Via Mashable, The bros who love Bernie Sanders have become a sexist mob:
But with the Iowa caucuses now days away, a subset of Sanders supporters has become extremely vocal. Their messages, which are oftentimes derogatory and misogynistic, are geared at Clinton supporters (or anyone who disagrees with Sanders for that matter). They've even become prominent enough to earn a nickname: the "BernieBros."
"They're a mob, and it's not positive toward their candidate, it's trying to tear you down from supporting Hillary," said one chief of staff for a Democratic member of Congress who's endorsed Clinton.
Now Sanders campaign staffers and supporters are scrambling to counter this BernieBro narrative, saying it's not reflective of what Sanders is about.
"Sen. Sanders is committed to running a positive campaign on the issues, and we encourage all of his supporters to stick to that same message," Hector Sigala, Sanders' digital media director, told Mashable. [...]
Still, the Congress member's chief of staff, said dealing with the "bad actor" Sanders' supporters on her boss' campaign Facebook page has become "exhausting."
"The most obnoxious people are the Bernie supporters on social media," the chief of staff told Mashable.
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So it’s not just Markos – “I also wouldn't be raging assholes online” – not just the BBC, not just every damned media outlet in creation – Jezebel, The Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Paul Krugman for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, just to give you a few – and most definitely not some odious conspiracy by Hillary donors. It doesn’t get more real than this.
I’m a big fan of vigorous campaigning. Flog Sanders up and down the wreck list to the point of catatonic boredom for everyone else, if you must. But this shit is best left to the pigfuckers over at RedState, because face it: they’re better at it than anyone on our side.