On being gaslit

It is exhausting being a Bernie Sanders supporter.

For years, the media has told other Democrats that you are a person unique capable of zealotry, cruelty, online harassment, etc.

When you try to insist to these people, "No!  That's not true!  I just really like Bernie Sanders," they write you off with comments like #NotallSandersSupporters.

So you try to articulate exactly what you find compelling about Bernie Sanders and his movement, and then you're just told to shut up.

You don't get a chance to correct the narrative, and you continue to be a person unique capable of zealotry, cruelty, etc.

God.