2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: No, it doesn't look sexist at all. Uh uh. Nope. Nothing to see here... [View all]BigBoss26
(25 posts)Fraud accusations are par for the course for almost every election now. To point to that as an example of sexism is pretty off the mark. Welcome to the world of paranoia and cynicism.
The "coronation" stuff, I mean, can even the biggest HRC supporters deny that she's been the party's chosen candidate for a long time? For me(and obviously I can't speak for others), that's all the coronation stuff is a reference to.
Too loud, too mean, too soft, too short, corrupt, corporate owned, etc... These are criticisms. Some of them very shallow and petty for sure, but they're still just criticisms. They're all things that can be said about men. There's nothing exclusively feminine about those criticisms to make them sexist. You can question the motives behind the criticisms(which would require a healthy dose of mind reading and projection) but the criticisms themselves aren't inherently sexist. Also, I think you have a pretty short memory if you don't think a guy's masculinity has ever been used against male politicians.
The one I'll grant you is "too ambitious". That definitely sends up a red flag because it's typically not something a man would ever get criticized for. I'm with you on that. But a lot of this sounds like you chalking up nearly every attack to sexism. Surely there's a more constructive response than that.