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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton was right: The parts of America that support Trump are stuck in the past [View all]Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)Overanalyzed her every comment to twist what she said into disparaging crucial portions of the electorate. Worse comments made by her opponents about equally crucial voters seldom made the news cycle for more than a few days, then were forgotten about.
Romney's inopportune caught on tape "47%" comment comes close, as does Obama's "clinging to guns and bibles" comment.
The media has been demonizing Clinton's words since her "at home baking cookies" days, if not before. It was pretty obvious she was not against those women that chose to not have professional careers, but instead was tired of defending her choice to have a career. We know how that twisting of words and overanalyzing turned out.
Unfortunately, the alternative to all of this is to silence her, and all women who speak up. That is NOT going to happen, nor should it.