I don't hate women candidates. Just this one. And this one. And this one ...

[StarfishSaver]

I DON’T HATE WOMEN CANDIDATES — I JUST HATED HILLARY AND COINCIDENTALLY I’M STARTING TO HATE ELIZABETH WARREN

I have no problem with women. My wife is a woman and I have daughters who will likely be wives and mothers of daughters one day. I only had a problem with Hillary Clinton, and my problem with her is completely separated from her gender, and is solely based on the fact that she was so dishonest when compared to other prominent politicians who ran for president. How could anyone vote for such a liar?...

So I’m a perfectly reasonable, women-friendly fellow who is completely open to the idea of a woman president. And I never thought I’d hate anyone as much as I hate Hillary Clinton. But to my surprise, I’m actually starting to hate Elizabeth Warren.

Don’t get me wrong. I’ve heard that Elizabeth Warren is a champion of consumers and the middle class who battled the big banks and advocates for economic reform. Nonetheless, she rubs me the wrong way.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-dont-hate-women-candidates-i-just-hated-hillary-and-coincidentally-im-starting-to-hate-elizabeth-warren

[spooky3]

1. Spot on! This is great. Thanks. Nt

[Bettie]

2. Yep.

That is indeed how it goes.

ETA: This is my favorite part...just because it really encapsulates how it goes, over and over.

So bring it on, ladies! I’d love to see a female President. Just not Hillary Clinton. Or Elizabeth Warren. I am totally open to all other women leaders, but I have to admit that Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar are beginning to make me angry and I’m not sure why yet, but I know the reason will become clear soon, and I’m also wondering what they might look like if someone photoshopped their heads onto the bodies of prisoners and put them behind bars.

[Hav]

3. To be a bit more precise

"I just find bs reasons to hate other female candidates who happen to run against my preferred candidate after I said it's just that woman I don't like. Now, if that candidate I previously praised wasn't running in this election, I'd say that I would definitely vote for her, guaranteed".

[betsuni]

4. K&R

[BeyondGeography]

5. The Globe interviewed a 37 YO firefighter in N.H.

as part of its Suffolk poll coverage which shows Warren tanking with men. He switched from Warren to Sanders. Why? Because Warren plans to give away too much free stuff.

[IronLionZion]

6. Someone alerted on this

maybe mark it as satire? or denote that Devorah Blachor is a female feminist mocking Hillary haters

[Piasladic]

7. I wouldn't have alterted

but it took me a few seconds to realize it was sarcasm. I am sarcasm impaired; a little warning to us slow ones would be helpful.

[dhol82]

10. Anyone who didn't realize this was satire needs help with their snark meter.

[IronLionZion]

14. Poe's Law applies here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied.

[lark]

8. This is exactly how it goes with so many misogynists.

Perfect depiction.

[rickyhall]

9. I only hate IMPOTUS & ILLEADER McTurtle

[Roy Rolling]

11. Now you've got me thinking, too

Maybe a woman will send out crazy tweets and say “fuck you” to America’s allies if elected president.

[ehrnst]

12. Sad that for many, this is not satire... (nt)

[Collimator]

13. Hey StarfishSaver.

It's kind of apropo of you to be posting a story about " 'just this one' out of so many" given your user name.

[mcar]

15. Yep

[dlk]

16. I'd vote for a woman for president, just not THAT one...

Fill in the blank with any woman’s name. This is merely another face of sexism.

[KSNY]

17. ...and, unfortunately, many women aligned with men like this will go along with this "reasoning"...

It's part of the reason why Hillary Clinton didn't win the electoral vote.

[Merlot]

18. Also, they'd vote for a woman, but her voice is SO annoying.

It's just her voice that for some reason they can't stand.

"Her voice gets on my nerves" is something I've heard said about almost every female candidate.

[Hortensis]

19. And I don't underpay women until even those who believed

in me screamed, and then continued to pay them too little to support themselves, it's just to that I hire more of them for those jobs because I believe in opportunities for women.

[BlueMTexpat]

20. This may be sarcasm but it is

absolutely spot on! I heard it SOOOO many times in 2016 and we're seeing it in action again in 2020. Over and over again.

Please let us make them eat those words.

The only way a woman will NOT win is if we do not vote for her. So the problem is NOT with the woman candidate, but with the kind of voter, who will - for whatever stated rationale - ALWAYS support a man, especially a white man, of whatever age, over a woman.

And if we who are women allow that particular mindset to stand, we will NEVER have a woman President, no matter how much more qualified, personable and "likeable" she is than the male who is the "chosen one."*

And that's the truth.

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*By no means do I consider Trump to be the "chosen one" in any respect whatsoever.

[peggysue2]

21. McSweeney's Nailed This One

They're great with satire and this absolutely echoes what we've all heard and sensed about how women candidates are judged--they're shrill, they cackle, they sound like a schoolmarm, etc., etc., etc. It goes on and on. Hillary is a crook and Elizabeth is too strident and yada, yada, yada.

Written out, however, exposes how flimsy, how downright stupid this reasoning/unreasoning sounds:

I don't hate women but . . .

Sad but true. The beat goes on.