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In reply to the discussion: The ugly, unspoken truth about this election. [View all]Albertoo
(2,016 posts)39. I'll be the lonely voice of dissent: sexism is a negligible issue in this election
None of the Republican web rhetoric is aimed at gender (even though 'Trump' Republicans are far heavier on machismo than mainstream/'establishment' Republicans)
The issues as seen from Trump Republicans are jobs, taxes, identity and guns.
- jobs (losses to China/Mexico or EPA standards) and taxes (the Reagan/Laffer mystique)
- identity (a feeling of being overwhelmed by the ex-minorities), includes guns (Wild West)
on both counts, far more than mainstream Republicans.
To claim the Trump loons have sexism as an agenda probably comes straight out of the imagination of a gender studies teacher in search for self-justification.
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The eye-opening revelation is, sexism against women isn't limited to men. Women engage in the same
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2016
#2
It's the same old story. A woman has to do a job twice as good as a man in order
Arkansas Granny
Nov 2016
#8
So true Arkansasgranny - we all have a story - many of us in the corp. world
asiliveandbreathe
Nov 2016
#51
Trump can take the racists, sexists, xenophobes, and other deplorable people voting for him and go
Jason1961
Nov 2016
#10
To hell with working class whites who wouldn't come along with us on civil rights.
dawg
Nov 2016
#19
I would agree with the OP, but it doesn't explain why the late swing to Trump (if that is true)
world wide wally
Nov 2016
#16
I'll be the lonely voice of dissent: sexism is a negligible issue in this election
Albertoo
Nov 2016
#39