The REDDIT gang offers some thoughtful responses to the President's endorsement of HRC

[brooklynite]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4nc258/megathread_obama_endorses_clinton/

I can't stop crying. I'm so distraught. So many hours campaigning in my state and the f***ing baby boomers had to ruin everything.

Can we really blame them? They grew up watching TV. I'm betting most of them don't even pay for internet or have a phone that isn't the equivalent of a brick.

Doesn't Obama know about the crimes she's guilty for?

This is the saddest part... We're all going to stand there like idiots while the system stays in place and elects an absolute crook.

I hope Bernie does not endorse Hillary even after the convention.

The only thing that gives me hope is that lawsuit filed by truth vote. Can we get the truthvotedotorg video stickied? I feel like so many in this sub haven't seen it and the mods said it was "unrelated to the Sander's campaign" when at the end the lawyer says, "Bernie has won! and he will win officially"

Nice to know that REDDIT, like DU has no bearing on the real world.

[LexVegas]

1. Reddit is a fucking sewer. nt

[Native]

3. I disagree. I love my Hillary family on Reddit. When our group, DU, was a fucking sewer, there was

civility in their forum.

I never found the Sanders forum on Reddit to be any worse than ours, but the Hillary forum at least had rules that were upheld unlike our crappy jury system that was eventually overrun by the Bernie Bros.

[joshcryer]

9. The_Donald makes the front page daily.

I subreddit dedicated to meming about Trump.

Kids these days don't take this shit seriously.

[justiceischeap]

8. It can be, yes, but not all of it is like that

I subscribe to several Reddit groups (HRC, some related to my field of work, photography related sub-reddits and TV shows I like to discuss) and occasionally you'll see the sewer creep in but it's usually shut down pretty quickly. It's no worse than DU on it's best days.

[Gomez163]

11. Not much different from here even now

[Electric Monk]

26. It's awesome how newbs with massive transparency pages complain about the incivility here

Maybe you're part of the problem, not the solution?

[tonyt53]

2. Kids blaming the older people. Hmm, I've never heard that concept before.

Yep, there really is a big world out there, and it doesn't relate directly to a cell phone screen.

[JonLeibowitz]

31. Older person lecturing younger people for a myopic view of politics. Also an old story!

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. Still repeating social media snippets as if they signify anything expect people's random thoughts

Hillary's Twitter followers combine to form a sewer of hatred directed at anybody who disagrees with her policies

[NCTraveler]

10. I have seen the results of a whole state....

Questioned over one anonymous post on reddit.

I would agree with you that this has a scent of trying to hang a cloud over millions using the comments of five people, but it is four more comments than have been deemed necessary to question the vote of a whole state around these parts.

[SoCalNative]

5. I'm blame

the "everyone gets a trophy just because they showed up" movement.

[zappaman]

6. !!!

[Quayblue]

16. lol

[azurnoir]

7. if you mean career politicians protecting their careers - then no

[Beowulf]

12. You never miss an opportunity to be dismissive and condescending, do you?

Would it be too much to listen to them and attempt to understand? I'll save you some effort. From the "real world" in which they live they see their futures defined by global warming and environmental degradation, job scarcity and oppressive college loans, the real possibility their lives are going to be much worse than their parents'. They're scared and angry because they're not seeing or hearing much from their elders that takes their concerns seriously. And some of their concerns are ticking time bombs that require action now.

You got yours, who cares if there's anything left for them. So continue to eat the young. See where that leaves the Party in a generation.

[elias7]

13. Your post defines the entire tenor of those against Bernie on DU for months.

Most BS supporters were not HRC bashers, yet all were lumped into the same category with derision and condescension by so many posters.

What is being demonized? The emphasis on climate change? On income inequality? State schools being as inexpensive as they were when us older folks were growing up? The inexorable march of the US towards our own brand of fascism? These themes are ones of passion and agreement to those on DU, or they used to be.

Much of what I saw was derision at how poor at math BS supporters were, how they didn't know when to quit, how IT WAS OVER. There seemed little attempt to understand the passion and the sensibility of his supporters. Yet on it goes...

[DebDoo]

23. Crapped on for not knowing when to quit yet labeled a generation too lazy and apathetic to accomplis

Accomplish anything.

[QC]

17. Never. n/t

[rhett o rick]

18. You are wasting your breath. Some people choose to side with the biggest bully

because they get a thrill out of mocking and gloating they can do with impunity. They side with the Big Money because they are sure they will be on the winning side and winning itself isn't enough, it's the gloating and mocking.

[Armstead]

19. Some peope don't gve a shit about you unless you're a yuppie

[eastwestdem]

14. Never heard of REDDIT, but I'm guessing that's where all the young people get their news?

ALL of their news?

[uponit7771]

15. LOFL!! That's just Weaver and Divine... lol

[Arazi]

20. Misunderestimate reddit at your peril. They raised $3 million for Bernie and are still going

Would you sneer at any campaign donor who raised that much for Hillary Clinton?

Your posts are damn divisive

Pretty shitty

[brooklynite]

21. Would I sneer at a donor who espouses conspiracy theories and disregarded the real world? You bet.

[Arazi]

22. Lol @ the purported 1%er who doesn't even live in "the real world"

Like the rest of us.

And (pssst, here's a hint) conspiracy theories aren't confined to us plebes

[Tarc]

24. Reddit is a haven for Gamergaters and MRA slime

with a few, remote islands of sanity like GamerGhazi and the Hillary groups.

[sufrommich]

25. Is GamerGhazi still going? I used to belong to that group.

I'm ashamed to say I forgot about them until I read your post.

[Arazi]

28. Lol, yeah, biased much?

with a few, remote islands of sanity like GamerGhazi and the Hillary groups.

[Tarc]

30. Quite

[Trust Buster]

27. Those REDDIT posts were completely intolerant. It reinforces my belief that we made the wise

choice.

[vi5]

29. You know what? Move on then.....

As always you can't have it both ways. If your candidate won, it's on the up and up, and the Bernie crew is as insignificant and unnecessary to the political process as you say they are.....then move on. Focus on the general and in beating Trump.

If they're not insignificant and they are as big a deal as you imply by continuing to pay attention to them, then you better start at least pretending to care if they vote for your candidate or not.

It can't be both ways so figure out which you think it is and get on with it.

I wasn't a Bernie Bro and I don't like HRC. I honestly hated that these two were our only real choices. But I'm dealing with the reality of it and trying to get myself to muster up some degree of enthusiasm. And there are plenty others like me out there. So either start playing nice and convincing people whose vote you need why Hillary is going to be good for progressive causes in America (and no, I don't just mean "She's not Trump!&quot or just move the hell on and start focusing on Trump. Continuing to whine about Bernie supporters makes it look like you're just keeping it all alive so that you have a scapegoat in the event that Hillary loses.

[beltanefauve]

32. "Keeping it all alive

so that you have a scapegoat in case Hillary loses."

Yup.