I certainly respect you and your posts too, and I thank you for the reminder. I of course do not mean to demean the fighting that women have to do every single day. My sarcasm was aimed at her policies and the corrupt system(s) that helped get her where she is, and at those supporters of hers who don’t seem bothered by that. I have very little faith that Clinton herself has a nuanced understanding (let alone genuine, working concern) for the compromises and worse that so many others have had to make to stay standing, and to keep going – and those others are not just women of color and poor white women, but basically anyone who’s not up in the .001% that she and Mr. Clinton have scrabbled and compromised their way into. I think that Sanders, OTOH, does have that nuanced understanding, and further, that he works primarily on the basis of it.
And it seems important to add, while also trying not to be nitpicky, that I wasn’t saying something mean-spirited about HER; it was about her supporters, and in particular, those who castigate supporters of Sanders for not pledging their determination to fall in line and start fighting for Clinton immediately. No thanks. I’m still mourning the apparent loss of the first presidential candidate with a solid fighting chance and widespread popularity that I’ve felt genuinely excited and hopeful about since like, forever. I think U.S. voters blew a real chance to turn things around when they gave Clinton the nom (not that she didn’t also, apparently, have some shenanagins-like help along the way, which has also been infuriating).
So yeah, thanks again for the reminder, and as I calm down I’m sure I’ll temper my occasional sarcasm accordingly. It does seems tho that there’s some insensitivity coming from both sides.
