Honestly thinking about it more and more, the Bernie-Hillary stuff is actually quite tame compared to how things went down in 2008. Things were a lot uglier at the end of that Democratic primary than this one. I just think with social media now the hostility between the sides seems a lot stronger, but really its not. If it were as strong as 2008 most Hillary supporters would be calling Bernie a communist, instead they mostly leave him alone (other than to say they don't think his platform is realistic) and instead go after Bernie supporters. In 2008 most Hillary supporters then were like the Bernie or Busters are now. But today most Hillary supporters would back Bernie no problem if he had won.
So everyone will probably calm the #### down at some point. Bernie supporters were the most intensely passionate supporters I've ever seen, and it'll take some time for them to go through the stages. What will be interesting is if they feel any sort of betrayal when he eventually endorses her. The reaction to Warren endorsing Hillary will sort of give an idea how they'll react to Bernie doing the same.
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