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In reply to the discussion: The Clinton Reckoning Is One of the Most Essential #MeToo Revelations Yet [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)to bash her with impunity. Not buying it. There is valid criticism and then there is just completely unprincipled pile-ons and double standards. Hillary is routinely subjected to the latter in the name of "critiquing", but that same pile-on is rejected for other candidates -- hence the glaring double standards.
She was a national candidate. So was Bernie. She shouldn't be held to a different standard. She's not a den mother. MeToo is only one aspect of this. This was TEN YEARS ago. The MeToo hashtag is just being exploited to denigrate her. She's not a national corporation or employer; she didn't move a temporary employee to Siberia just to derail her career. She didn't cover anything up. The affected employee said Hillary was a source of inspiration. No one is talking about the two employees transferred from Bernie's campaign. If any criticism is blindly dismissed, it's not about Hillary.
This is just an opportunity to hold her to higher standards that are not expected of others. She had no long term employment to offer and her campaign was fluid and mobile, like all campaigns. She has every right to keep her campaign on track to enhance herself -- just like everyone else who campaigns.