Combating Artificial Narratives in Social Media Related To The Sanders Candidacy

This should be enough to get you started and rolling on some effective rebuttals.  Here are some final thoughts to help you succeed:

• Avoid confrontational tones. – We’ve all heard the “Bernie Bros” narrative and I understand as well as anyone how frustrating it can be to talk to someone who clearly isn’t listening.  Give them three cycles of conversation:  if they haven’t stopped stonewalling you by that point, they’re not trying to have a conversation, they’re trying to win an internet argument.  You can state clearly your reasons for doing so, and then walk away.  “I’m sorry, but I just don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about the other people in our country, people like me and even people like you.  Since you don’t appear to be interested in understanding it, I’m going to spend my energy on people who really do want solutions rather than arguments.”
• Avoid heavy criticism of other candidates.  Nevermind what’s wrong with them – what’s RIGHT with Bernie?  What positive does he bring to the table, what progress is he trying to achieve, what benefit to each of us does his ideological position provide us as a nation and as individuals.  If you must compare and contrast, stick to facts and be prepared to back them up with evidence (e.g. video of Joe Biden saying he’d veto a universal single-payer health care plan if it passed Congress)
• Find Common Ground – Ask questions – what issues are important to you?  What matters most to you in this election?  The answers can guide your discussion further, for instance if they say “I just want to get rid of Trump,” you can point to the polls mentioned above under the “Bernie Can’t Win” bullet point.  The simple reality is most Americans strongly support Sanders’ platform but have been manipulated to dislike his personality, or his followers, or something else that really isn’t relevant.  Make them bring the conversation to a point, and once you have that point in focus any of the techniques described above should help you get there.