like Bernie not being 100% plugged in, or rather... avoiding the racial component of many economic/political issues, criticizing him on that is OK. I (and others) said the same of Obama/defended Obama in that regard when it got ridiculous.

>Since when is Bernie immune to criticism? He's not everyone's
>cup of tea. To those of us not enamored with him, or to those
>who have the misfortune of rooting for one of the competitors
>his base hates, yes his movement can come across like the left
>version of 45s. Eerily so.

I disagree on the Trump comparisons except on the very thin-thread of how animated and legion-like they may be.

it's a difference between people wolfpacking over a social safety net and niggas wolfpacking over a border wall and imaginary "illegal rapists"

and lowkey, I see way too many people conflating the two.

>I did read that some cable pundits were likening his NV win to
>the fall of France to the Nazis and perhaps *that* is taking
>it too far lol.

and that's happening way too much. again, this was done with Obama. mostly to paint over him being black (which is what they wanted to fearmonger on but went the "he's a Marxist Socialist Communist who has DOMESTIC TERRORIST FRIENDS")

>But I'll be honest: the way Bernie is propped up like he's
>Jesus Christ 2.0? Even on okp? It makes me *more* steadfast in
>my criticisms of him and when defending those I think are
>better candidates. Multiply it by 100 everytime I read the
>seemingly endless attacks launched by Bernie
>staff/supporters/surrogates at folks I actually am rooting
>for. In fact it was precisely the endless attacks his
>staff/supporters/surrogates lauched towards other
>candidates/their supporters that expanded my hatred from his
>policies to his politics. I don't think I posted 1 time about
>Bernie one time in '16, even though I thought he was on some
>bullshit then too. Maybe its because I checked out after
>becoming disillusioned by HRC/the DNC.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is out here calling him the messiah?
the whole Sanders sales-pitch is that he's the anti-savior candidate. the anti-Trump. "Not Me, Us" is the slogan.

>Bernie staff/supporters/surrogates can't possibly expect to
>talk all the ignorant shit they do about other candidates and
>then have their dude escape scrutiny. It's entirely possible
>that Bernie is full of shit and could lose in Nov. As it
>is/was with any other candidates. But must that actually
>happen before it's no longer some super pearl-clutching
>statement??

the issue is that that POV is not evenly distributed.