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lindysalsagal

(20,747 posts)
Tue Nov 15, 2016, 08:47 PM Nov 2016

My personal theory on some of the Hillary Hate: Nothing to back it up.

I'm not dismissing sexism and all the regular theories. They're all true, of course.

Yesterday I spoke to a woman from a state that's true blue but she voted for the orangatan anyway. She just hates the Clintons too much to notice what a crook and liar fRump is.

It occured to me that there might be a reason some people like her can't tolerate the Cintons. Not saying I'm right, but I could be. We'll never know.

If we didn't know the exact, (ahem.) true, detailed nature of the contact (widely known) between Bill and Monica, some people might have gotten over it. If they had just called it "an affair" it might not have had this effect on some people.

In this case, I believe this woman is so sexually repressed, she's absolutely repulsed buy Bill's behavior, to the point that she's blinded by disgust and rage. She's willing to overlook the grabbing p&**^%$ video because the finer details of Bill's contact, you know what I mean, totally freak her out. I mean, honestly, she just can't hear it or deal with it. She's not making a political statement or excuse: It's literally beyond her ability to even hear about this sexual activity. So, when a president was accused of it, she realized it made her react childishly and she's ashamed of herself.

She admitted to me that liberals look down on people like her: the shame she felt from us was her hangup. I"ve knonw this woman for years. She's not a poser. She can't lie. She's totally honest. She honestly can't handle grown-up sex talk and that repulsed her from voting for Hillary.

Don't tell me it's irrational- Of course it's irrational. She's not stupid. She's hung up.

Just an idea. I am NOT blaming this outcome on Bill. The lying and racism brought out all of the fRump voters. But at least in this case, it's the only thing I can think of that explains her blindness to the ugliness of fRump.

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My personal theory on some of the Hillary Hate: Nothing to back it up. (Original Post) lindysalsagal Nov 2016 OP
I suspect there are many like her Still Sensible Nov 2016 #1
A lot of people never got over her "baking cookies" comment either. N/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2016 #2
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