2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Jack Pine nuts jobs rooted for Trump and... [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)Enlighten us all as to how the following constitutes "criticism":
Posting a photoshopped pic of Hillary with a shit-stain on the back of her skirt.
Posting that the Clintons personally directed the murder of dozens of political adversaries.
Posting that Clinton "thugs" beat-up Bernie the night of the Convention in order to force him to concede.
Posting that Clinton "thugs" threatened the lives of Bernie's grandchildren if he refused to campaign for HRC.
Posting that HRC was dying of Alzheimer's/ Parkinson's/ epilepsy (and various other diseases) and was lying to the public about her condition.
Posting that HRC was using a body-double at campaign appearances to hide her illnesses and/or her deranged mental state due to the meds she was taking for her many (non-existent) health conditions.
Posting that HRC had a teleprompter embedded in her podium at debates because she was too mentally "out of it" or "strung out on drugs" to answer questions without pre-written answers being provided.
And posting that "pizzagate" was a FACT - the ban on which only came about after JPR was repeatedly ridiculed for buying into such a preposterous story.
The above is just a small sampling of what's been posted there - and they aren't one-off posts. They were posts that garnered a LOT of attention, replies, and RECs.
A LOT of people, who post here on DU and elsewhere, saw those posts and aren't about to forget them. There is no point in denying them, or denying how many JPR posters glommed onto those stories and spread them.
Maybe THAT is your idea of "criticism". For most people, it is pure, unadulterated Hillary-hate and serves no purpose other than to fabricate lies and proffer them as truth. We also won't forget the Obama hatred, and the hatred for the Democratic Party, that was posted on JPR on a daily basis. Any Dem who didn't support Bernie was tossed under the bus - ridiculed and demeaned regardless of their long-standing records as front-line fighters for progressive causes.
" ... their tastes may differ from mine."
Yeah, no kiddin'. Most people who are interested in intelligent political discussion don't have a "taste" for hate sites. Most Democrats don't have a "taste" for sites that so blatantly have no other agenda than to besmirch the Democratic candidate with out-and-out lies, and urge voting AGAINST that candidate in order to ensure the defeat of Democrats in the GE. Most Democrats don't have a "taste" for sites that pose as "progressive" while constantly quoting, linking-to, and praising RW sources in order to sway people from voting FOR the Dem nominee simply because they are hanging onto their butt-hurt that their candidate-of-choice failed to win the nomination.
Defend JPR all you want. We who have seen it KNOW what it is - a hate site designed to defeat Democrats.
Well, you all got what you wished for - pResident Donald J. Trump. Hope y'all are happy as you lose your rights, your freedoms, your healthcare, etc. - because, as so many JPR posters said, he'll be SO MUCH BETTER than having Hillary in the White House.
Edited to add: I notice that the "HRC is dying from ____ disease" posts pretty much disappeared after election night. So did she have a miraculous recovery - or is this JPR's way of admitting those stories were all bullshit to begin with, but they posted them anyway?