Falling Into The BernieBro Spiral

I should start this essay by saying that I haven’t been on Twitter all that long, at least not as a poster. But around May, everything changed for me. I decided to bite the bullet and got myself an account.

I started by following some of the people I already knew from the few times I spent on Twitter right after the election: Neera Tanden, Joy Reid, Oliver Willis, Louise Mensch…… the list goes on. It didn’t take long before I was up to speed. Simply put, I was ready to #resist.

It’s no secret that for all the strong and courageous people on Twitter (many of them of color), there’s an underside. To quote Thomas Jefferson, in my favorite musical (guess which one, LOL!!):

Ev’ry action has its equal, opposite reactions
Thanks to Hamilton, our cab’net’s fractured into factions
Try not to crack under the stress, we’re breaking down like fractions
We smack each other in the press, and we don’t print retractions

When I first started tweeting, I had heard about this notorious faction. They’re the followers of the one and only Saint Bernard. We all know him well — he’s the same one who double-teamed with Comey to make sure Hillary didn’t get elected. And yet he’s praised, time and time again…… by people who have nothing better to do than harass women and people of color online.

I knew these people existed, and I had seen their anger. But I didn’t know just how much anger they had until I created my first real Twitter THREAD. For those not ā€œin the know,ā€ a THREAD is where you make a bunch of tweets in a row. I had seen a lot of Bernie Bros calling people ā€œcorncobs,ā€ and I knew what it meant. So here’s what I said.

You can click on that tweet to read the rest of the THREAD, but basically I pointed out that ā€œcorncobā€ is both a racist and sexist term. Pretty simple stuff! But nothing could have prepared me for what came next.

Others accused me of being fake, which is pretty crazy considering that they’re the ones who bought into the Russian-backed FAKE NEWS that pushed up Bernie at every given opportunity. I of course replied to these people how anybody would. (I blocked them.) I don’t have the time for this kind of nonsense!

And yes, I’ve made more THREADS since then. I’m going to keep doing so, even with the angry replies I get from people calling me a fake and a corncob. And the scary thing is that I know that the harassment I receive is nothing compared to what #resistance leaders like Candice Aiston and Sally Albright receive!!

In conclusion, yes, this was my first time dealing with the harassment of the BernieBros, and I know it won’t be the last.

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Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, sir? I am, and I'm With Her, sure! #StillWithHer #TheResistance #GeeksResist #UniteBlue 🚫LISTS = BLOCK 🚫

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