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Syzygy321

(583 posts)
52. You misunderstand... Please listen. I will try to explain.
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:04 PM
Aug 2015

-- I am not talking Bernie vs Hillary. He's great. I will be happy if he wins.

-- I am not saying you are sexist. Voting for the candidate whose policies you favor is not sexist! In a perfect world everyone would vote on that basis - not on looks, speech delivery, gender, race, or charisma.

-- I am definitely not saying that anyone who votes against a woman or minority is a bad liberal.

-- I am saying I want you to respect my view. Which derives from my experience. Women are my team, my tribe - and we are always on the losing side, and have been throughout history (but we're gaining, you bastards! We're gaining on you! and one day we'll be even!). In my schools, in work, in marriage, I have frequently been pushed onto the losing side because I am female.

I wanna see my team win. Can you understand that? Not to beat down your team and make laws against you and rape you and control you (as your team has always done to mine). Just to be equal - so I and others don't have to endure that crap in the future.

I have a hope that when we are even and women lead and share responsibilities alongside men, all women will be as free as men.

Imagine if the leadership of Afghanistan were female - or even half female. Imagine if all countries were led by men and women together: Iran. Saudi Arabia. China. Japan. Mexico.

The US Senate.
Fortune 500 companies.
The cops.

That's what I want. Not as an end in itself but as a step toward freedom and security and equal opportunity for all.

I am not fool enough to think a woman in the WH will instantlyake us "post-misogynist.". (I didn't think the black guy would make us post-racial either.)

But I cheer for Clinton like I cheered for the Red Sox when they had gone 70-plus years without a championship.

You can understand that, can't you? All of you?.

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Me too. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #1
I don't. Throd Aug 2015 #2
Unless Carly wins n/t arcane1 Aug 2015 #3
That's funny right there! nt jonno99 Aug 2015 #5
Hate to break it to you, she's actually Mitt Romney in a dress! emulatorloo Aug 2015 #29
I would vote for Elizabeth Warren. mmonk Aug 2015 #4
I'd prefer the best candidate, regardless of hardware between their legs NightWatcher Aug 2015 #6
Good to hear, which means if Hillary is the candidate, you surely could NEVER not vote for randys1 Aug 2015 #26
Not a good enough reason to vote for Hillary. Lucky Luciano Aug 2015 #7
100% agreed, and IMO the worst possible reason to vote for her. hifiguy Aug 2015 #12
Absolutely true. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #42
You posted this in the wrong forum. demmiblue Aug 2015 #8
Really? Look how many Trump ops there are in this forum? trumad Aug 2015 #13
And? demmiblue Aug 2015 #18
Yeah I read it. trumad Aug 2015 #19
You are welcome. demmiblue Aug 2015 #24
So what? REALLY, elleng Aug 2015 #9
I object to 45 -0. trumad Aug 2015 #17
That's your prerogative. And I'm with Trumad. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #36
I find great hypocrisy in the idea that in 2008, ericson00 Aug 2015 #10
Wow, you think many people voted for President Obama just because he is African American?! demmiblue Aug 2015 #14
not many people, but some people did do it to show we were "over race" ericson00 Aug 2015 #15
You went there. You basically said that President Obama won the primary because of race. demmiblue Aug 2015 #22
I think so too. He represented something: Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #44
huh ? Truprogressive85 Aug 2015 #21
Indeed. A big problem is the lack of women in governorships, the Senate and House. PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #11
That's what they said in UK when Thatcher was up for PM. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #16
What..they said 45 and 0? trumad Aug 2015 #20
Exactly my thought - we don't need a Thatcher. djean111 Aug 2015 #23
Yep. Policy first, hifiguy Aug 2015 #32
+1 mmonk Aug 2015 #38
This reminds me of your post about Istanbul :) Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #46
Bernie supports and stands for the things I have always supported. hifiguy Aug 2015 #49
You misunderstand... Please listen. I will try to explain. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #52
Well, as Hillary ain't exactly Maggie ... n/t bobclark86 Aug 2015 #34
I think Hillary may have the same tendency to want to appear tough, as Thatcher did. djean111 Aug 2015 #35
She certainly spends a lot of her time sounding awfully hawkish. hifiguy Aug 2015 #40
Doesn't win what? The nomination? Spider Jerusalem Aug 2015 #25
If only Warren had run, Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #27
We need more women in politics. Congress and the Senate should be loaded with women Autumn Aug 2015 #28
From a ghost to a ghost seveneyes Aug 2015 #30
That doesn't mean any woman should be president ram2008 Aug 2015 #31
Don't blame men when women lose elections untrue Aug 2015 #33
When Palin lost TSIAS Aug 2015 #37
Yes leftofcool Aug 2015 #39
Since men have been on both sides, hughee99 Aug 2015 #41
there are more women voters than men untrue Aug 2015 #45
I vote for the candidate whose ideas I support left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #43
To suggest that any of us should vote for Hillary Clinton SheilaT Aug 2015 #47
That's 'cause it is fucked up ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #48
Don't really care if the next 45 Presidents are men, women or barnyard animals that can talk. AppalachianLeftist Aug 2015 #50
I vote for the best 840high Aug 2015 #51
this, i hope we have a woman president soon, just not a corporate controlled one Amishman Aug 2015 #54
Actually 0-25 Glassunion Aug 2015 #53
I agree that it's kind of fucked up. In fact, it's an international embarrassment RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #55
This conversation should be directed to GD:P Aerows Aug 2015 #56
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