For me it is that finger....





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

My browser's ad blocker (Ad Block Plus) is able to be configured in such a way that I was able to block the default image of Bernie as if it were an ad.

I usually don’t block people unless they personally insult me or if it’s an obvious troll. We have a few of those these days.

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I have started blocking people who continue to post Sanders bashing posts. You aren't going to convince anyone at this point.
We have a candidate. We all need to be focused on the campaign and November 3.
These Sanders attacks serve no purpose whatsoever except to alienate some very sincere and active progressives whom we will certainly need during both the campaign and voting day.

Let's stop the drama and work together to save this country.

To block each and every of them. I know it’s ultimately meaningless but I just can’t stand seeing that face.

who are mostly reasonable and recognize that the first step is getting rid of Trump.
So far, it's also not the BS supporters on DU who are spreading the latest smears against Biden and bringing that to DU. In previous primaries, that would have been very different.

...my wishes there would be only one choice of candidate at the top of the page.

I wished Bernie had won. I believe Bernie is a better candidate for the Presidency in 2020 than Biden.

Nevertheless, I concede defeat. Bernie will not win and Biden will I'm in for Biden and will campaign and vote for him. I even have suggested to the Senator that he suspend his campaign. Yes, I had a week of frustration following the initial super Tuesday. I then voted for Bernie the following week in Michigan and accepted the inevitability of a Biden win.

But I will NOT remove my Bernie support. I consider it a badge of honor and an expression of my ideals.

Block me if you thinking busting up the coalition that we need to get Biden elected in November is a great idea. Go right ahead ...

block people with a Sanders photo. Many like you are good people and will support Biden in a general. I think people are exhausted and would really like to see an official end to this primary.

hassle, but everyone else is being tarred by the same brush. I don't doubt that they know what they're doing. Instead of using this time to unite they're pitting both sides against each other.

We need to work together to undo and start building again.

I suppose there may be some others out there on DU that feel like you do - you have Bernie's picture up because you consider it a badge of honor and an expression of your ideals BUT at the same time you still plan on casting a ballot for Biden. I know how the photo might confuse folks because after my candidate Elizabeth Warren dropped out I couldn't bear to replace her picture for a long time. Folks kept asking me "are you really still undecided?" When I felt ready, I changed my photo to Biden. And yes, like you I'm all in for him. LetsGoJoe!

I understand your feelings though. Believe me, I do. He's no Democrat, and he makes it clear he despises us.

Block away.

Best of luck.

I can no longer vote for anyone who uses the label "progressive." It reminds me of Bernie and I automatically believe they are as repulsive as him. Bernie has ruined the brand.

and a great number of good Democrats? That’s pretty ridiculous.

would describe themselves as progressive.

Unlike those horrible and evil centrist or establishment Democrats

I’m a progressive Democrat but I certainly recognize moderates as an essential component of the Democratic coalition.

themselves a Democrat as well?

here is the complete list of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

every single one calls himself or herself a Democrat

so, do tell, who are these mythical self-identifying (as non Democratic) progressives in Congress other than Sanders?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus#House_members

Arizona

Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3, Tucson)
Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix) – vice chair

California

Jared Huffman (CA-2, San Rafael)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont) – first vice chair
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel Valley)
Judy Chu (CA-27, El Monte)
Brad Sherman (CA-30, Sherman Oaks)
Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
Ted Lieu (CA-33, Los Angeles)
Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
Karen Bass (CA-37, Baldwin Hills)
Linda Sanchez (CA-38, Lakewood)
Gil Cisneros (CA-39, Yorba Linda)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles)
Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside) – vice chair
Maxine Waters (CA-43, Inglewood)
Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
Katie Porter (CA-45, Irvine)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach)
Mike Levin (CA-49, San Juan Capistrano)
Juan Vargas (CA-51, San Diego)

Colorado

Joe Neguse (CO-2, Boulder) – vice chair

Connecticut

Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

Delaware

Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE at-large)

Florida

Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
Lois Frankel (FL-21, West Palm Beach)
Frederica Wilson (FL-24, Miami)
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26, Miami)

Georgia

Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

Hawaii

Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2, Honolulu)

Illinois

Chuy Garcia (IL-4, Chicago)
Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago) – vice chair

Indiana

André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

Iowa

Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Iowa City)

Kentucky

John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville)

Maine

Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

Maryland

Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)

Massachusetts

Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worcester)
Joe Kennedy III (MA-4, Brookline)
Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
Ayanna Pressley (MA-7, Dorchester)
Lori Trahan (MA-3, Westford)

Michigan

Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)
Andy Levin (MI-9, Bloomfield Township)
Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn) – vice chair
Rashida Tlaib (MI-13, Detroit)
Brenda Lawrence (MI-14, Southfield)

Minnesota

Angie Craig (MN-2, Eagan)
Ilhan Omar (MN-5, Minneapolis) – whip

Mississippi

Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)

Missouri

Lacy Clay (MO-1, St. Louis)

Nevada

Steven Horsford (NV-4, Las Vegas)

New Jersey

Donald Norcross (NJ-1, Camden) – vice chair
Andy Kim (NJ-3, Bordentown)
Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Trenton)

New Mexico

Deb Haaland (NM-1, Albuquerque)

New York

Grace Meng (NY-6, Queens)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
Jerrold Nadler (NY-10, Manhattan)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14, Bronx)
José Serrano (NY-15, Bronx)
Joe Morelle (NY-25, Rochester)

North Carolina

Alma Adams (NC-12, Charlotte)

Ohio

Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Cleveland)

Oregon

Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Springfield)

Pennsylvania

Brendan Boyle (PA-2, Philadelphia)
Dwight Evans (PA-3, Philadelphia)
Madeleine Dean (PA-4, Abington Township)
Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5, Swarthmore)
Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Scranton)

Rhode Island

David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) – vice chair

Tennessee

Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

Veronica Escobar (TX-16, El Paso) – vice chair
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) – vice chair
Sylvia Garcia (TX-29, Houston)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)

Vermont

Peter Welch (VT at-Large)

Virginia

Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)

Washington

Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle) – co-chair
Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)

Wisconsin

Mark Pocan (WI-2, Madison) – co-chair
Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)


Non-voting

Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

Senate members

Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)

That is an impressive list...





