you are more than welcome to your opinion. i am simply and respectfully stating that i have heard counterarguments to interventionism as well, at least from those who were fortunate enough to survive it. that said, my anti-war stance is not relegated solely to american interventionism, but war period. you seem to have…

i am not a faux liberal. and while you may have benefited from a war, many women have not. war is detrimental to women, but war is waged in multiple ways, not just by the US, as you well know. but the way al qaeda came to power stemmed from a political vacuum created by wars. they didn’t appear out of thin air.…

in her case, unfortunately, both.

apparently so. it’s one thing to disagree on policy issues (which i welcome, actually), it’s another to make sweeping assumptions about someone’s life and background just because she disagrees with you. this person is not the only one to react to my suggestion that clinton, albright (and, by extension, steinem) do not…

not sure what happened to my comment, so here it is again:

oh no, “PersnicketyPants” is definitely totally ok putting people down for their political beliefs...and not above a little racism in the process:

i would LOVE to hear that story. nina turner is a boss. i’d like to see HER as president one day.

i really feel sorry for you and hope you find peace despite all your deep hatred. p.s. i am not white; the person in my profile pic is your truly. i am proud of who i am and i don’t have to hide behind a fake name and avatar. it’s too bad you sustain your self-worth on insults.

are you trying to insult me for using academic terms that are *real*? golly gee, i never thought i’d see this sort of shaming of women with different opinions and who favor actual change on a supposedly left-leaning feminist site. is that you, donald trump?!

to edit myself: the death toll in iraq is currently 500,000 since the iraq war invasion in 2003. i was thinking of the war on terror *total* stats, which some show to be around 4 million.

it’s from jacobin, not feministing. other than that, your reply exists as its own art form. i hope others enjoyed reading it as much as i did. lol.

oh yeah, there have been lots of pieces popping up here in the u.s. about the clintons’ collective decisions to the detriment of black (u.s. and latin/francphone, bearing honduras and haiti in mind) americans. there was a really good one on salon the other day. i was little when bill was in office (i was born in ‘83),…

youR best bet* (sorry, i am notorious for typos bc i never proofread anything or, oddly, miss things even when i DO proofread!)

it’s frustrating for sure, and i think indicative of how limited our understanding of feminism can be here, or, at least indicative of how little we question the people we champion. i think one can consider women like clinton and albright as admirable for holding offices rarely held by women. i can easily say yes,…

youR best bet* (sorry, i am notorious for typos bc i never proofread anything or, oddly, miss things even when i DO proofread!)

this comment and many others on this thread show that you are intentionally twisting my words or, to be more generous, misinterpreting me entirely. I a) never said feminism could “solve” these problems (not sure *where* you got that from), b) but what i did say is my feminism is intersectional and recognizes that…

yeah i like it, and i know some of the people who have written for it (as many of the contributors are professors and researchers/phd students) and can vouch for their sharpness. not all the articles are great, but most of their analysis is top notch and makes you think differently about a lot of issues. i also read…

to spell it our clearer, foreign policy is not all about war, but it’s certainly connected to a lot.

i will let him speak to that:

i support bernie sanders. though no candidate’s record is perfect in terms of foreign policy, i prefer his approach to clinton’s (among many other stances that affect me and people whose needs i think are often ignored). i also base my opinion re: foreign policy on what has happened under clinton’s watch (and with…