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]

same!

[koushiba]

I wonder if they'll vote at all tbh.

[cherriesarered]

I think my dad (a Republican) will probably suck it up and vote for Trump if he gets the nom. :/ Which seems crazy to me, because I don't understand how Trump could be our president and not run the country to the ground, but I guess my dad really doesn't like Hillary. And especially not Bernie.

[koushiba]

I'm not going to vote for Hilary (JillStein2016) and this condescending article sure didn't guilt trip me into voting for her any more.

[calinewarkwc69]

Jill qualified for public funding this week so I've started shooting her some $$$

[celtic_thistle]

Did she? That's great news.

[blackjedii]

I thought anout it later and would like to add....

Clinton Cruz Trump and Bernie are Presidents and as we have seen with Obama Presidents are all limited by what Congress allows them to do.
With all the fixation on the Presidencyy it is HELLA important to talk about which party controls the Senate and the HoR. They will ultimately be the body that sets the laws amd control who gets funding.

So even if you are conflicted about Hillary or Bermie you should still go out and vote.

[tabaqui]

This. The races for Congressperson, Senator, etc. are almost *more* important than the one for President, though I shudder to think of the GOP coming into power again in that capacity.

[sweetmizre]

I totally agree, whomever controls congress has a lot more power

[tabaqui]

Really kind of annoyed at people wailing about being 'guilt tripped'. I don't see any guilt here, just a laying out of certain facts and opinions.

Anything to weaken the Democratic vote (because, despite certain independents running, we still are basically a two-party system) is just...weird, to me. 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.

And they have made it clear they pretty much hate every single thing that is not white, straight, cis, male, Xian and rich (with the occasional 'stand by your man', gun-totin' woman tossed in for make-weight).

[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

[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..."

[redstar826]

I think part of the problem is that some folks within the Clinton camp have been, from the very beginning of the campaign, acting like this is a coronation rather than an election.

If Clinton is going to win over Democrats and Independents who supported Sanders, it won't come from this sort of scolding.

And, I think a lot of this hand-wringing is premature. I remember in 08 people getting very worked up over so-called PUMAs who weren't going to support Obama. That ended up being a non-issue. What people say months before the election while venting on social media and what they actually do in the voting booth are likely two very different things

[fishphile]

Everything about this comment is spot on.

[hikerpoet]

Although I lean Clinton I have some real qualms about her myself. And I agree some people are eye-rolly with the "It's her turn!" stuff

[celtic_thistle]

MFTE. The PUMAs just made asses of themselves all over Denver that year and turned out not to matter.