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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe let this thread die, and start over if you want to have a substantive conversation.  Too much bad blood here, on both sides.

- Syd (Hillary supporter)[/quote]

If there was a way to express an opinion on dcum without starting an argument that eventually results in being insulted, then I might take your advice. But the fact is, my own opinion is that Hillary Clinton is not a feminist and Bernie Sanders is a much better feminist. That statement alone pissed people off but I explained  my reasons and posted a good article on the subject.  Make of it what you will.[/quote]

But see, you had to lift up your candidate by dissing the other candidate.

You could've said, "I think Bernie is a great feminist because..."[/quote]

I could but that would not express my point which is that I believe that Sanders is the real feminist in the race. I thought I was being pretty polite about it compared to my 76 year-old feminist friend who posted on FB this morning that Clinton "makes a mockery of feminism."  I didn't want to make a statement like that because I think Clinton is okay on [i]some [/i]women's issues and she is certainly better than the Republican alternatives but it is hard for me to see how any feminist (woman or man) can support her over Sanders unless it is all about her gender and not about equality, social justice, and human rights. [/quote]

Well, then you fail to see some really obvious things.  I have pretty great feminist bona fides, and definitely think she's the better feminist.  Not just because of gender. [/quote]

What are the obvious things?[/quote]

Long list and I'm watching kids play, but consistently beig ahead of the curve on pioneering women's equal treatment in the workplace, advocating for things like human rights for women internationally, actually working hard for reproductive rights and equal pay, neither of which Bernie ever did much on other than be another reliable vote.  She actually worked on it.  Advocated. Fundraised. Spent political capital.  She did much more (I know, I work on those issues).  [/quote]

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