The double standard in crystalline clarity

[MrScorpio]

Clinton is overly scrutinized for her political works, rarely given credit for her record of public service, steadiness, experience and stateswomanship, while the dilettante Trump is praised for his bluster, hardly ever called on his outrageously untenable proposals and is labeled "presidential" simply because he avoided having an apoplectic episode in public.

Yet somehow, it's Clinton who supposedly has the trustworthiness deficit?

It only goes to show how utterly broken our political system is, under a biased and feckless press. As long as it remains that way don't expect our electoral system to improve and our electorate to become properly informed.

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

[yardwork]

2. Similar to other false equivalencies, such as giving equal time to flat earthers.

Or, maybe the earth really is only 6,000 years old? Film at 11!

Or, "many credible experts believe that the earth is really cooling, not warming. Bill O'Reilly has the story!"

[tclambert]

8. Hey, the tide comes in, the tide goes out, and nobody can explain it.

I heard that on the TeeVee, so it must be true.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. Another K and R.

The sexism issue. Sigh.

There are a lot of Male People who will fight you over it. Especially if you're a Female Person.

Sigh. Sexism.


smh

[Tobin S.]

5. Yeah, I was just talking to my wife about that.

I recently had a little flame war on facebook with a guy who supposedly wasn't supporting Trump but thought Hillary was a "vile bitch."

I have seen those words used against Hillary probably nine or ten times recently on facebook by men. They offer no real reasons why they dislike Hillary and they don't offer any evidence or facts, she's just a "vile bitch" in their view.

They need to wake and smell the fuckin' coffee. They don't like Hillary because she's a woman, plain and simple. It doesn't matter what she does or what she says, they don't want a woman leading this country and they don't like seeing a woman have power.

I don't know if these guys are fully aware of why they feel the way they do. I don't know if they understand. Men have been taught that they are better than women for a long time. As a society, we are probably not going to throw that off for a while, but having a female president will make some inroads.

[rurallib]

4. It goes to show how important it is to own 90+% of the media

that really shapes perceptions.
The only piece they don't own is the internet, but they have it targeted for takeover.

[Laser102]

6. K&R

[Skittles]

7. if Hillary behaved like Donald

she would be labeled hysterical and emotionally unstable

pure sexism

[meow2u3]

11. HRC is already called "shrill" and "emotional"

no matter how collected she really is. It's pure misogyny and it's high time the MSM be called out on their sexist double standards.

[niyad]

9. k and r

[hay rick]

10. The media supports the needs of the oligarchy.

Widespread ignorance and a paralyzed political system works well for them.