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@YNB This is why some of Sanders support can be fairly described as Trump-like. There is a belief, that he is the only person, not necessarily the best of many options, but the ONLY person who can save this country from ruin. That's not policy, that's personal.
@YNB His sycophants and surrogates only are mostly desperately punching up because 1. They crave mainstream validation and attention 2. They envy those who are considered more credible than them. Notice also the targets of their rage are often men and women of color
@YNB These aren't the actions of political supporters, these are the actions of a personality cult. And when you confront a reasonable Sanders supporter about how this behavior is counter productive they will shoulder shrug or say "You have to understand how frustrated people are"
@YNB If #Blacktwitter collectively acted like #BernieBros Jack would shut down the the whole darn site to stop it. So some of the hostility that's allowed is driven by the empathy of social media gatekeepers to the Alt-Left white grievance industrial complex
@YNB The vast majority of Sanders supporters are good passionate people, just like Booker, Castro, Biden, Mayor Pete etc. But many of his online supporters and media surrogates are consistently hostile, and generally refuse to acknowledge how that reputation has been earned
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