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same lol

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It's nice to know Eddie Murphy isn't the only person you support who thinks joking about AIDS is funny.

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OP isn’t subtle at all but this was still a super gross thing for a Sanders campaign staffer to say. That same account had gross stuff about Pete and Elizabeth too.

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they're a notorious Bernie troll.

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OP is one of our ONTD conservatives.

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Lol, there were icons last election of Hillary as Cersei. Not to mention all the Buttigieg icons now. Why should Bernie be off-limits if the others are fair game?

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But I thought all the toxic Bernie supporters are just Russian trolls. 🤔

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/women-of-color-quit-warren-nevada-campaign-949201/



They all quit because of a toxic work environment.



"“I felt like a problem [in the Warren campaign] — like I was there to literally bring color into the space but not the knowledge and voice that comes with it,” another former staffer who wished to remain anonymous told Politico, adding, “We all were routinely silenced and not given a meaningful chance on the campaign. Complaints, comments, advice, and grievances were met with an earnest shake of the head and progressive buzzwords but not much else.”"

Do you have similar comments on stuff like this:They all quit because of a toxic work environment."“I felt like a problem [in the Warren campaign] — like I was there to literally bring color into the space but not the knowledge and voice that comes with it,” another former staffer who wished to remain anonymous told Politico, adding, “We all were routinely silenced and not given a meaningful chance on the campaign. Complaints, comments, advice, and grievances were met with an earnest shake of the head and progressive buzzwords but not much else.”"

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Wasn't ashlee marie preston an official surrogate, too?

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I mean the situations are not at all the same, but ok!



Also Liz acknowledged and apologized for the situation and at least one of the women who left was excited to still vote for Warren.

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More than two dozen women and men who worked on Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign are seeking a meeting with the senator and his top political advisers to “discuss the issue of sexual violence and harassment on the 2016 campaign, for the purpose of planning to mitigate the issue in the upcoming presidential cycle,” according to a copy of letter obtained by POLITICO.



“In recent weeks there has been an ongoing conversation on social media, in texts, and in person, about the untenable and dangerous dynamic that developed during our campaign,” they wrote.



https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/bernie-sanders-campaign-harassment-1077014

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The View today was insufferable. I can't wait for Super Tuesday to shut everyone up for good.



"Bernie has mean followers online" is not worth this much conversation. It's a generalization based on hearsay from Meghan McCain and people like her.

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I mean, when is the View not insufferable??? I feel like Barbara Walters created that show from day one purely to torture me and me alone

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If Bernie wants to win, he needs to change the culture on his campaign immediately. It’s blowing my mind that his supporters are even trying to defend this.



Same. I am more disgusted by the day. I was in another post being ripped apart for saying his followers are turning me off from him the other week, and like...OK.

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I remember once someone on here commented that they didn't really like Parks and Rec and they got a bunch of replies like, "That's totally fine. It's not for everyone. Your opinion is valid." And they replied that since the fans of Parks and Rec were so sweet, positive and encouraging that they were inspired to give the show another chance.



Bernie followers are the exact opposite of that. And frankly, it's top-down.

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You're literally the white person who used her FOC (friend of color) to win an argument here against POC.

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Yeah... like, am I going to vote for him in the primary? Yeah. But I have to limit how much political stuff I look at right now because his followers are completely dampening any enthusiasm I have for him and I know I'm going to need to volunteer come the general election.

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im a bernie supporter and IA with all of this

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One low level staffer is shitty, gets fired and we get two whole posts about it? That oppo really is thin.

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lol it's... so sad lol

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it as his private twitter for shitposting and then he got fired, there is nothing more to really talk about. the campaign handled it the best way they knew once they found out.

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So what? Is that more important than the work of other Bernie staffers that had him win 3 caucuses? Honestly you mentioned working on a winning presidential campaign so based on the age group of most people it could’ve only been Obama. Most people here who like Obama are low key not chill about Bernie. Of course the behavior of this staffer is fucked up but I don’t understand why every misstep of everyone even associated with the Bernie campaign is somehow directly Bernie’s fault? Also why would he rethink his campaign? He’s winning lmao

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That is still low level. He's not a campaign strategist.

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5 field organizers is nothing. That's 5 people. We used to have 20-30 organizers just for one county when I was doing it

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the twitter vitriol I get daily from Bernie supporters is more than anyone else, including Trump supporters, like five fold. So you can def get outta here



Hmmm.







Edited at 2020-02-25 05:24 pm (UTC)

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Yeah....studies have linked the increase in hate crimes and even playground bullying to the vitriol of Trump and his corrupt surrogates, but somehow Bernie supporters are the worst people on the internet? Something ain't adding up.

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He's talking about the stuff he's personally gotten.

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lol it always shows in the end...imagine trying to frame Trump supporters as decent people. Look at the replies on any Ilhan Omar, AOC, Rashida Tlaib tweet and you'll se what these 'polite' Trumpists are like.

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This isn't going to be what he wants to hear but...he's not getting hate from Trump supporters solely because they...don't know...who..he is



How many Trump supporters would be watching a show called QUEER Eye...or watching any of the programs that would promote non-binary hiv+ personality?



