I’ll skip to your “experts”
- Susan Bardo. There’s her excerpt of her book in the Guardian (The destruction of Hillary Clinton: sexism, Sanders and the millennial feminists) where she goes through a whole argument why young millennial women (Bernie Grrlz?) supported Sanders. She basically says they were bamboozled, or lied to, or didn’t have the benefit of going through the history of their older sisters. But never once does she mention the fact that much of the opposition to HRC among the young was because of her support of the Iraq War, which was well discussed before and during the primaries. That, and her imperialist and colonialist tendencies (e.g., Honduras,Haiti), or her ties to Wall Street seemed sufficient to reject her without having to be a sexist.
- I don’t know enough about Traister to comment, other than Clinton’s defeats have impelled her to write 2 books about them.
- Now Solnit has a point. Elizabeth Warren is held to a different standard then men on the “electability” standard. She is my second choice, and I wouldn’t be displeased if she becomes the nominee, as she’s fairly progressive. But Sanders has been progressive longer, so until he’s eliminated, I’ll stick with him.
- Ana Marsh is dishonest:
There is no economic populism without abortion rights and civil rights. No one can have economic justice if he or she doesn’t have fundamental rights. Yet Sanders has made it plain that abortion rights are negotiable and brushes off “identity politics.” He consistently argues that his values — and his alone — should define what it is to be progressive. (Which can’t help but remind one of Donald Trump’s unilateral defining of terms.)
- Since fucking when? He has an excellent pro-choice record. Meanwhile, the front runner:
Biden In 1974: Women Don’t Have Sole Right To Say What Should Happen To Their Bodies
And “identity politics” can be argued over. But if a candidate consistently votes on the right side of the rights of those different identities, it seems a bit obtuse to slag them over their use of terminology.
I’m not trying to shut anybody up. I just want you to tell the truth.