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Yes, it was actually Bernie People (college kids) who heckled Hillary Clinton. There is zero doubt. (Original Post) geek tragedy Apr 2016 OP
Funny how the mainstream news didn't show the protesters at all on TV Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #1
True, Bernie treated the BLM protesters with respect even though they shut him down jfern Apr 2016 #2
BLM made it cool to disrupt campaign speeches - we owe them for helping set that tone. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #6
they weren't in the camera angle. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #3
campaign contributions do not a conspiracy make? reddread Apr 2016 #4
They're even claiming Bernie "sent" them, they sound as paranoid as Trump. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #5
these the bots they were looking for?? reddread Apr 2016 #8
Remember when DU went through a Disruptive Activism Fad and supported it for like, 6 weeks? Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #7
Please tell me you're not comparing these kids to the BLM activists. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #11
How do you know why they were there? Got a link? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #38
They're not allowed to share their frustrations with a candidate they don't feel polly7 Apr 2016 #43
+1000. I thought the same thing right away. How utterly grotesque to compare BLM R B Garr Apr 2016 #49
"She wins we lose" is not the new "hands up don't shoot" geek tragedy Apr 2016 #52
I would hope so reddread Apr 2016 #9
So? That was no reason for her to act like Trump and have them thrown out. jillan Apr 2016 #10
They walked out after heckling her. Not thrown out, walked out. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #12
+1 for truth mcar Apr 2016 #15
some Bernie people think they were victims, other Bernie people think geek tragedy Apr 2016 #16
when men raise their voice it isn't screaming dsc Apr 2016 #31
Spoiled little college jerks? Politicalboi Apr 2016 #66
Yup, a woman only screams while a man raises his voice...nt joeybee12 Apr 2016 #24
Okay, I watched it. sadoldgirl Apr 2016 #13
No HRC people wore union clothes to deceive workers in Nevada. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #14
Were you there? SheenaR Apr 2016 #17
Please prove that goats don't graze on the surface of the sun. nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #18
I'm sorry. SheenaR Apr 2016 #19
No credible evidence of that extraordinary and inflammatory geek tragedy Apr 2016 #21
And yet you provide none of your own SheenaR Apr 2016 #23
so you are also reserving judgment on whether goats graze on the surface of the moon geek tragedy Apr 2016 #26
They always add the personal jab too... Agschmid Apr 2016 #44
OK DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #36
You haven't disproven the existence of space goats geek tragedy Apr 2016 #46
I was...nice try... joeybee12 Apr 2016 #42
THIS Was A "False Flag" Designed to Generate Sympathy For Poor HillBill... CorporatistNation Apr 2016 #45
"She wins we lose!" jmg257 Apr 2016 #20
Some people are claiming the media made it up. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #22
So what if they were Bernie supporters? beedle Apr 2016 #32
Others here are claiming they were paid agents of Hillary geek tragedy Apr 2016 #47
What's there to debate? beedle Apr 2016 #62
That's why it's puzzling why Sanders supporters tried all kinds geek tragedy Apr 2016 #63
and you invited it. beedle Apr 2016 #64
This started days ago nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #65
So why did they need to be there...if just to interrupt? joeybee12 Apr 2016 #25
Likely - not sure about "need", but sounds like they don't want to lose? jmg257 Apr 2016 #29
Maybe they should show a little common deceny joeybee12 Apr 2016 #37
They seemed 'reasonable' had their say and walked out on their own. Sunlei Apr 2016 #27
she was ready for them. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #28
Do you have a link beedle Apr 2016 #33
It was an expression of personal contempt for one woman geek tragedy Apr 2016 #48
I doubt it, beedle Apr 2016 #59
She was ready and did fine. I want them to team up, my Yin & Yang Dream Team. Sunlei Apr 2016 #35
Good Kalidurga Apr 2016 #30
Good to have context. I expected more info to come out on "who." morningfog Apr 2016 #34
They weren't violent so that ruled out Trump supporters. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #50
Heckled? CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #39
What were they before they were "Bernie people"? JackRiddler Apr 2016 #40
No explanation for this. hrmbaja Apr 2016 #41
Clinton is a human being and human beings sometimes geek tragedy Apr 2016 #56
So fucking what. tabasco Apr 2016 #51
No, but there have been people angry with people stating that they geek tragedy Apr 2016 #53
Thanks for confirming. That settles it. I can't vote for Sanders now. Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #54
No, there were various conspiracy theories geek tragedy Apr 2016 #55
And I still don't care. This blaming Bernie for stupid kids doesn't affect my vote. Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #57
I don't blame Bernie for dumb college kids who think they know geek tragedy Apr 2016 #58
Ain't that the truth. Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #60
"Back when I was 18 and knew everything" geek tragedy Apr 2016 #61
 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
1. Funny how the mainstream news didn't show the protesters at all on TV
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 08:54 PM
Apr 2016

They only showed Hillary's reaction. Totally different than when Sanders has been interrupted in the past and the media couldn't stop talking about it.

