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You're conflating two very different concepts. The mantra is not "journalists are Democrats, owners are Republicans." Cable news and entertainment fawned over

You're conflating two very different concepts. The mantra is not "journalists are Democrats, owners are Republicans." Cable news and entertainment fawned over Hilary, not Bernie.

Spooky23 9y ago
Cable news has an exaggerated influence. Nobody watches that crap. The real action happens in other mediums.
mistermann 9y ago
The error is in thinking Hillary is majorly opposed to the Republican agenda. A lot of Bernie supporters switched camps to Trump, as insane as that may sound. The rich would continue to accumulate more money either way, more war in the Middle East, etc. I viewed Trump as kind of a last ditch hail Mary, which seems to have been a bad guess in retrospect.
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JSONwebtoken 9y ago
Hillary is a democrat, Bernie Sanders is an extremist. So the mantra stands.
- scrollaway 9y ago
  As a european it's always funny hearing some americans call Bernie an extremist. Here he's just an average left-leaning politician, we elect plenty of people like him all the time. US politics are so absurdly shifted right it's mind blowing. Edit: Does anyone here actually disagree with this or am I just being downvoted because people are upset this is the case?
  - lsh123 9y ago
    European politics is so stupidly shifted left, it’s mind blowing.
    - scrollaway 9y ago
      No, actually, in this case the wording applies. It's one of the only countries in the world with such conservative stances on health care, guns, drugs and religion and really the only country with the aggregate of it all. Comparatively, Europe is shifted left for sure, but you can't start doing something differently and then claim others are the ones doing it differently.
- sctb 9y ago
  This kind of information-free comment is just trolling. You've been breaking the guidelines a lot, so we have to ask that you please go read them and stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Kalium 9y ago
So they fawned over a Democrat, then? I fear I don't understand your point. Can you help me?

You're conflating two very different concepts. The mantra is not "journalists are Democrats, owners are Republicans." Cable news and entertainment fawned over Hilary, not Bernie.

Spooky23 9y ago

Cable news has an exaggerated influence. Nobody watches that crap. The real action happens in other mediums.

mistermann 9y ago

The error is in thinking Hillary is majorly opposed to the Republican agenda. A lot of Bernie supporters switched camps to Trump, as insane as that may sound. The rich would continue to accumulate more money either way, more war in the Middle East, etc. I viewed Trump as kind of a last ditch hail Mary, which seems to have been a bad guess in retrospect.

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JSONwebtoken 9y ago

Hillary is a democrat, Bernie Sanders is an extremist. So the mantra stands.

scrollaway 9y ago
As a european it's always funny hearing some americans call Bernie an extremist. Here he's just an average left-leaning politician, we elect plenty of people like him all the time. US politics are so absurdly shifted right it's mind blowing. Edit: Does anyone here actually disagree with this or am I just being downvoted because people are upset this is the case?
- lsh123 9y ago
  European politics is so stupidly shifted left, it’s mind blowing.
  - scrollaway 9y ago
    No, actually, in this case the wording applies. It's one of the only countries in the world with such conservative stances on health care, guns, drugs and religion and really the only country with the aggregate of it all. Comparatively, Europe is shifted left for sure, but you can't start doing something differently and then claim others are the ones doing it differently.
sctb 9y ago
This kind of information-free comment is just trolling. You've been breaking the guidelines a lot, so we have to ask that you please go read them and stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Kalium 9y ago

So they fawned over a Democrat, then? I fear I don't understand your point. Can you help me?