Democratic Primaries

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6. From 2016 - by Solnit - relating to this subject

Wed May 1, 2019, 12:08 PM

May 2019

R.S. shared this on her facebook page - relating to the above subject. It's an interesting read, too. Mostly about a man on 'death row.'

"There are two things I think about nearly every time I row out into San Francisco Bay. One is a passage from Shankar Vedantam’s The Hidden Brain, in which he talks about a swim he once took. A decent swimmer in his own estimate, Vedantam went out into the sea one day and discovered that he had become superb and powerful; he was instantly proud of his new abilities. Far from shore, he realized he had been riding a current and was going to have to fight it all the way back to shore. “Unconscious bias influences our lives in exactly the same manner as that undercurrent,” Vedantam writes. “Those who travel with the current will always feel they are good swimmers; those who swim against the current may never realize they are better swimmers than they imagine.”"

https://harpers.org/archive/2016/03/259268/?fbclid=IwAR04xp3t8Z2q8on3cg9ym8TPo_Nu0CF9fC8ljQ5YEDPaAOBO0bPAB7z1TY0

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Solnit: Unconscious Bias is Running for President [View all] bloom May 2019 OP

Trump cannot exploit the Anita Hill non-issue NYMinute May 2019 #1

The think of it is - a lot of women want a president who isn't a misogynist bloom May 2019 #2

Are you calling the Democratic males running for POTUS NYMinute May 2019 #15

A lot of women DownriverDem May 2019 #18

Joe Biden is not a misogynist. Demsrule86 May 2019 #19

We can't have white males presuming to know what will motivate blacks and women voters bloom May 2019 #10

Males have wives, sisters, mothers and daughters NYMinute May 2019 #16

Many males treat the women in their lives with paternalism. Demit May 2019 #29

If all it took was having wives, sisters, mothers and daughters kcr May 2019 #43

Let's pull out an extreme example NYMinute May 2019 #45

Let's construct a strawman? kcr May 2019 #47

They are supporting Biden according to polls. Demsrule86 May 2019 #20

Which is why DownriverDem May 2019 #21

point well taken saidsimplesimon May 2019 #48

Of course he could. Republicans, Trump in particular, are impervious to charges of hypocrisy. Demit May 2019 #12

It wont work. Demsrule86 May 2019 #22

It worked against Hillary and 16 Republican opponents. marylandblue May 2019 #40

Yes - and it would work with FOX viewers, etc. bloom May 2019 #34

bloom, thank you, saidsimplesimon May 2019 #3

You're welcome. n't bloom May 2019 #4

They won't win in rustbelt states and the only thing that happens if we prop Demsrule86 May 2019 #23

I see you are of the opinion that saidsimplesimon May 2019 #27

Changing the social construct is easier said than done. marylandblue May 2019 #26

We have already lost in 2020 saidsimplesimon May 2019 #30

+1 bloom May 2019 #35

I agree with you. But I see a lot of fear-based narratives right now. marylandblue May 2019 #41

I really don't like the false equating of Biden and Donald fraud unblock May 2019 #5

Misogyny or not R.S. nails it with this description: bloom May 2019 #8

No, that's exactly where she blows it. unblock May 2019 #13

None of that matters now. He was a victim of unconscious bias, as are we all. marylandblue May 2019 #42

Calling Biden a misogynist, even implying it, is complete and utter bullshit. Period. LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #14

She will never accept any apology. Demsrule86 May 2019 #24

More views about the Biden/Hill thing - from VOX bloom May 2019 #11

30 Years ago ...I don't care. It makes no difference to me. Demsrule86 May 2019 #25

From 2016 - by Solnit - relating to this subject bloom May 2019 #6

A most interesting read, thanks again saidsimplesimon May 2019 #7

Fantastic article. Thanks for posting it. Demit May 2019 #9

Great comments!! BlueMTexpat May 2019 #17

Unconscious bias and misogyny are not the same thing (even if they overlap). LisaM May 2019 #28

I'd be really interested in a Venn diagram doompatrol39 May 2019 #31

Yup loyalsister May 2019 #32

Yes - a lot of us are seeing the potential of this moment. bloom May 2019 #36

Warren is doing a great job at connecting institutional misogyny loyalsister May 2019 #38

I refuse to believe that Biden is our only electable candidate. earthshine May 2019 #33

Yeah. I don't get the Biden love, myself. bloom May 2019 #37

This. BlueWI May 2019 #49

I'll vote for: MineralMan May 2019 #39

Hey I get it, but if your plane is about to crash, do you want the guy who looks like the best pilot marylandblue May 2019 #44

I'll take the better pilot, if I know which MineralMan May 2019 #46