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[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Adulthood is about dealing with the world as it is, not the world we insist we should have.

Which is why centrist Democrats saw the polling data saying Bernie Sanders performed better against Trump than Clinton or Biden and decided to throw their support behind him in both elections rather than forcing us to stick with the candidate they wanted, right? Wait a minute...

[-] abraxas@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago

The same Berniecrats who could have had a progressive in the General in 2020 if they'd been willing to go for Warren (who was outpolling Bernie in the Primaries AND comparable in the General until the shitshow that cost them both the primary)

The thing with Primaries is that they're like RCV. The most votes wins the Primary. If your second choice isn't "whoever won the Dem primary", then you're the problem, whether your first was Biden, Bernie, or Elmo.

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one -3 points 11 months ago

You're talking about polling conducted eleven months ahead of the general election. Whatever you think you're doing, you're not participating in an adult conversation.

Goodbye.

[-] conductor@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Okay well whatever you think you’re doing, you’re coming off as a chode.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] SCB@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago

Which is why centrist Democrats saw the polling data saying Bernie Sanders performed better against Trump than Clinton or Biden and decided to throw their support behind him in both elections rather than forcing us to stick with the candidate they wanted, right?

People don't like Bernie Sanders, so they didn't vote for him.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

As a Sanders voter & 4 figure donator, I'm glad Biden was in the White House when Russia invaded Ukraine.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com -4 points 11 months ago

Some people you don't like made a decision you disagreed with for reasons we aren't privy to, and that's somehow a rebuttal of needing to deal with the world as it is? Your comment is a demonstration of the problem.

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