Every network is showing the picture of Mike Flynn at a Putin dinner

[BlancheSplanchnik]

49. I do. The goddamn politically-corporate-conservative media's been touting the Hillary smearings

For decades.

Part of the reason for ppl veering to Stein or Disregarding Bernie's plea to unite behind Hillary.

The distrust and outright hatred against Hillary is, in my not very humble opinion, a mixture of deep culturally ingrained sexism plus broadly publicized reinforcement over a lonnnnng period of time, with no widespread rebuttals.

Yes, she was popular during her time as Secretary of State, because she did a great job. Even spawned a few awesome, powerful memes.

But those quickly sank back into oblivion as the repuke hate machine got rolling again.

Unfortunately, liberals tend to be intellectuals, and with that often comes an egotism that demands attention. (Not exempting myself, either! I'm aware I get an egoistic boost when spouting my oh-so-insightful opinions!).

The other problem with us liberals is the dark, flip side being non-authoritarian. We have a hard time uniting because we often will not compromise, somehow unable or unwilling to consider the greater good served by sublimating our own individual objections. (exemplified by the "Bernie or Bust" or "Stein is the Only Real Guardian of the People" viewpoints.)