Glenn Greenwald says we've hit Stage 6, on our way to Stage 7! BOOM!

Good morning!

Does my title make absolutely no sense?  If it doesn’t, that’s OK! Take a look at this article:

theintercept.com/…

Glenn Greenwald wrote “The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition” and it is AWESOME!  My fellow DK Berners are going to freaking LOVE this, and see it EVERY DAY HERE.

Here are the stages (links are examples and more details in the article):

STAGE 1: Polite condescension toward what is perceived to be harmless

STAGE 2: Light, casual mockery as the self-belief among supporters grows

STAGE 3: Self-pity and angry etiquette lectures directed at supporters upon realization that they are not performing their duty of meek surrender, flavored with heavy doses of concern trolling

STAGE 4: Smear the candidate and his supporters with innuendos of sexism and racism by falsely claiming only white men support them

STAGE 5: Brazen invocation of right-wing attacks to marginalize and demonize, as polls prove the candidate is a credible threat

STAGE 6: Issuance of grave and hysterical warnings about the pending apocalypse if the establishment candidate is rejected, as the possibility of losing becomes imminent 

STAGE 7: Full-scale and unrestrained meltdown, panic, lashing-out,threats, recriminations, self-important foot-stomping, overt union with the Right, complete fury

OK, so now you have that, look at his tweet:

When I wrote this I said we were in Stage 5, heading to 6. We're now well into 6, clearly on our way to 7! https://t.co/TiJmsx3raX

So, yeppers, I think Greenwald is SPOT-ON!  HAHAHAHAHA!  God, this is sheer genius!

So buckle-up for Stage 7, everyone!  Could be a rough and rocky ride, but one thing is guaranteed: hilarity!