Middle aged white guy at the Women's March mansplains the problem

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to 500,000 women and their allies. This is about gender based double standards darlin', not about old guard versus new.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/we-have-to-take-over-the-democratic-party-michael-moore-at-the-womens-march/

[CAG]

1. Thats it... rip one of our own. I'm pretty sure he was invited to speak. How dare they have a man

speak. It seems like the ratio is about 20 speaking women for every 1 speaking man, but I guess that's not a high enough ratio for some.

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2. The problem isn't that it's a man speaking.

The problem is that it's a man who doesn't understand the problem speaking.

And to be frank, if you think my post is about Michael Moore's gender rather than his message, perhaps you don't understand the problem either.

But feel free to rip me..I'm one of "our own" as well, but I'm a woman.

[SticksnStones]

6. Word.

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3. K&R

[cloudythescribbler]

4. I listened to whole thing on YouTube & thought it positive for electoral work

It isn't necessary to only say things no one will disagree with or object to or be accused of "mansplaining". He focused on a few basic ideas to spur people to concrete effective action if carried out in sufficient numbers

[confess I myself am not big on calling Congresspeople -- my senators Markey & Warren will generally vote the right way anyway] but fail to see specifically what OP found objectionable in its content -- stating in another comment that issue wasn't Moore's gender

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5. "We Have to Take Over the Democratic Party!": Michael Moore at the Womens March.

Is it your argument that the "we" he was talking about are women and their allies?

http://www.mediaite.com/online/we-have-to-take-over-the-democratic-party-michael-moore-at-the-womens-march/

[cloudythescribbler]

7. he is referring to progressives at the grassroots (as opposed to neoliberal leadership)

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8. I know what Moore meant.

It was a political message endorsing one faction of Democrats over another. Men in the progressive wing should not be lecturing women and their allies concerning what "we" need to do. It's tone deaf, presumptuous, and part of the problem.