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    1. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      OK, I'm going to say something about the Bernie Sanders campaign. And I'm sorry I'm doing it now but it's taken me a really long time to figure out what I really think and feel about this, and what I've been seeing and why it bothers me.

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    2. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      So about my politics: I was always likely to vote for Bernie because his politics are similar to mine. I also like him as a person and think he's a charismatic and creative politician. I know nobody can really predict this, but I think he's more likely to defeat Trump than Biden.

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    3. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      If you disagree with me, that's fine, but please don't tell me in response to this thread. I understand that people react differently to candidates, and you may be right for all I know. This thread isn't really about that, though. I'm just talking about it for context.

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    4. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      I also want to preface this by saying that obviously there are Bernie supporters who are great advocates for him. This thread is not about them. It's about a cultural phenomenon that's become common among Bernie supporters and which I think is really negative.

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    5. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      So, I'll start by saying that, even though I support Bernie and like him personally, I now kind of hate a couple of his surrogates, and I've generally become incredibly frustrated with his grassroots supporters. Why? Because I want Bernie to win.

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    6. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      To be clear, this isn't about bullying, though obviously it's really shitty when it happens. But I mostly get frustrated because Sanders supporters have the worst case of preaching to the choir I've ever seen. And I think this magnifies how common the bullying incidents feel.

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    7. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      At this point, Sanders supporters online are comfortable being an in-group talking to each other in public about how worthless everyone else is, and using outsiders as props to score points. There are lots of inside jokes, many of them intentionally offensive to outsiders.

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    8. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      Almost no energy is spent trying to convince outsiders that Sanders is a great statesman, that his policies make sense, and that everyone will gain from his presidency. In fact, Sanders supporters often tell each other *in public* that this is a lost cause.

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      Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

      There's a lot of sneering at "civility," and I agree that calls for civility are often bullshit … but in the context of trying to sell a candidate to voters, civility is usually necessary. How did this become something Sanders supporters pride themselves on never doing?

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        2. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          And even without thinking about civility, there are so many ways you can talk about Sanders without making it seem like you're just sneering at other voters to a few friends who agree with you. This is a public forum.

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        3. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          Yet it's become common to have slighting references to Democratic voters not only in tweets, but in the handles and avis of Bernie supporters. Why aren't you trying to get Bernie elected? Why have you already given up on that? It makes no sense to me.

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        4. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          I REALLY appreciate the exceptions to this rule. I especially appreciate them because I personally tend to get depressed and say nothing, or become snarky and make jokes. I'm not a natural at political campaigning by any means, and I don't judge individuals if they aren't either.

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        5. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          I also understand why not everyone is interested in retooling their online persona as a campaign organ when they only have a couple hundred or dozen followers. But it adds up. And we now have a situation where the whole culture of Sanders support is affected.

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        6. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          This is at best a huge missed opportunity. Twitter is this magical place where you can go into the replies of national politicians and media personalities and instantly speak to hundreds of undecided voters about why Sanders is their best choice. You can become their friend!

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        7. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          You don't need to go door to door and hope that someone, at some point in the day, lets you get past introducing yourself. You don't need to phone bank and get hung up on again and again. You can talk to voters here.

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        8. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          So I would really ask people who seriously support Sanders to try for the next few weeks to address themselves to people who are currently planning to vote for Biden, or who haven't made up their minds, and aim to convince them. Even charm them. Make friends.

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        9. Sandra Newman‏ @sannewman 8 Mar 2020

          This is how you win an election. And if you believe in Bernie's campaign, you probably believe this election is crucially important. Finally, even if Bernie doesn't win, this work will help other Democratic Socialist candidates in future by selling more people on their ideas.

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        1. AM drawing‏ @A_Guyton 8 Mar 2020
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          I think it isn’t the rejection of civility as such, but ratter the rejection of the discourse around civility which has been weaponized. So it’s the rejection of CiViLiTy. People who aren’t extremely online wont have this context though. // Thanks for your thoughts.

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        1. Kristen Evans‏ @paperalphabet 8 Mar 2020
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          Thank you for articulating this! I've been really frustrated by how this tactic has been both defended and weaponized. It makes absolutely no sense in the context of trying to win this election.

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