Bernie-or-busters
"In 2018, I’m resolved to do better at listening to people on every side. Empathy is always the best tool for fighting despair, and since trying to hear what’s behind all this anger and all this fear and all this defeatism is the surest route to empathy, I have unhidden the Bernie-or-busters I cut from my Facebook feed in 2016. And I’m listening to them alongside all the people I know who somehow believe the jury is still out on President Trump. I hope they’re listening to me, too. I hope we’re all listening to one another." (New York Times.)
What is "the Bernie-or-busters" in the passage above?
Is "unhidden" a modifier of the noun phrase "the Bernie-or-busters I cut from my Facebook feed in 2016" and if so, why doesn't it follow determiner "the" in the noun phrase?
Top answer
I think "Bernie-or-busters" means fervent supporters of Bernie Sanders (who tried for the Democrat nomination in the 2016 US election). "unhidden" is a verb. "I have unhidden" is the present perfect tense of "unhide".
- I think "Bernie-or-busters" means fervent supporters of Bernie Sanders (who tried for the Democrat nomination in the 2016 US election).
- "unhidden" is a verb.
- "I have unhidden" is the present perfect tense of "unhide".
- In other words, he has made those people (or their posts) visible again in his Facebook feed.
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I think "Bernie-or-busters" means fervent supporters of Bernie Sanders (who tried for the Democrat nomination in the 2016 US election).
"unhidden" is a verb. "I have unhidden" is the present perfect tense of "unhide". In other words, he has made those people (or their posts) visible again in his Facebook feed.
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The advocates of Bernie Sanders who was vying with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
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