maybe there are a few bad actors, even toxic people among his fans, just like any other group…but as a group? Meh, not buying that all. In fact, I’d say it’s very much the opposite in my experience with those that like Bernie, not to mention what the man himself advocates. Also, it has this implication that every Bernie fan is male and white? What the fuck?

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      4 days ago

      I think I always had the feeling he’d be sandbagged by the “liberal media”,

      It’s really crazy how so called “left wing” MSNBC treated him after he started polling well. They ran all these “Bernie loves Castro” stories and one chucklefuck who’s name I’m forgetting basically said “if Bernie wins he’s going to put people like me up against the wall.” Invoking some imagery of firing squads…

      After all that they kinda do deserve to be put up against the wall and at the very least have a gang of clowns throw pies at them and be shamed on national television lol