Welp, just hope it's not an "Ask and ye shall receive" situation.





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that's horrible that he's being harassed. i've never personally seen any of these crazy Bernie supporters :( as a Bernie supporter, i will definitely keep my eye out for this kind of harassment and call it out if i see it. i hate that they're giving us such a bad rep /:

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More of this please!

Well I’m glad it meets your wishes

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IA

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This right here. What that staffer did was indefensible, and attempts to defend it are nagl. It’s ok to throw him under the bus; he clearly deserves it. Defending him only further cements this whole bullshit narrative.

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Glad Bernie has been clearly condemning bad behavior and taking action when it comes to people on his staff!



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You're really dedicated OP.

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why are people like this

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I'm really tired of this narrative that Bernie's supporters are online bullies. The other candidates supporters aren't any different, just most of them are too old to know how to use the internet.

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I follow a fellow Twitter gay, and he posted a critical joke about Pete (it wasn't even bad or anything, just lighthearted jab) and was attacked pretty ruthlessly by a Pete supporter. They exist for every single candidate. I will say in this case, these comments are fucking awful, and I feel for Jonathan.



What annoys me are those whose opinions are respectfully challenged by Bernie supporters in a 'polite' way yet people act like they're being harassed as a result.



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JVN is racist??



And lbr this post will probably backfire like the Ava one lmao

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Yes, it was interesting see ONTD turn against one of their faves because she dared to say something critical of Bernie.

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Is this about my support of Israel or something else?

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You are not being harassed by a tweet you cannot see from a private account that doesn't even include your twitter handle.



That jvn cites as "harassment" a gay person mocking jvn's unfunny Reagan joke with an actual funny Reagan joke just shows how much this isn't about harassment as much as it's about online celebrities mad that they get dunked on for their dumb opinions.





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Those other tweets he shared weren't private.

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Fuck Twitter pic.twitter.com/kd8QstKEYq — Jonathan Van Ness (@jvn) February 25, 2020





Oh look, it's other LGBTQ people pointing out correctly that jvn's class position means he gets to make crass jokes about Reagan's HIV negligence because he can afford a level of healthcare most working class LGBTQ people cannot, thus excusing him from the worst ravages of institutional neglect. It's in fact incredibly hypocritical for jvn to crack jokes about Reagan and HIV and then try to pile onto another gay person for doing the same to him. Also note: no one is actually @ing him in these responses. Jvn had to seek these opinions out in order to see them, but they're somehow evidence of unavoidable harassment? Not how that works.



For example, That last one is harassment for pointing out that jvn...was a negligent pet owner?





You could argue these comments are mean and even hurtful, sure. But things that hurt your feelings aren't automatically harassment and acting like individual staffers on a campaign expressing their dislike of you constitutes some kind of political crisis is some high-level egoism.



Edited at 2020-02-25 05:46 pm (UTC) I know you're a racist troll, so this is less for you than other people here: yeah, let's actually post some of those other "harassing" tweets, shall we?Oh look, it's other LGBTQ people pointing out correctly that jvn's class position means he gets to make crass jokes about Reagan's HIV negligence because he can afford a level of healthcare most working class LGBTQ people cannot, thus excusing him from the worst ravages of institutional neglect. It's in fact incredibly hypocritical for jvn to crack jokes about Reagan and HIV and then try to pile onto another gay person for doing the same to him. Also note: no one is actually @ing him in these responses. Jvn had to seek these opinions out in order to see them, but they're somehow evidence of unavoidable harassment? Not how that works.For example, That last one is harassment for pointing out that jvn...was a negligent pet owner?You could argue these comments are mean and even hurtful, sure. But things that hurt your feelings aren't automatically harassment and acting like individual staffers on a campaign expressing their dislike of you constitutes some kind of political crisis is some high-level egoism.

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You think the Reagan joke was funny?

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This is even more blatant than with Spoil did, good job stupickles!!



Anyway, nobody deserves harassment and if Twitter made a better job those accounts would be suspended faster , but singling out Bernie supporters is so dumb, Twitter has shitty people in all corners of the political spectrum and those tweets have zero engagement, a few likes, sans the Reagan one but wasn't the guy fired??

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Nah, Bernie has Russia's support just like he did in 2016.

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And Israel has your support. Why should anybody want to listen to anything you have to say?

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it's sad how I as a European seem to know more about the aim of Russian support to various US electoral candidates. Maybe read up so you get a bit of nuance. https://www.wired.com/story/bernie-sanders-russia-chaos-2020-election/

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Yeah because ONTD with it's about 35 active members is on par with sites like Reddit, Twitter and Facebook. A real hot spot of Russian psy-ops and disinformation campaigns here.



SUP keeps us around because we're an easy link to the Western world but I doubt they're spending any Internet Research Agency salaries on us.

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Hey!!! It wasn’t always Russian owned, I remember the switch you capitalist American swine!

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lmfao at the idea that ONTD is relevant enough to be involved in psyops



we're all the jokes here, on livejournal in 2020

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https://www.joemygod.com/2020/02/sanders-fires-gay-staffer-after-vicious-tweets-surface/ oh get over yourself. it's an actual news story.

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