Bernie Sanders Voters Helped Trump Win and Here's Proof

[JHan]

239. It was a gender based argument.

"Gosh we can't elect the female right now because .. look how bad the world is", mentioning her accomplishments is a further stab in the back because it adds a patronizing layer "Yes she's qualified, but you know she's a woman and that's problematic. Worse yet a woman with baggage "

It's a lesson in how we think we may mean well but end up repeating sexist propaganda which alienates women. It takes a lot of self-awareness to catch when we fall for the same terrible ideas which propagate the toxic behavior we claim we want to end and fight against. Those who defend how things are and traditionalist behavior often use these arguments " We can't possibly hire the black guy, the woman, the black woman! how will people react?" It's tempting to take a less than charitable view that it's concern trolling, but it's deeper than that in this case.

What's insane about this analysis is that the woman in question actually did win the majority of votes. Was the DNC supposed to say "Sorry Clinton is a Woman and we can't risk it?" Rather than blame the woman, look at the factors which led to a woman of substance losing an election, despite her contributions and service.

"Does it set men back to point out that he was robbed of his best opportunity to be president by bad luck and ill political winds? "

Are you arguing that men have a history of being denied political power? What are you arguing here?