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

...in 2016, Raul Grijalva and Tulsi Gabbard. They have both endorsed Biden this time around.

.... There are only two viable candidates for president. One is Joe Biden. The other is Don the con. If you look at the bottom of my post, it is clear that I support Joe Biden, the only Democrat who can defeat Donald Trump.
It is also clear that those who have Sanders name at the bottom of their posts still support him. If they choose to make the effort of dragging a dead horse over the finish line, it's their business. The one thing that does puzzle me, given there are only two viable candidates, are the undecideds.

I’m fairly certain that some of hem are Russian trolls. Their English is good but there are giveaways...

Some have been here quite a while. I think it sends a divisive message when Biden is the nominee to be undecided...because Sanders has lost...there is nothing to decide...so I am over this primary. And those that defend Sanders staying in which helps Trump are definitely going on ignore...I can't deal with this...Sanders didn't do enough to help Clinton in the General in 16 IMHO and now this?

What bothers me are the ones who claim they are undecided, but are still clearly supporting Sanders, and won't comit the supporting the eventual nominee.

I wonder if there are some who just don't take that time, or think it's worth the effort to change their preference. Your Russian troll statement, and my forgetful, not worth it people explains a portion of the undecideds, but it is the remainder that I am curious about. I would like to hear some other explanations for their choice.

about why he is the nominee.

...if they don't get their way.
I'm in!

You're gonna miss the Emoji Band though, so here you go:

Either way, they are stronger together and can't be bought!!
Jump on the Biden bandwagon and abandon the revolution!!

I won’t be able to see.

I regret donating to him in the 2016 primary....he makes me think eeeew...much like the Democratic opposition does, oh wait.

Some deserve a second chance. Almost no one deserves a third chance.

My sign may say undecided, but I was decided long ago, almost 50
years ago. I always vote for the Democratic candidate. You think I'm a troll?
Too much venom here.

So divisive, emotional, unhelpful to what we’re trying to accomplish. Seems like a waste of energy with the issues we are faced with...

Nothing new from this poster, though.

Same exact thing here.

how his refusal to suspend hurts our chances to beat Trump.. I can't take it anymore.

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As a rule, I don't put anyone on ignore.

A lot of his most avid supporters here have taken to aligning themselves as "undecided", when clearly their words and other behaviors show that they are 1000% in the tank for Sanders.

I'm going to HAVE TO learn how to proofread.

I used to change the channel when he was on TV. Luckily, no one is covering sanders now

except him and people on his or Russia's payroll who want to keep using him for the benefit of Trump.

but organizing others to block a group of DUers. How is this allowed?

I'm talking about this post, how is that allowed?

putin does not care as long as we are fighting each other.

He and Putin are on the same page when it comes to dividing the Democratic Party.

Putin loves the fact that sanders is dividing the party

Just saying'.

Just sayin'

And excluding his supporters does not help Joe at all. Peace.

Good luck with that.

I don't want to hear from you any more than you want to hear from me, believe me.

You block them, you don't see them.

They still see you, unless they block you.

yup

...plus I went to a certain group and blocked all there.
It's a lot quieter now.

so I can’t see any photos attached to posts.

But why antagonize folks who will be voting for our nominee?

I don’t think Bernie is particularly smart to continue his ego tour, but it’s a free country. I don’t think he is hurting Joe, though, in fact many of his supporters are urging him to stop.

I don't need their nonsense in my life. I get enough of that at work with the BS supporters I work with.

Sanders has proven that he doesn't care if he helps Trump get reelected. That behavior should be unacceptable to any Democrat or even any American. Trump is an existential threat to the survival of our form of government.

and "endless Obama bashing" is simply inaccurate.

Remember what Eleanor Roosevelt said: "Great people talk about ideas, small people talk about other people"

You should block all of them. Some might be secret Sanders' supporters.

And I'm not even that much of a Bernie fan, just someone I would vote for.

until July and it is too late then...hopefully we can pull it out...but it really is disheartening to see Sanders whom I actually voted for in Ohio is 16 behaving this way...Trump must go and in this crazy time we have only enough oxygen for the nominee not the also ran.

- Pseudo epidemiologists who want to play the “big role” online as if they have some special insight.

- Anyone who makes an unhinged panicked OP. The doomsayers.

So my cup runneth over.

...of the white light in an empty refrigerator.

I’m not a Sanders supporter. I don’t care for either of them. I will vote for whoever the nominee is.

We're gonna team up to beat Trump, don't block us.

if people don't get unreasonably agitated by photos.

. . . is the fact that you got, as of this writing, 51 recs.

That this sort of toxicity is that widespread does not bode well for our party.

I've been a registered Democrat since I was first eligible to register, more than four decades ago.

Sanders is irrelevant.

Thank you for expressing what many feel but never could say.

Makes you feel this way. Do what you need to do though.

Trouble time? Bernie don’t give a fuck. Bye.