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2016 Postmortem

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forgotmylogin

(7,939 posts)
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:09 AM Oct 2016

It really is just because she's a woman, right? [View all]

I started a political Twitter fight the other day (sometimes I feel feisty and like scrapping with the other side) It ended up with me basically conceding "Okay you've all convinced me, I'll vote for Trump, bye" just to withdraw because I had work to do, and they were all sniggering amongst themselves that I couldn't "keep up" in real time because my responses weren't instantaneous like it was live chat.

I was fine with all the "because Hillary has murdered hundreds of people" and the "because Bill did..." lines of argument The one that I had trouble answering was "What has Hillary accomplished?" I know she's had a long life in politics, been a Senator and SoS...but somehow anything you tell them is not any kind of valid answer. I like Samantha Bee's "Oh yeah, because the First Lady of Arkansas is who they consult to write tax code" answer but that didn't really apply. She did a ton of work in those roles, and her name is on (I think she said) over 600 pieces of legislation, but that all doesn't apply because she's a "murderer whose killed people with her bare hands" and "despicable because she let Bill off the hook" and "Benghazi" and "delivered secret emails containing all teh info" directly to ISIS" whatever. As usual, any solid hit I landed on Trump resulted in a non-sequitur insult ("get a job libtard&quot

Is there a good comeback for the "Hillary hasn't accomplished anything" accusation? I linked them to several websites with lists, but of course they were all "lib'rul media" sites and didn't count.

I know I shouldn't pick fights because their arguments are unreasonable. The most comical part was when they were all sniggering because I hadn't responded in like five minutes because I was actually finishing a report for work on the other screen next to my laptop. "Oh he's still thinking of an answer" "Oh, he's left us cause he has no answer" and someone random chimed in "these worthless libtards need to get a job"...as I'm doing my job.

Overall my impression though is that there's this extra layer of evil frosting on their hatred for Hillary. They hate Bill too but the invective doesn't have quite the extra slime of nastiness. The only thing I can guess is because she's a woman, and they have to resist saying that.

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A woman and worse a woman named Clinton. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #1
Not entirely. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2016 #2
No, they fear the communities being organized Nevernose Oct 2016 #21
Yep, a woman who has not ever known her place. They can't stand it. nt prayin4rain Oct 2016 #3
send them this link PunkinPi Oct 2016 #4
That's a great link... forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #5
Don't waste your time. Mz Pip Oct 2016 #7
I agree, good advice. forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #8
It's not what "she says", these are facts... PunkinPi Oct 2016 #9
Oh, I totally agree. forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #10
Some man openly said the words WhiteTara Oct 2016 #6
YES! - I have been thinking about this question for some time - asiliveandbreathe Oct 2016 #11
Yes. liberalmuse Oct 2016 #12
And the other part, sadly, is forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #15
she has 400 pieces of legislation with her name on it...instead of 400 bankruptcies Cakes488 Oct 2016 #13
extra level of evil frosting treestar Oct 2016 #14
A woman and a progressive at that meow2u3 Oct 2016 #16
Morgan Freeman narrates Hillary Clinton DNC biography video Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #17
The peculiar intensity of the anti-Hillary sentiment is almost certainly due primarily to misogyny ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #18
Not entirely. Lucinda Oct 2016 #19
I don't think so Bigredhunk Oct 2016 #20
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