Dear Bernie Bros:

I write this because I recently had a few verbal altercations with ‘Bernie or Bust’ supporters. In all these instances the Bernie supporter was a white man. In all of them the person vehemently supported Bernie Sanders with points that could easily be used to support Strom Thurmand’s overly long stay in the Senate (i.e. that Bernie must be good simply because Vermont continues to elect him). After extolling Bernie’s personal record, in response to my question of, “why don’t you do what Bernie Sanders asks then and vote for Hillary Clinton?” the theme was that Bernie Sanders was never about an individual but, rather, a set of ideals. Most disturbing, in all of these instances the Bernie supporter was uncannily misogynistic. In one instance even going as far to claim that, and I quote, “gay men are much like women in that they are overly emotional.” Sounds a bit like Trump, eh? It’s similar to the complaints from this crowd that Hillary Clinton is “power hungry” (as if that isn’t true of all Presidential candidates) or “shrill” as if that isn’t clearly sexist.
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