To steal an insightful point from @zeynep, Bernie Sanders has a movement, while everyone else has supporters. The vehemence and at times toxicity of interactions online is due to people believing in The Cause, not because Sanders encourages attacks, or attracts the worst people
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The thing to judge Sanders on personally is if he will be able to take this movement and grow it into an electoral majority, a ruling majority, and ultimately a unifying national vision that transcends faction. But building a movement is an impressive start.
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I encourage anyone who can to go to a Bernie rally (or a Trump rally, for that matter!) and compare the feeling to other political events. This is not to paint a false equivalence between Trump and Sanders, but to stress that a movement is a powerful force in American politics.
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Trump voters are just enthusiastic, too! I remember Obama hope/change and the disillusion that followed...
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I canvassed for him in SC last week and it was seriously the most wholesome environment
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