Robinson Meyer
A Pulitzer winner blogged about a silly word I helped invent, so I will use this opportunity to tweetdrizzle. (It’s a lesser tweetstorm.)
The “Berniebro” story is confusing to follow, and controversial in part, because it has stood in for three different but related ideas.
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The “Berniebro” of my story was a harmless guy who argued on Facebook in an ineffective if fairly specific way.http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/here-comes-the-berniebro-bernie-sanders/411070/ …
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The “Berniebro” of
@rtraister was a leftistish male who virulently disliked Clinton on arguably anti-woman grounds.http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/11/bernie-sanders-bros-are-coming-for-the-hillary-clinton-bots.html … -
The “Berniebro” of the stormy present is a misogynist troll who attacks visible women online for various perceived but baseless crimes.
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You might think I have a neat, clever point to make at the end of all this, but I don’t.
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So let me instead share with you the wonders of the Berniesnow. http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/allen-ginsbergs-handwritten-poem-for-bernie-sanders-burlington-snow-1986.html …
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@yayitsrob it's "confusing" to follow because it doesn't make any sense
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