More mainstream media bias.

jfern

(5,204 posts)
2. True, Bernie treated the BLM protesters with respect even though they shut him down
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 08:56 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary just oozes contempt for the protestors.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
6. BLM made it cool to disrupt campaign speeches - we owe them for helping set that tone.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 08:59 PM
Apr 2016

It's definitely been a major theme of this campaign season.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
5. They're even claiming Bernie "sent" them, they sound as paranoid as Trump.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 08:58 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary too, she attacked a member of GreenPeace and accused her of lying for Bernie.

They're losing it.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
7. Remember when DU went through a Disruptive Activism Fad and supported it for like, 6 weeks?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:00 PM
Apr 2016

Crazy times. Of course these students should be pilloried at least, perhaps lashed for that fad has passed and it is time to put away such foolish behaviors.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
11. Please tell me you're not comparing these kids to the BLM activists.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:05 PM
Apr 2016

SMH.

They weren't there for an issue or cause.

They were there to tell Hillary Clinton they hate her guts.

They're not activists, they're hecklers.

To put a bunch of college kids getting their hate on in the same category as BLM or ACT UP, GTFOH.



polly7

(20,582 posts)
43. They're not allowed to share their frustrations with a candidate they don't feel
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:04 PM
Apr 2016

represents them? I'm not quite understanding what you're against here.

R B Garr

(16,966 posts)
49. +1000. I thought the same thing right away. How utterly grotesque to compare BLM
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:38 PM
Apr 2016

activists to those wannabes who just wanted selfies for their social media "likes". Their shout was too shallow and stupid for words, something about she wins, we lose. How pathetic. They were only 15 or 16 yo a few short years ago, but they malign Clinton with obvious spoon-fed internet memes they shared on Twitter or some social site. BLM has real life experience with tragedy in their neighborhoods. No comparison.

.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
52. "She wins we lose" is not the new "hands up don't shoot"
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:41 PM
Apr 2016

Given that the Bernie people were accusing BLM of being operatives for Clinton and Karl Rove when they protested Sanders and O'Malley, really an eye-roller.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
10. So? That was no reason for her to act like Trump and have them thrown out.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:02 PM
Apr 2016

Instead of violence she used SCREAMING at them.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
12. They walked out after heckling her. Not thrown out, walked out.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:06 PM
Apr 2016

She didn't scream at them. She raised her voice much like Bernie Sanders does all the time.

They were jerks. Spoiled little college jerks

Comparing Hillary to Trump is nuts.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
16. some Bernie people think they were victims, other Bernie people think
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:12 PM
Apr 2016

they were courageous activists like ACT UP and BLM, others think they were paid agents of Hillary Clinton.

LOL.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
66. Spoiled little college jerks?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 11:42 PM
Apr 2016

Who pissed her off.

They only want honesty, and they know Hillary can't give it.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
13. Okay, I watched it.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:07 PM
Apr 2016

After the HRC "people" wore union clothes to
deceive the voters in Nevada, this little talk
has not convinced me one bit.

Sorry, one deception is enough for me to
be very skeptical about other events.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
14. No HRC people wore union clothes to deceive workers in Nevada.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:08 PM
Apr 2016

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Paranoia is not skepticism, it's just blind faith in silly ideas.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
17. Were you there?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:14 PM
Apr 2016

If so please debunk the fact presented.

Paranoia is a campaign that trots out David Brock to put out misinformation that your side frequently posts on here via BNR. Posts which have been and continue to be proven false.

It's why I myself don't believe everything I read either.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
19. I'm sorry.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:20 PM
Apr 2016

Were you there? Please answer. Thanks in advance.

Using the old geek tragedy strategy. Sucks doesn't it

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
36. OK
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:49 PM
Apr 2016

We know that goats can live with temperatures from about -30F on up to 120F or so. The sun is about 10,000F at its surface. Ergo, the sun is a hotter place than a goat can survive, nevermind the fact that the sun does not have a solid surface that could be stood upon or that could support growing vegetation.

There's your proof, along with heavy inference that you used the wrong example for not being able to prove a negative.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
46. You haven't disproven the existence of space goats
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:34 PM
Apr 2016

To put it another way:

The Birthers presented more evidence for their fantasies than has been presented for this particular fantasy

CorporatistNation

(2,546 posts)
45. THIS Was A "False Flag" Designed to Generate Sympathy For Poor HillBill...
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:10 PM
Apr 2016

Listen to Rosario Dawson... A very compelling speaker...

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
22. Some people are claiming the media made it up.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:23 PM
Apr 2016

Others are claiming this was a false flag.

