Political Memes

So you're saying it wasn't only abuse from the Clinton supporters, but it was also a result of purity tests. And we keep wondering why the left keeps failing...

you’re saying these things about all bernie supporters like you really dug into it but you’re just repeating the same stuff….
it wasn’t just Clinton supporters, the DNC email leaks showed that there was a full on democratic party conspiracy to smear him in this way…
fact is, more women supported him than men, and yes you can find a slice of shitty interviews with supporters of any candidate but it was a lie…
his supporters were younger, louder, and more enthusiastic… but the corporations decided clinton was better for them so that’s what we got and how we got trump….
the DNC also conspired against him and made Biden win the nomination the next election…

That's all very true, though I do think bernies approach of modeling socially progressive ideology through action and actually standing up for folks, while advocating policy that would help change systems of oppression, would have been infinitlely more effective at reaching people than the preachy hollow "CEO girlboss" identity politics of neo-libralism has pivoted towards

Which I think has mostly just done a lot of harm without accomplishing much good, and massively fed the current exclusionary social movement (that is currently seeking to frame minorities as the root of all societal woes and stamp us out of existence)

This is the most I've ever agreed with you in the year since I've been arguing with you.

There is no war but the class war. Everything else is a distraction to divide us. If saying that makes me a bigot to (the metaphorical) you, I’m not the one who is the problem.

I didn’t remember that it was about hating women.

It wasn't, there was just a sizeable segment of 4-chan types who liked Bernie and the left, being unable to rally together for anything, broadly attacked these dudes for existing and not adoring Hilary Clinton who was, in case you all missed it, a woman.

I'm sure there were some performative loud voices from assholes trying to poison the well, but our side hasn't learned to ignore this shit, and never will. Leftists are as easily manipulated as MAGA but in different ways, ya'll just haven't figured it out yet.

That was the origin. Hilary smeared anyone who didn’t support her as misogynistic. She did it with “Obama boys” during her primary with Obama. Replayed the same tactic in 2016. With similar success.

Naw. There was absolutely without a doubt a non-trivial portion of "the left" that absolutely shit on men because they "couldn't vote for a woman".

I hear you, and that's a fair thing to discuss, but what's being discussed in this particular screencap is the smear campaign that occurred prior to the general election.

I also think it's important to note the following, since you've mentioned this topic:

• An "Obama Boys" strategy was used in 2008 by Clinton supporters. (source)

• A higher percentage of Sanders voters backed Clinton in 2016 than her voters backed Obama in 2008. (source)

(edited to fix a broken link)

But the term predated the actual vote. It was coined in 2015 before the primary.

"Bernie or Buster"

I protest voted in 2016, though with the understanding that I was in a safe state and the expectation that Clinton would win very comfortably.

5 AM after election day was a pretty gut-twisting time for me.

In 2016 no one actually thought trump was going to win...

Sadly there was a sizable amount who went Bernie in primary and Trump in general