The more I learn about Rubio, the more I'm convinced that he's a decent dude who is just wrong about 90% of everything. I don't think he's motivated by racism, sexism, or zealotry. I think he's just....wrong. A lot.

Similar to how every Clinton primary win has been waved off with "so she's winning red states where we don't stand a shot in the general anyway, who cares" as though somehow their voice in the primaries don't matter and those delegates don't count....

I hate that I can’t defend Clinton without having to add the ps that I’m supporting Sanders. I’ve found myself defending Clinton more and more lately, too. And I’m so sick of getting jumped on every time.

...I'm on the verge of switching camps to Clinton, actually, but I've been legit nervous about saying so because…

I don’t disagree with any of what you just said, but I do think that it’s a perfect illustration of why diversity matters. You admittedly have had a blind spot on diversity in your writing - Bernie appears to have a blind spot on diversity in his top level staff (and other areas as well but lets focus on this one for…

On the one hand, it's good that he responds to issues like this when challenged on them. On the other hand, I just know that if this were Hillary then her fixing it after being challenged would be considered disingenuous pandering. And on the mutant third hand, it's kinda worrisome that he has to be challenged first…

You MIGHT be thinking of his press secretary, Symone Sanders, who is a woman of color and an absolute rock star. She officially joined his campaign staff the day of his rally in Seattle last August, which I volunteered at. She's awesome. Clearly it must have been in the works that day, but the timing made it look a…

Well, duh. Hillary Clinton is incapable of doing anything right ever and is never genuine in intent or action. She is a soulless monster whose entire motivation is to be president, not because she wants to be president or to do good, but because she wants to make our lives worse and corporations profits bigger.

Or…

Pretty sure your lines are crossed. His campaign manager is Jeff Weaver, who is an old white dude who has been working with Bernie in some capacity or other for years. He was a legislative assistant when Bernie was in the house and worked on his senate campaign in 2006.

Came to say the same thing!

I'm pretty sure the women that speak out against cat calling aren't engaging in it. I hate being cat called; I don't do it to anyone else. Not difficult.

I didn't even read it as sexual tbh. I read it in the context of fb event invite culture where everyone selects "maybe" for their rsvp and then doesn't go. IOr hell even outside of fb whenever people try to make plans it's always "yeah maybe, that sounds fun!" and no one ever is just like "no thanks." Was talking…

As a brit living in America, American pop culture gets british history and culture straight up wrong all the damn time.

I’ve noticed there’s a trend around here of describing artists who engage in bad behavior as shitty at their art in addition to being shitty people. I find it weird, because it’s not like this situation would be improved by the band being good.

Someone upthread addressed this; saying that homebirth with all of that is safer than hospital birth doesn’t take into account any kind of context or nuance - like the fact that home births that go wrong are transferred to hospitals and if there is a complication/death those numbers end up going against the hospital…

Stop with the goldwater nonsense, she supported him for a short time in high school but was solidly a democrat in college.

You mean the policies Sanders voted for? Like the crime bill she was talking about when she made that poor word choice?

I'm supporting Sanders but I am so fed up with this line of attack against Clinton. Sanders does not have a perfect record on this stuff.

It’s not just a narrative in the media, it’s a perception that people have because while he does have those plans when it comes to answering debate questions he always comes back to income inequality and wall street regardless of what the question is. He needs to be able to clearly and concisely articulate his plans…

She's also the woman that organized to desegregate her college campus and was heavily involved in the civil rights movement as well. As for the 'super predator' thing, it was not a racial dog whistle at the time. We look back on it now and see the result of the law and we attribute what we know now to the thinking…

He was getting arrested protesting segregation while Clinton was actively involved in desegregating her college campus. They both were involved in the civil rights movement.

100% cosigned. "Protest" votes and abstaining from voting because you don't get your perfect candidate is an act of privilege by people who aren't going to be impacted all that much by the bad policies enacted by those they help into office by refusing to play. I find it telling that everyone I know who has said that…