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In reply to the discussion: It wasn't the emails... [View all]BainsBane
(53,029 posts)116. Those comments are offensive when directed against the marginalized
because they are marginalized, because of the history of slavery, Jim Crow, and other forms of racism. You apparently feel that is the same as the demographic that controls the vast majority of wealth and power on the planet. Obviously all white men are not wealthy and powerful, but they don't come from a historical legacy of slavery and racial oppression. That is why those comments are not typically deemed offensive.
It's astounding any of this has to be explained to you. It's not something people who have spent time around liberals or progressives would be unfamiliar with. I have trouble believing this is sincere.
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Even in the Age of Trump, So Many Americans Don't Want a Woman President--She Might Mess Things Up
dlk
Oct 2017
#3
No. Why should the party have disavowed the woman who had been loyal to the party
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#18
I disagree. The party had good reason to believe that she was poised on the edge of winning
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#37
No, we don't. The emails in question were written in late April and May, after Hillary's
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#66
That just made sense. We had an insane number of debates in 2008. We had decided
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#69
I was truly shocked when Hillary made that remark about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Oct 2017
#34
Well, no Democratic candidate has won the white vote since 1964, sooooooo . . . .
HughBeaumont
Oct 2017
#41
so we want to win elections by attacking the largest demographic in the Country
HopeAgain
Oct 2017
#52
How is asking them to take a hard look at themselves equal to "hating" and "attacking"?
HughBeaumont
Oct 2017
#57
Even though that sign is 100% accurate, lets not forget that Trump won the White female vote too
Snake Plissken
Oct 2017
#25
The inclusion of Sanders is why Hillary fans will never get anywhere with their arguments
berni_mccoy
Oct 2017
#43
I disagree. The election was all about Comey and the corrupted FBI. HRC kicked Trump's ass
StevieM
Oct 2017
#55
They would have had it not been for a totally corrupt FBI waging a war on our democracy.
StevieM
Oct 2017
#72
You missed the point...it is not all about you. If all white males did what you did, we'd be fine
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2017
#63
Pretty soon we are in a crisis that will only be resolved in ways that are not
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2017
#70