You know what, I am glad Hillary stood up for me, and called out racists, sexists, xenophobes etc.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

I am glad someone articulated that voting for trump demonstrates these deplorable values.

I'm glad her follow up comments where more of a clarification and less of an apology.

Racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia all impact me, and I am glad that someone as powerful as Hillary said what she did.

Thanks Hillary.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. One step further

I've heard too many people say -


"He (Trump) is just saying what people are thinking but can't say".




She just said what I was thinking but a racist inbred trump supporter will beat me up for saying.

[Phentex]

4. good point...

I will use that myself!

[bettyellen]

5. What you said! Yes!

[niyad]

6. I am so stealing that last line. and my response to the "but they can't say" is, "damn right,

they can't, because what he is saying is utterly disgusting and hateful, and I want nothing to do with people like that".

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[mopinko]

2. shoring up the base. it's a thing.

and a thing hillary could use a little more of.
i am really glad she said it, too. and i think it comes out well for her in the end.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. yes, i think it works for her politically, but it also works for me morally

we need more people to stop hedging on issues that effect marginalized groups

[mopinko]

9. me too, and i think even absent the strategery,

she would have said it. it works for a WHOLE lot of people.

[Lucky Luciano]

17. Precisely

The reason a lot on the left don't trust Hillary is that she so carefully hedges all her proclamations. There is always an out based on her prior statements - eg - the fracking response she gave in the primary debates versus Bernie's unequivocal answer is a good example.

The "deplorables" comment was totally unhedged. She took the risk of saying how she really feels. For me, it paid off. I trust her more now. More of this please! On any topic.

[niyad]

7. yes, THANK YOU, HRC, for speaking for the rest of us. and I am so sorry that you are taking

so much ugliness for it.

[ismnotwasm]

8. K&R

[Lucky Luciano]

10. I only wish she didn't apologize in any way or clarify.

The polls of trump supporters thoughts on the marginalized back up her "half" assertion easily.

I was never a big Hillary fan, but I like her a lot more now.

[William769]

11. Me too!

[calimary]

12. I am, too!

She stood up for me, and she spoke for me! Loud 'n' clear!

Besides, we're not supposed to be into political correctness anymore, right? That's no longer in vogue, right? We "tell it like it is," RIGHT? Isn't that what the Trumpsters and other assorted Deplorables have been pushing?

This all takes me back to an email my late mother's boyfriend sent around (MANY obnoxious knuckle-dragger emails he sent around, but this one took the cake), the subject of which was "Why can't I say the 'n-word'?"

[KT2000]

13. media wants to tolerate

and encourage racism, sexism etc. but Democrats cannot! She drew a line and good for her. We stand for certain things - period.
Media has allowed the racism of the last 8 years to grow unchallenged to the point where there is an actual George Wallace/David Duke candidate running for the presidency.

[byronius]

14. Right there with you.

She's excellent.

[Saviolo]

15. And yet there are no depths to which Trump supports cannot sink

Because now this is where we are:




Good on him for owning it, but really? Is that how you want to self-identify?

[nolabear]

16. She stood up for me and spoke for my desire to stand for others.

Screw it; I'm done being nice to people who count on me not calling them out.

[stevenleser]

19. This is the first time that a US candidates supporters actually scare me.

The portion of his support that are alt-right folks are genuine neo-Nazis.

If they had their way Pri, you and I would be in a small windowless room breathing poison gas.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. I know, right?

[betsuni]

21. K&R