# Hey Bernie, go to hell and take all of your Bros with you **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322 "2018-02-22T04:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 333
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322/333 "2018-03-16T22:24:49Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > A lesser evil gives the rest of us a chance to see things we care about voted into effect; purity gives us no place at the table to talk. Conor Lamb would never have come this close to victory in PA if he had run a Bernie Sanders race. But I guess Bernie Sanders’ supporters just want to pretend that eventually people in rural Pennsylvania - or Kansas or wherever - will become more enlightened and vote just the way rural white folk in Vermont do. It’s a kind of condescension that’s not likely to persuade anyone at all; it will simply succeed in polarizing people more and dividing up progressives into factions with coarser attitudes toward each other. That’s why Bernie’s Bros are essentially a left wing version of the Tea Party. And while the Republicans did get some mileage out of that movement, it would appear to be an increasingly toxic brand with limited shelf life. This, in its entirety. The kind of Bernie Bro “purity” you are saying NO to, is exactly what we need to avoid. The Dems need to push the things people are directly affected by, and care about. Safety. Health care. Accountability. Pro union. Supporting allies around the world. Ethical government. A “pro second amendment” view that is coupled with sensible gun laws, such as universal background checks. Be against tax giveaways for the rich. Be pro education. Be pro-choice. Favor religious freedom for ALL, not just for a few racist prosperity bible thumping heretics. Conor lamb did it right. So did Doug Jones. They have given the blueprint for all to follow. And encourage Trump to ummm hee hee ha ha “help” Repub candidates right down the toilet as he did in Alabama and Pennsylvania. The more his toxicity rubs off on them, the better for us. Weaponize that orange asshole against them. But demanding a “purity test”, and fighting against anyone for not being “Bernie - ish” enough is stupid. Besides, what is this crap about crypto-fascists, when we are now dealing with REAL fascists? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bernie-go-to-hell-and-take-all-of-your-bros-with-you/809322)._