So when I heard about this, I personally did not even feel a need to watch the video, nor was I shocked. I did eventually watch the video just to see if it was possibly something more than I would have thought. It was exactly what I expected. A communist/socialist wanting to re-educate or violently remove people against such a regime is just how the mentality goes. I do not believe Bernie Sanders supports the actual action, but I do think that type of speech as rhetoric or motivation would be tactically used to gain support or push the campaign farther.
The idea of actually attacking someone or re-educating them because of wrong think is weird. The book 1984 was a cautionary tale, not a guide. It has the same air as the "Ministry of Love" from the book. Add that with the way news today operates compared to the "Ministry of Truth," things start to get a little scary. At least for now we do not have a "Ministry of Plenty" parallel. There is also a "Ministry of Peace" from the book responsible for perpetual war, but that is a little more blurry of a parallel since we are never at a loss for wars going on.
Talk like this is not going to subside. If it is pointed out or hidden, it will continue to grow. Violent speech will rise on both sides. As people pull to extremes, people in the middle get pushed or pulled to one side or the other. There is talk of civil war over gun rights, attacking "nazis" and the like, people praising what communist regimes do, all sorts of stuff.
Right now as it stands, Bernie Sanders' campaign is a low hanging fruit. The more his support grows, the more crazies like this it will attract and eventually eat itself alive. There have already been people both defending and attacking what was said.
As time goes on, there will most likely be more. What may or may not evolve from this is hard to say. People now talk a lot. Small groups of extreme actors are also taking it literally. It is all crazy, but nothing unexpected.
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