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2016 Postmortem

hellofromreddit

(1,182 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2016, 10:14 AM Dec 2016

The fringe left solution [View all]

Don't treat those voters like trash. Hear what they have to say, build on it where there's common ground, respectfully explain things where there isn't common ground. For the ones that yell, just ignore that until they get tired of yelling.

All the cutesy crap like the ponies meme or the berniebros smear is the stuff of vindictive childhood bullies and belongs in the pigpen with the pigs we oppose.

Problem solved.

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The fringe left solution [View all] hellofromreddit Dec 2016 OP

If the fringe left wants respect then they should start treating other lefties with respect as well. LonePirate Dec 2016 #1

+1000 baldguy Dec 2016 #3

You can demand respect or earn it. Earning it usually entails taking a few verbal lumps. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #19

Where does the fringe start? Go Vols Dec 2016 #22

That's a good point. "Fringe" depends on who's doing the labeling. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #23

BoBers aren't any better than the pigs we oppose. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #2

What lies at the root of them is misogyny. duffyduff Dec 2016 #7

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #15

You're not on the left, let alone the fringe left. Most of us can see that. LexVegas Dec 2016 #4

+1 Coventina Dec 2016 #13

+1 BainsBane Dec 2016 #17

Oh? Do tell. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #21

My experience with those on the "fringe" is... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #5

Fringe left? Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2016 #6

Try harder. nt JTFrog Dec 2016 #8

As long as I read or hear the idiocy of "Clinton thought it was her turn..." LanternWaste Dec 2016 #9

HA. bettyellen Dec 2016 #10

Here is the leader of the BoB movement. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #11

But They Helped Usher In Trump/Putin otohara Dec 2016 #12

Been called "neoliberal corporate shill" by them too much to care now when they demand BobbyDrake Dec 2016 #14

But that's different BainsBane Dec 2016 #16

You mean like Hillary Clinton did? Orsino Dec 2016 #18

Yeah, pretty much like Hillary did hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #20

You seem to be going from thread to thread putting down Democrats, claiming they got "shellacked.... George II Dec 2016 #25

Another accusation? Neat. Don't lead with that in the future. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #27

I don't remember seeing any ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #28

Consider your memory jogged. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #29

Was that supposed to represent ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #31

Golly, I could have sworn there was a goal post right here a minute ago! hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #33

And I don't remember seeing that post. NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #34

Good thing I'm not doing that then hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #36

"They" get the treatment they give other voters, and being respectful goes both ways. George II Dec 2016 #24

I sure won't forget those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary still_one Dec 2016 #26

Pot meet kettle hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #32

That was the context during the primaries. BIG DIFFERENCE THAN THE GENERAL ELECTION still_one Dec 2016 #35

The only thing I want to hear from the Bernie Bros Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #30

And what about that cutesey crap like "corrupt" and "corporate" and the various synergie Dec 2016 #37

Where's the fringe middle solution? A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2016 #38