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In reply to the discussion: Do y'all realize how much the Joe Biden "frontrunner" talk smacks of white male entitlement? [View all]FBaggins
(26,783 posts)Not white either really... just no evidence against it since both are white.
But the exact same types of things were said about Hillary four years ago. In fact, she wasn't just the "frontrunner"... she was the "unquestioned and unchallenged frontrunner"
The real reason why Biden shouldn't be pumped as the frontrunner at this point has nothing to do with race, gender, or any form of privilege... it's that we should have learned our lesson over the last few cycles to stop trying to clear the Democratic field too early in the process. Let the Democratic party select their candidate through a democratic process with several voices being heard in an open contest.
And for the record... I can think of quite a few alternatives before I would even pull the lever for Biden (or, frankly, Clinton again).