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The number of people I know celebrating the fact that she might be the first female president is disturbing (I mean the hashtag #ImWithHer even plays up that fa
by newman314 10y ago
The number of people I know celebrating the fact that she might be the first female president is disturbing (I mean the hashtag #ImWithHer even plays up that fact, not #ForThePeople etc.). She's played that card hard and certain individuals have lapped it up.
From what I've seen, this appears to drive a significant cognitive dissonance around all her flaws as a candidate: war hawk, horrible record on policy, attack dog on her husband's accusers etc.
FWIW, it's always been the issues and policies being the primary qualifiers for me, not what someone's gender is. I don't doubt there will eventually be a woman president, just like we had a black president but I'm not sure she's that torchbearer.
History will tell... but I sure hate us normal folk having to deal with the consequences
- kaitai 10y agoAre you saying that Hillary should avoid the female pronouns? I have to say, ImWithHer seems pretty innocuous to me. Gerald Ford had, "He's making us proud again." Goldwater: "In Your Heart, You Know He's Right." Would you say they were unnecessarily emphasizing their maleness, their role in upholding the patriarchy... or is it just that most of us use "he" and "she"? War hawk, sure. Using "her" to refer to herself, ...
- newman314 10y agoNo. She's a woman, naturally she would use female pronouns. However, that does not equate to using/playing up the fact that she is a woman (as a differentiator etc.). That said, #ImWithHim is equally silly. Once again, policies and issues are what matter.