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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Yes, its OK to vote for Hillary because she is a woman! [View all]99Forever
(14,524 posts)67. I didn't "order(ing) women around, I asked you a simple question.
A question you have yet to answer. Why is that? Could it be that it proves you to a be classic hypocrite? One railing against the very thing you are doing at the very same time?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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If you're voting for inequality and discrimination, I have nothing to offer beyond contempt. nt
procon
Jun 2016
#5
You could just answer the question instead of twisting yourself into a pretzel...
99Forever
Jun 2016
#69
You are talking as if we already have the level playing field, just as Sanders did and his fail.
seabeyond
Jun 2016
#88
No. And I told you why it is not a perfectly valid question. Yet you ignore reasoning again.
seabeyond
Jun 2016
#107
I made points, to which you did not respond. But I will respond to your so-called "questions".
athena
Jun 2016
#76
Faulty logic here. Just because men were elected it does not follow that gender was the criteria.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#70
No question sexism has played a giant role especially considering for quite a few of the 44
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#91
I also think it is either lazy or fingers in the ear to throw around misogyny
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#136
I require no agreement to be correct. I hope you find a way to value who you are and
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#139
I was absolutely thrilled to vote for Obama, not least BECAUSE he was black. The same with Hillary.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#90
I'm sorry, but claiming sexism against men when throughout history, we have had 44 males presidents
boston bean
Jun 2016
#98
What a righteous feminist rant. !!! The absurdity I hear in reducing this to merely voting for woman
seabeyond
Jun 2016
#8
What about American poor women who had public assistance yanked out from under them?
Armstead
Jun 2016
#31
Yep, nothing gets a woman's attention like a man telling her, to "pay attention!"
procon
Jun 2016
#44
What about American women who had husbands and fathers locked up by the Crime bill Hillary hawked*
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#55
Even as First Lady she was more powerful than the fuckin' elected congressman that voted. Lol
seabeyond
Jun 2016
#87
Amen!! Thank you for standing up. Pay no attention to the naysayers. They've been
BreakfastClub
Jun 2016
#14
Voting for someone because of gender is the same as voting against someone because of gender.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2016
#33
There hasn't been a woman president since this country was founded even though their 50% of the..
qdouble
Jun 2016
#52
I applaude you. There are many people who can't own it. Some I've interacted with feign disbelief
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Jun 2016
#103
OK? Is there any other reason besides (1) a female president is overdue and (2) Hillary isn't Trump?
Vote2016
Jun 2016
#141
You mean besides our autonomy, equality, justice, fairness, parity and rights? nt
procon
Jun 2016
#142