2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Not With Her, Still a Feminist [View all]Amaril
(1,267 posts)First of all, I am not biased against Clinton because she is a woman. I would put my record as a feminist up against yours or anyone else's any day of the week. I have been banging my head against the goddam glass ceiling my entire career, so don't you dare tell me that I am "just fine" with the status quo or with policies that benefit rich, white men. One thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
Do you really believe that electing Clinton President is going to magically fix the gender inequality in this country? Did electing Obama magically erase racism?
Does Clinton even have fixing the wage gap as part of her platform? If so, this is the first I've heard of it.
Were people biased against Palin as McCain's VP pick because she was a woman or because she was a HORRIBLE choice as a VP? It is possible to support or not support a woman based on her own merit -- AS IT SHOULD BE -- and not simply because she is a woman. I evaluated Clinton as a candidate in the same way & manner that I evaluate ALL candidates, and I found her lacking in several areas which are very important to me in elected officials (her integrity for one), and her positions do not align with the path I believe our government should take -- she's too hawkish for one thing, and she does not display sufficient concern for the welfare of middle and lower income families.
Second, yes you were condescending to Rebkeh in your post. You asserted that she held the position she did because she was "very young" (i.e., too inexperienced in the ways of the world & politics to make an informed decision). This is a nasty denigration of another woman, even *if* she is young, but it was even more insulting since Rebkeh identified herself as "middle age" at the very beginning of her post. You might as well have tied it up in a pretty bow by accusing her of being a Sanders supporter just so she can meet men (as one of Clinton's formal surrogates did).
But, hey, no worries. In 4 short days you will have the Clinton echo chamber you so desperately desire. All the riff raff (myself -- a 35-year registered Democrat who has volunteered in multiple campaigns and even served as a delegate to the State convention -- included) will be silenced.
Yay, Democrats!