Irvine511
Blue Crack Supplier
Well said.
Berniebro was not a "creation", it was a label that fit quite rightly on a large swath of Bernie supporters.
The actual most cringe inducing "creation" was the phrase "lesser of two evils" to describe Clinton and Trump. For the simple fact that there isn't one shred of reality in that statement.
But Berniebro was quite apropos. The majority of Bernie supporters may not fit that label, but many did.
given that we had an excellent example of a Bernie Bro -- complete with misogyny and hipster racism -- in here for months, it's surprising to me that there's surprise at the use of the term. we know it's a specific, defined thing that applies to a segment of Sanders supporters. FYM's Bernie Bro presented himself much, much differently than the other Sanders supporters, and no one lumped everyone together, so i'm not sure why we're pretending that was done.
the actual effect of such trolling is certainly debatable, and i'm inclined to think that the amount of said Bros is overstated, but that doesn't mean that it didn't exist or was an inaccurate term or that lots of Dank Memes weren't Stashed.