Privilege is what allows Sanders supporters to say they’ll “never” vote for Clinton

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The latest installment of “The Internet Explodes with Hatred for Hillary Clinton” happened earlier this month. The Democratic presidential candidate, whose own record on AIDS research and funding is better than any other candidate, mistakenly said that former US first lady Nancy Reagan was a key supporter of AIDS research. Reagan was, in reality,

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[ponyboy]

the tone of this article is written in a way that attempts to guilt the reader into sympathizing with hillary or voting for her. what facts it has is little, and more of the same "you don't think of bernie the same way!" it is fair to raise the point that bernie is evaluated on a more lenient scale but this article has the gall to come out of the gate swinging for marginalized people who were appalled at a "gaffe".

the republicans should not get that white house, but just because hillary is a dem doesn't mean that dems are obligated to give her their vote. it isn't "weakening" the vote to say, "this candidate does not represent me accurately, nor do i think that she will protect or advocate for me on a local and national scale."

The GOP loathes probably 95 percent of the people who comment here, because I'd be willing to bet that at least that amount of people here are either black/hispanic/asian/something not white, LGBTQ, vegan, green, a liberal, poor-to-middle class, female, non-Xian, all of the above, some of the above.

fucking so what? hillary has made it clear that she doesn't give tha tmuch of a fuck about people in this category either.

[tabaqui]

Where did you see 'obligated'? I didn't see that, just, once again, a laying out of facts and opinions.

fucking so what? hillary has made it clear that she doesn't give tha tmuch of a fuck about people in this category either.

And yet. She votes 93 or 95% EXACTLY LIKE BERNIE. But she 'doesn't care' and he does?

[ponyboy]

that 5% to 7% difference is very crucial to many people. it makes all the difference in the world between them.

the "facts" and "opinions" here are wrapped up in a clear tone of, "if you don't vote for her..."

[hikerpoet]

Even as someone who leans Clinton, I agree with this. I'm sick of this line for the reason you say.

That said, I also think some of the of of the points these types of articles bring up is the fact that some pros, commonalities, and accomplishments are buried, minimized, ignored, or spun due to some of the problems it calls out when it comes to sexism and/or past Republican dogpiling (progressives may not want to admit they were subtly influenced by it, but we all have been, myself included).