The hatred doesn’t make sense because
Bernie Sanders has doggedly refused to play dirty. He’s all about love and
respect, not hate, and building on truth and the positive. Which is what his
followers seemed to admire him for in the beginning and still do. So it’s not a
leap of logic to believe that they were and are sick of the dirt in politics,
the negativity and the hate campaigns. And here some of them are, hating and
smearing Hillary Clinton. Respect is nowhere on the horizon. Oh the irony.
Somebody pointed out the other day that
these detractors are doing Sanders’ dirty work for him, and he’s not telling
them not to. I don’t know if that’s true or not. Maybe he has said something
but if he has, they aren't listening. Makes you wonder.
In all the negative comments I’ve read
about Clinton lately I've yet to see a specific example that illustrates the
point being made; it's all just broad generalizations. She’s evil, she’s in bed
with Wall Street, she flip-flops for political gain, she’s actually a
Conservative, she’s too hawkish, she couldn’t please her husband so how could
she please American citizens—yes, I actually saw that one. I wonder how many
people who spread these generalizations could quote specific instances to
justify their hate, and I’m talking about dates, times and individuals that
have names. If they can, why aren’t they doing it?
If they can’t, what are they basing their
opinion on? And how can they say that the reason they support Sanders is
because he’s all about love, respect,truth, clean campaigning and everything
that’s positive? They are making sure that that isn't true.
For years and years massive amounts of
money, press coverage/media 'reports' aka opinion have gone into well-organized
GOP campaigns to vilify Hillary Clinton while she's been giving her all,
working for, among others, the very people who have manufactured opportunities
to tear her to pieces, relishing the act every time. Very worrying is that the
campaigns against her seem to have affected Democrats, just as those against
Barack Obama have done.
Worrying because in his case Democrats were
so affected—or maybe infected is a better word—that they gave away the House.
Can’t blame that on Obama, or on Republicans. Can’t blame it on politicians. Or
on the media.
Most worrisome is that if Sanders doesn’t win the nomination Democrats will have contributed in no small way to the GOP smear campaign against Clinton and lessened her chances against the Republican nominee. Sanders might not be about hate—and I believe that he genuinely isn’t—but many of his followers are recklessly engaging in it ostensibly on his behalf.
Most worrisome is that if Sanders doesn’t win the nomination Democrats will have contributed in no small way to the GOP smear campaign against Clinton and lessened her chances against the Republican nominee. Sanders might not be about hate—and I believe that he genuinely isn’t—but many of his followers are recklessly engaging in it ostensibly on his behalf.
Hate is like toxins that seep into the
soil; it knows no fences or boundaries. And, to continue with that metaphor, suddenly you realize that your own crops are stunted and your own drinking water is poisoned.
