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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I think the lesson of Elizabeth Warren is not about sexism. It's about economic populism [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)16. Disagree. Emphatically.
We could go back and forth about it, but what's the point, really? It's not like I can provide photographic evidence of sexism affecting millions and millions of uneducated white men as they voted in the primaries. All I can say is I am married to an educated woman, and I look at the insane standard she's expected to meet to attain a modicum of respect from her male colleagues, and I look at how Warren was treated by her colleagues and the media, and I see a lot of fucking similarities.
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I think the lesson of Elizabeth Warren is not about sexism. It's about economic populism [View all]
ProfessorPlum
Mar 2020
OP
I agree that the lack of differentiation with Sanders was a tactical error.
TwilightZone
Mar 2020
#41
"The bad news is that a lot of people seem to be mistaking her loss in the polls with sexism."
Cary
Mar 2020
#6
Of course we all just love getting screwed by the Corporate Elite - nah, it is clearly sexism.
walkingman
Mar 2020
#27
Bernie is getting his clocked cleaned now for his so-called economic populism.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#28
Appeal and charisma away from the college educated, would be my guess a factor
empedocles
Mar 2020
#31
Nope - it was a sexist media narrative about the "electability" of a woman
Fiendish Thingy
Mar 2020
#33