Want to know a dirty secret?
The vast majority of voters — even Democratic primary ones — do not care what a small circle of Democratic political operatives and horse-race “journalists” think. At all.
They don’t read Daily Kos. They don't wait in anticipation for the next Maddow interview. They don’t even have twitter. In fact, they tend to dislike — and definitely distrust — operatives and the well-paid pundits.
They do not care whether Bernie — someone who has been caucusing with Democrats and championing progressive issues his entire life — is a “Democrat”.
They do not care that some of his supporters — slowly dying from lack of healthcare and drowning in debt — are rude online. Especially towards celebrities.
They do not care that some small percentage of his supporters ended up voting for Trump — which literally happens every election — or that millions of Obama voters did as well.
They do not care that Bernie hasn’t adopted the post-woke framework for talking about issues related to race and gender — when compared to any of our other current crop of candidates, has shown up in solidarity for decades.
They do not care or expect him to respond perfectly to every onslaught of criticism — because well, we’re all human.
So instead of arguing about it online — which I’m plenty guilty myself — I’ve decided to donate 1% of my pay to Bernie. You should join me!
Why?
Because Bernie’s campaign will have organizers carefully analyzing the vast majority of voters — the ones that don’t even know what Daily Kos is — and reaching them with Bernie’s popular messaging and platform. We should be supporting these organizers — not arguing online about which candidate’s supporters have worse actor-observer bias.
And if you don’t suffer from increasingly intense social anxiety like me — then you should volunteer to help those organizers with your time!
Despite what some well-loved pundits may have us believe, Bernie’s base can become much larger than it already is — we just need to prove he can win. And we win by donating time and money Bernie’s professional team of organizers — not arguing with each other here.
We’re all scared shitless about a second term of the orange, psychopathic clown — so it’s natural for us to be insecure, frustrated and misdirect hostilities — but Bernie can win this. Let’s make sure he does.
Join me in donating 1% to Bernie today!
