How does Bernie push back against the "Bernie Bros" attack?
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Lyin' Steve
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« on: February 05, 2016, 01:18:48 AM »

New user Shadows and others of his ilk on the internet have been getting under the skin of those of us who follow politics online for months, but recently the problem has gone public.  Clinton surrogates over the last few days have stopped at nothing to get "Bernie Bros" to be a part of the news cycle.  I'm reminded of when Mark Penn went on TV in 2008 and gave an interview where he said "we will not make an issue out of Obama's cocaine usage, his extensive marijuana use, or any of the other hard drugs he experimented with in college" a bunch of times, and then went back to Clinton and giggled "did you see how many times I said 'cocaine'?"

Bernie's strategy so far has been to tell them "knock it off."  But I feel like if Clinton and her camp can make the Bernie fangroup uncool or uncomfortable to say you're a part of, they can push back against the social pressure to support Bernie that's tremendous on college campuses and maybe make inroads among the youth vote.  You know, make "young Bernie Sanders supporter" synonymous with "Bernie bro" and people will start to become hesitant to say they're active supporters of Bernie Sanders, which they now say proudly, loudly and insistently.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2016, 01:46:32 AM »

If Clinton really can't handle a bunch of 20-something low testosterone dweebs jibing her on Twitter, she's going to have a nervous breakdown during the general. God help her if she's up against Trump.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2016, 01:56:25 AM »

The Hillary campaign is a hate campaign for claiming all of Bernie's supporters are racist and sexist white males.
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2016, 01:57:09 AM »

The Hillary campaign is a hate campaign for claiming all of Bernie's supporters are racist and sexist white males.

Stop acting stereotypical, please.
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