I don’t agree. I think drawing attention to the sexism is simply drawing attention to the sexism.

Then she directly addressed gender, adding: “I think one of the merits is I am a woman. And I can bring those views and perspectives to the White House.”

I feel the same. I also think it’s worth noting that Sanders would be the first Jewish president, and an openly “non religious” one, which I find a point in his favor, too. I’m a secularist and I’m more than fed up with my politicians preaching.

I mean, yeah. Margaret Thatcher was a female leader elected to high office, and look at how that turned out. It’s definitely confusing and disheartening to want a female president, but also to not want Hillary Clinton to be that president. It sucks, but that’s a rational, logical, and valid perspective, and it doesn’t…

Yeah, because this place isn’t known for “no one cares about your boner” and I have NEVER, EVER heard someone say “because of his penis” before. Wow, you guys are really on a roll on this one.

Of course, there are no men who can know what it’s like to be in that position. However, Sanders is openly advocating for 12 weeks paid parental leave through a 2.2% income tax across the board. Clinton has yet to release any concrete plans or policies to the effect of providing new parents with paid leave.

That’s Clinton’s stance, “I’m a woman, therefore, I’m a feminist, therefore you women should vote for me.” Sadly Steinem, and not-so-surprisingly Albright have hopped on that narrative. Mike’s statement was a call to evaluate the efficacy of claiming one is a social ally who is telling you to “be patient” resting on…

Also: if you haven’t seen it, definitely watch Killer Mike’s six-part interview with Bernie.

She has explicitly said people should vote for her because of it, but she’s leaning awful hard on that making her exceptional.

HAH. Hillary might not be “asking anyone to vote for her based on her gender,” but her people are certainly relying awfully heavily on the “but Bernie’s supporters are SEXIST” argument. Listen, I’ll happily vote for her if she wins the nomination, and a Clinton presidency would probably be no worse than Obama’s…

All I’m saying is that it’s probably better that we don’t all just lose our shit over the word “uterus.” Last I checked, it is not a slur, and I don’t think that Mike, or Elliott (the woman he was quoting) meant it as such.

And saying Hillary’s female-perspective may be an asset to the presidency is not the same as demanding women ‘vote with their vaginas’. I’m tired of this getting so twisted.

And it doesn’t make you upset that the Clinton camp most definitely did say women should only vote for her?

But Hillary is using her gender, and therefore her biology, as a argument for why she deserves from young women. Hillary made her gender an issue, not Sanders. She doesn't get to play both sides. Second-wave tokenism is to blame, not Killer Mike.

You fail to mention that this whole argument started from the Hilary camp though? Not one Bernie supporter ever suggested that women should support women or suffer eternal damnation? For Killer Mike to use the term uterus shouldn’t take away from his actual point which is no one should dictate how you should vote or…

Given the entire context of the quote, no, I don’t. I have heard a lot of “older feminists” talking about how young women “don’t understand the fight” as a means to promote Clinton, and to me, I think Killer Mike’s point stands. Telling us “incremental change” and “pragmatism” is a load of crap. A century after…

kinda like that time madeline albright called me a sex traitor

So nobody has ever accused a male of thinking with his dick and balls? right. Never happens to men. Nobody ever shit on dudes ever. never, not once.

reduces women to our reproductive organs in a way that never happens to men

He did not. Read the whole quote.