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highplainsdem

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13. Possibly he feels that tribal anti-civilian animus toward some people, but he serves a draft-dodger,
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 10:49 AM
Oct 2017

and there seems to be more motivating his animus toward Rep. Wilson.

I think it's partly racist, partly misogynistic...and maybe partly a priggish sense of decorum that leaves him offended by her way of dressing and her outspokenness.

His harking back to the 1950s when he believed society was better and "women were sacred" shows a reactiony attitude that tends to go with ingrained racism and sexism. The 1950s, when white women were housewives and mothers (though not at all "sacred" or even likely to be respected unless they fit into some narrowly defined and powerless role of perfect housewife and mother), and black women were often viewed by whites as "the help" -- and definitely not brave members of Congress who would dare criticize and challenge a white male president.

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