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hungrymike posted...

Why did the guy who shot up the congressional soft ball team support Bernie? It doesn't matter.

Wheather they claim to have his support is irrelevant because they don't. He has disavowed them.

1. You ignored addressing the question and ran straight to whataboutism

2. Support of individual actors is unavoidable. You can find examples of any kind of person supporting any kind of candidate if you look hard enough. What we are talking about here is an indicator of a larger trend, i.e. widespread support across multiple organizations.

3. Disavowing means jack if he simultaneously claims right-wing violence and hatred isn't an issue, and then riles people up by immediately changing the topic to 'left-wing violence is the real issue,' while rattling off dog whistles every week. The intent of this strategy is explicitly to offer enough doubt to the uninitiated or naive.

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