The sexism charges against Bernie are complete bullshit

[liberalnarb]

[NowSam]

1. The whole smear just makes HRC look weak

Because either she is presidential and can stand up to a 74 year old man or she is a fragile little flower. Which is it?

[saturnsring]

3. women who bring up sexism are fragile flowers?

what's next bernie? telling her to shut up?

[NowSam]

4. How in the world is it sexist

to tell a person, "Excuse me" when they are interrupting you?

How is that sexist? He would have said it to any man or woman who was being rude.

[liberalnarb]

6. Its not sexist. Just a worthless bullshit argument

[NowSam]

7. Exactly.

What is Sexist is to suggest that she needs some special consideration because of her gender. He treated her as an equal and her fans don't like that. She needs some special advantage. That sets back the gender equality movement in my opinion.

[rock]

11. If you just read that, it's not

But if you hear it, it has attitude. In areas of sexism, racism, and agism, one needs to be especially careful about tone.

[NowSam]

13. I think that is absurd

I think that he would have used that exact tone against Martin O'Malley had he still been in the debate. Gender has zero to do with this. It is worse than just imagining it. It is to push a false narrative and slander and smear a great candidate.

[rock]

16. Good for you

That would have been an OK tone to use against O'malley, but that misses my point. Bernie should try to tone it down in those social situations where it can be misinterpreted (especially by those with political axes to grind).

Welcome to DU. Stay a while!

[Bubzer]

22. Wait, did I really just read that?

"That would have been an OK tone to use against O'Malley" but not Hillary? Now who's being sexist? I think I'm done dealing with you.

[rock]

23. A good point to quit on

Another one that you don't get.

[Bubzer]

19. No, one does not have to be careful about tone when being interrupted.

Especially when being a politician who is herself guilty of interrupting others during debates... unless of course, your contention is that she's sexist as well.

[rock]

20. Of course you think that

And as usual you just don't get it.

[Bubzer]

21. Sure. Whatever you say. You think he was sexist... and she's a delicate flower...

[rock]

24. None of which I said

But thanks anyways.

[LiberalArkie]

5. Well HRC does outrank Bernie.

She is a Madamn and he is only a Senator.

[daleanime]

8. K&R.....

[Geronimoe]

9. A distraction

This is similar to flaming. Hillary lies about Bernie's record on bailing out auto industry and then start flaming to avoid being called out for her lie. What is being hidden in the role Bill and Hillary played in passing NAFTA and deregulating banks that destroyed jobs and factories in Michigan. You attack your opponent on your greatest weakness.

TYT needs to be careful of getting caught in the Clinton's campaign plan of misinformation and cover up. This is a perfect example of wag the dog.

[daleanime]

12. +1

[Nitram]

10. I don't think Bernie is sexist.

I would like to see Clinton supporters drop that argument. Bernie can be a little rude or brusque at times, but compared to someone like Trump, he's a saint.

[yuiyoshida]

14. I love you Ana Kasparian!

<3

[davidthegnome]

15. He is responding to being lied about.

He is doing so much more politely than I would. He voted in favor of a bill that would have bailed out the auto-industry, he voted against a later bill that included that, but also was intended to bail out wall street. No, he didn't vote against bailing out the auto-industry, he voted against bailing out wall street and the crooks that crashed our economy.

Also, all that stuff about pointing and finger wagging that some were complaining about... Clinton is doing some pretty serious finger shaking/pointing there. "Tell the whole story Senator!" He was trying to tell the whole story.

Context matters. If this was in a different context I might say Sanders was being rude - but he isn't. Given the conversation on stage he is being much more polite than she deserves. As for the charges of sexism... I really don't get it.

[LAS14]

17. I agree...

... that he illustrated a difference in tone that men of his age can let slip when speaking to women. But I don't doubt his genuine commitment to equal rights and I, as a Hillary supporter, think we should just let the whole thing drop.

[liberalnarb]

18. Men of his age? When speaking to women??

Thats equally ridiculous, agist and plain BS, he was talking to her the same way he would speak to a male opponent, end of story. It had nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman.