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Ellen Forradalom

(16,178 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 06:27 PM Aug 2016

Here's Why Your Facebook Timeline Is Suddenly Full of Hillary Clinton Supporters (Fortune magazine)

Bugler was one of the so-called “closeted” Clinton supporters, fans of the former First Lady who were nevertheless unwilling to publicly voice their support for her during the primary season—particularly when compared to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders voters.

Yet a couple of weeks ago, on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, Bugler finally decided to put up a Hillary sign on her front lawn (“I half expected it to be vandalized or stolen within a day”), and told her Facebook friends: “I’m with her.”


http://fortune.com/2016/08/11/hillary-clinton-support-facebook/
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Here's Why Your Facebook Timeline Is Suddenly Full of Hillary Clinton Supporters (Fortune magazine) (Original Post) Ellen Forradalom Aug 2016 OP
Um......because I support Hillary Clinton? Aristus Aug 2016 #1
Call them the no-longer-silent majority. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #2
I know I kept my head down Ellen Forradalom Aug 2016 #3
So we're just expected to believe that's a coincidence? Kber Aug 2016 #4
Well-orchestrated Hillary Derangement Syndrome Ellen Forradalom Aug 2016 #5
We're expected to believe Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #8
I lost two friends Cary Aug 2016 #6
I am glad they are coming out. Hillary needs all the positive visibility she can get. riversedge Aug 2016 #7

Aristus

(68,269 posts)
1. Um......because I support Hillary Clinton?
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 06:45 PM
Aug 2016

Seriously, every time some 'Suggested Page' pops up that is in any way right-leaning, far-right, conservative, tea-party, libertarian, pro-Trump, pro-Pence, or hyper-militaristic, I 'x' it right off my page. Life is too fucking short.

I 'Like' many, many pages that are liberal, progressive, socialist, enlightened, forward-thinking, pro-Clinton, pro-Obama, pro-Biden, or pro-Sanders. I think the demographers at Facebook have me figured out by now.

Ellen Forradalom

(16,178 posts)
3. I know I kept my head down
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 06:57 PM
Aug 2016

during primary season. I didn't care to tangle with my Bernie-supporting friends. It wasn't worth losing friendships over.

Ellen Forradalom

(16,178 posts)
5. Well-orchestrated Hillary Derangement Syndrome
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 07:11 PM
Aug 2016

from left and right. I heard "I don't know why anyone would vote for that woman" and "Cheney in a skirt" from people I love and respect. I wasn't going to get into it.

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