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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A meme that used to be very popular on DU, now I never see it here [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)38. women aren't seen in our culture as authority figures
it just doesn't work. if a woman tries to assert herself, there's a backlash unless people are already really positively disposed to her.
boys show leadership, girls get called bossy
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A meme that used to be very popular on DU, now I never see it here [View all]
Fumesucker
Jun 2016
OP
It wasn't that you didn't support her, you analyzed her flawed character brilliantly in my opinion
Fumesucker
Jun 2016
#11
The same crap was flung by the Clinton campaign against Obama and his supporters...
Armstead
Jun 2016
#25
because a bunch of delicate flowers will cry "authoritarian" and compare her to Stalin
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#34
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. Lord Acton
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2016
#32