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In reply to the discussion: I'm ready for a revolution [View all]BainsBane
(57,808 posts)My hatred for women is so great that I am determined one never seek the presidency, that they understand their sole responsibility is to promote the political and economic ascendency of men.
I find it ironic that the people who are most contemptuous of feminists turn around and adopt essentialist views that exempt a few chosen women from any criticism.
The reactions to this thread have shown that the incessant mantra about the 1-99 percent is entirely hollow. Clearly you uphold the rights of the rich to lecture the poor and middle class about what they need to do, as long as they promote one man's career. One politician, however, is not a cause or a principle. I can't help wonder if there is any cause or principle that isn't infinitely malleable in order to promote Bernie? Corporate accountability extends only to one sector of the economy, coincidentally located in NY City. Gun corporations are not only exempted, they are guaranteed unfettered profits, with no-called "progressives" echoing NRA arguments about an immunity law that privileges corporate merchants of death over the rights and lives of American citizens. Concerns about economic equality have been thrown aside. Women's rights are irrelevant unless "women" can be invoked as a self-serving trope to enforce absolute obedience to one man's political ambitions. Not a word against the men who denounce women voters who fail to vote exclusive for men as "vagaina voters," but daring to criticize someone advocating for a Trump presidency is twisted to insist I am criticizing her simply because she is woman, while people who argue that women are "insecure" in wanting candidates to address their basic civil rights as a campaign issue face no criticism whatsoever. That is what is called blatant hypocrisy, and it is evident on one issue after another. There has been no criticism whatsoever from Sanders supporters about the revelation that--despite announcing on national television for months on end that he doesn't have a super pac--he in fact does. http://time.com/4261350/bernie-sanders-super-pac-alaska-millenials/ I have no idea what is is people think they are standing up for.
Income inequality, super pacs, campaign finance law--none of that matters in face of the far more important goal of Bernie's career. Every single issue has been tossed aside to promote him. As much as some Sanders supporters may think advancing the rights and wealth of themselves over the majority constitutes a principle, it does not. It is in fact the absence thereof.
Perhaps you can do us a public service by providing a list of all the rich people whose assets should be protected at all costs vs. the ones who are bad? Then you create another list of which women are too important to be criticized and which are evil personified? Or does it simply come down to anyone who supports Bernie should be above criticism while the 2.5 million more Democrats who have so far voted are inherently inferior?