A plea to all Bernie supporters

[choie]

Please please please don't engage those Clinton supporters who post about the "corporate whore" comment. Ignoring them at this point is the best defense so that we can discuss more important issues.

Choie

[bkkyosemite]

1. I agree

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. How about the Hillary supporters

(you know who they are) that have been slinging the tired old hash all morning?

Fair enough?

[choie]

4. There's no point in responding

at this juncture. They will continue to be asses because that's all they got. this is just another attempt to make Beenie look bad -

[Mike__M]

3. Absolutely

And that goes for every one of their daily diversions.
Trolling is analogous to terrorism: if you respond, they won.

[pangaia]

5. I agree. I have stopped responding to almost everything they write.

Occasionally, I can not keep quite quiet.
But, I have felt for a long time this is the best solution.

mums the wordless

SiLENCE

[Admiral Loinpresser]

6. She is a corporate whore, just like her husband.

But you are right. Arguing with people who are not going to vote for the people is a waste of time.

[Bjornsdotter]

7. Some are so over concerned with Bernie

...that I strongly suspect that they are secretly feeling the Bern!

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" Shakespeare certainly understood human behavior.

[jillan]

9. It's a coordinated effort. They are calling into talk shows using the same phone number!

Agree & besides that Nazi reference was much worse.

[abelenkpe]

10. What is this?

Did someone call Hillary a corporate whore?

And who is so delusional that they are denying that?

[greymouse]

11. some supporter of Bernie

referred to Dems in general as corporate whores, as I heard it. He didn't mention her Excellency. In the interests of peace, I will not write my opinion as to whether that term applies to her of not. Okay, it does. But I prefer the term corporate prostitute, as it is gender neutral.

[abelenkpe]

12. Democrats are split

To combat republican's who do all they can for corporations and are quite blatant about it, far too many have decided the only way win is join republican's in seeking corporate donations. Bernie's campaign, if nothing else, shows they do not have to sell out in order to win. Or at least it's an attempt to do so. Its sad really.
So the kerfuffle is over the word whore then? Would sell out have gone over better?

[pokerfan]

13. merriam-webster says

1 : a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman
2 : a male who engages in sexual acts for money]
3 : a venal or unscrupulous person

[dana_b]

14. just put them on ignore.

it's the simplest and will save you on the cost of Excedrin.

[malokvale77]

15. I don't engage the "corporate whores".

I do however poke their supporters.

[Cowpunk]

16. Have you noticed that "corporate Democratic whores" has become "Democratic whores"?

Kind of changes the meaning somewhat, doesn't it?

A few examples, starting with our old pal Debbie:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/dnc-democratic-whores-inappropriate/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-sanders-democratic-unity-20160414-story.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sanders-slams-surrogate-insult-democratic-whores-article-1.2600764

http://americablog.com/2016/04/exactly-bernie-sanders-consider-democratic-whore.html

http://time.com/4293792/democratic-whores-bernie-sanders-paul-song/

[Sandersdemocrat2020]

17. Bad Meme

I agree with the original post. Even if there is some truth to the phrase, I think it is an unfortunate misuse of rhetoric that is not helpful. It is morphing into a Bad Meme. Ignoring it and stifling it is probably the best idea.