Not saying it was like a Trump rally.

Just ordinary snot-nosed kids. Dog bites man.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
32. So what if they were Bernie supporters?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:39 PM
Apr 2016

they protested peacefully, and in a respectful manner (in that they made their point and interrupted as minimally as possible.)

If they were Bernie protesters I applaud them for the effective, imaginative, and respectfully democratic protest.

Do you simply believe that protest should be made illegal? That protest can only happen in within very restricted guidelines, approved and signed off on by the person under protest?

Why do Hillary supporters have such as disdain for freedom and democracy?

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
62. What's there to debate?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 11:20 PM
Apr 2016

if someone bought protesters then that should require evidence.

If someone is protesting, peacefully and without violating anyone's rights, then I'm not sure I see 'the debate'?

The title of this thread is suppose to assume that Bernie supporters, protesting peacefully, is some kind of 'political sin' ... It's not!!

All you are doing is provoking a response, trolling, then whining about it when you get one.

That's right out of the Clinton playbook. Same BS that was tried when Bernie stood up to Hillary's interruptions, "Poor me! I was trying to interrupt him and he wouldn't let me",



 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
63. That's why it's puzzling why Sanders supporters tried all kinds
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 11:28 PM
Apr 2016

of deflection rather than shrugging their shoulders. But they hurled abuse over it.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
64. and you invited it.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 11:33 PM
Apr 2016

You presented the 'shoulder shrugging' article as though it were suppose to be a condemnation of Bernie and/or his supporters.

What did you expect? Of course some people are going to hurl abuse, that seems to be the goal you were attempting to achieve .. well done

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
25. So why did they need to be there...if just to interrupt?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:25 PM
Apr 2016

Typical...Bernie's views are the only legitimate ones.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
27. They seemed 'reasonable' had their say and walked out on their own.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:29 PM
Apr 2016

This is a type of 'protest', I think any candidate should be prepared to receive at an open rally.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
28. she was ready for them.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:30 PM
Apr 2016

they weren't there to present or receive any kind of reasonable argument. their sole purpose was to express contempt

it made them feel good about themselves though

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
33. Do you have a link
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:44 PM
Apr 2016

to a web page where all these "how to protest in a establishment approved method in a pretend democracy" rules reside?

Protesting does not have 'argument' in its definition ... they are different words with different meanings.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
48. It was an expression of personal contempt for one woman
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:37 PM
Apr 2016

rather than being about an issue or cause.

It wasn't protesting. It was heckling.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
59. I doubt it,
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 11:03 PM
Apr 2016

but even if it was, that can certainly be a part of a protest.

Again, where is your protesters rule book?

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
30. Good
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:35 PM
Apr 2016

I hope it was some kids heckling Hillary. They are the ones that are going to have to live with any disasters she creates.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
34. Good to have context. I expected more info to come out on "who."
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:44 PM
Apr 2016

I guess I still don't quite know how she knew they were Bernie people right away.

I wonder if she caught wind, with there being s whole production/plan and was prepared to respond.

Glad to see they weren't thrown out. No violence from either side.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
50. They weren't violent so that ruled out Trump supporters.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:38 PM
Apr 2016

Plus they were giving interviews beforehand. Hillary's people pretty easily could have noticed and given her a heads up.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
39. Heckled?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:50 PM
Apr 2016

They barely said anything. They did their 15-second protest and they quietly filed out of there.

I see nothing wrong with protesting a political event.

Let your voices be heard! This is America after all.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
40. What were they before they were "Bernie people"?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:55 PM
Apr 2016

Just nice Clinton fans until they got seduced by the Bern?!

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
56. Clinton is a human being and human beings sometimes
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:50 PM
Apr 2016

lose their cool.

Pretty boring, but makes sense?

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
53. No, but there have been people angry with people stating that they
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:43 PM
Apr 2016

were Sanders supporters, because reporters on the scene could have made that up.

Plus claims it was a false flag operation. Etc.

Turns out the most boring take was correct.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
55. No, there were various conspiracy theories
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:49 PM
Apr 2016

floating around alleging media cover ups, false flag operations eye. some people got quite worked up over simple observations that they were Bernie people.

Nanjeanne

(4,970 posts)
57. And I still don't care. This blaming Bernie for stupid kids doesn't affect my vote.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 10:59 PM
Apr 2016

Just like I don't choose not yo support Hillary by her crazy supporters. Even Albright wouldn't stop me from voting for Hillary mHer foreign policy blunders, her fracking stance, her corporatist centrist policies, her pro death penalty position, her anti single payer stance, her closeness to arms dealers, her trade position --those are just some of the reasons I don't support her. Not her supporters.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
58. I don't blame Bernie for dumb college kids who think they know
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 11:01 PM
Apr 2016

everything. That's been a thing for as long as there have been college kids.

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