So, for those of you who don't know, recently there was a town hall on CNN that featured Jill Stein. One guy asked him a question about her being a potential spoiler like Nader in 2000, and was quickly assumed by many greens to be a Hillary plant. Some have even gone so far to doxx him and harass him on social media over it.
First of all, doxxing and harassing people isn't cool, and I've seen a disturbing amount of that happen this year. Second of all, looking into the matter, THE GUY IS AN EX BERNIE SUPPORTER. Beyond that, he's a Bernie supporter who talked a lot on social media about being pissed off at the democrats for them rigging the primary.
He doesn't seem to be on board with Stein because he's buying into the fear of Trump getting elected if he doesn't support Hillary. While I don't agree with such an approach, okay. Whatever.
But honestly, how do greens seriously think he's going to react after having his social media accounts harassed by tons of Stein supporters calling him a plant and saying nasty things to him? Do they think he's going to vote green? Honestly, if that was the perception I was given of the green party and I was reluctantly supporting Clinton, I would be telling them "screw you guys, you just solidified my vote for Clinton". Seriously, this behavior helps no one. It makes us all look like a bunch of angry jerks. And honestly, we need disaffected Sanders people like him to join movements outside of the democratic party, not drive them back to the party that screwed them.
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