Where is Bernie Sanders on Gender Justice?

[Armstead]

205. I was frustrated and had been on DU too long dealing with this kind of stuff

So I snapped at you.

Stated more diplomatically:

I don't believe some idiotic attempt at creative writing and social commentary someone wrote in 1972 (a very different era) should be held against them today. If every idiotic thing people said or did in their younger days were held against them now, we would not have anyone qualified to run for office.

I don't know Sanders personally, but I seriously seriously doubt that he walks around harboring rape fantasies.

("Campaign spokesman Michael Briggs called the essay a "dumb attempt at dark satire in an alternative publication" in an interview with CNN, adding that it "in no way reflects his views or record on women." He added, "It was intended to attack gender stereotypes of the '70s, but it looks as stupid today as it was then."&quot

In Sander's case, the claim that he is "anti-woman" that is especially hollow in light of his long,long record of advocating for women's rights and health and economic status.

However, if you believe that one badly written essay from 40 years ago betrays some deep character flaw that totally negates his record and reflects an "anti-woman" attitude today, then there is nothing I can say that will convince you otherwise.