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I read the essay when the controversy first arose years ago, actually.
My point remains that Bernie Sanders never wrote an essay about rape fantasies. He never claimed that all women fantasize about being raped. The essay was about evolving gender roles and the complications women and men face in maintaining healthy relationships. The "fantasies" he wrote about in the first few lines were meant to frame the narrative that men and women were struggling with becoming more than the expected dominant male and subservient woman gender roles. Just look at the cultural portrayals of women on t.v. and in movies at the time. Woman needed a husband's signature to get a credit card in the 60's. Abortion wouldn't even be legal until 1973. He never advocated for, or personally exclaimed the virtues of, rape. That's a 100% context free distortion. If any woman wants to step forward and discuss what they are still struggling to brush off about this essay, I'd be more than willing to listen.
Hillary Clinton called some kids "super predators". So, I take it she's a racist and should only ever be judged by that one phrase?
They are often the kinds of kids that are called super predators — no conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first, we have to bring them to heel.
Is it hard for the black community to brush that off no matter when she said it? Why was that not the quote you picked?
Obviously you wanted to equate Bernie Sanders with Donald Trump on the issue of misogyny.
I actually agree with a lot of your posts, but your relentless hatred for the "far left" boogie man ...Bernie Sanders is "crafty", Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon cost us the election, the progressives just want "free stuff"...is dragging down many of your more reasonable arguments.
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