2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Open your eyes. This election is not about YOU. [View all]moriah
(8,311 posts)It's not about electing someone who has far more often been mocked for wearing pants suits, headbands, or dressing casually when flying all over the country, even if that type of behavior doesn't help you when you suggest women aren't constantly judged for their looks.
It's not about electing someone you think we are voting for because we have ovaries and want someone who has them to get a chance.
It's not about electing someone because we think they're a martyr when they are clearly anything but.
It's not about electing someone because their husband screwed around on them, which at least one poster had the courtesy to self-delete last night before I showed them the video of that accusation made in 2008 on national television by a RWer.
It's not about us liking Hillary because she's well-known, and certainly not because we want a queen to worship in some form of cult, as a horrible article from Salon posted suggested and got hundreds of recommendations.
This election is not about sexism, except when people decide in posts like ones here that actually suggest people are voting for Hillary because they think she dresses snazzy.
Such horrific posts should be a part of the past, but they apparently aren't, because this inanity would ever be posted on DU.
This election is about bigger, broader things than most discussion here on DU considers, which is about the truest thing in your post until that point.
This election is, ultimately, about a future that is not ours.
A planet that cannot survive while fossil fuels and fracking do -- and Hillary accepted all of 0.2% of her contributions from employees who work in those industries. Maybe ones who work there because they have no other choice.
A democracy that cannot survive when segments are locked up for profit because of their color -- which Hillary has fought against long before she was elected.
A generation that cannot survive without hope for their lives -- which a vote against her in the General, or staying at home, will make worse.
A people who cannot survive hungry children while leaders dine with fat cats -- and philanthropy is something that we should encourage, not attack.
A justice system that cannot survive two tiers of law -- again, something Hillary has worked to change pro-bono long before she was elected to anything.
This election is about the future. It's not about you, it's not about me.
Ask your children. Ask your grandchildren. What do they think this election is about? And who will best serve their needs?
And get over your extremely childish and naive notion that people who support the Democratic Nominee, who this time seems to have been chosen by the voters to be Hillary, are doing so because of the inane reasons you gave.