2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear Hillary [View all]BainsBane
(53,029 posts)I don't even know how one thinks about something like that. I see nothing ironic about it. People have views, but one's race and gender is not an absolute determinant of their worldview. Sarah Palin is a woman and Ben Carson is black. So what? They have the right to advance any political views they want. Subject position has an influence. Sanders is less tuned into issues of race and gender than either Clinton or Obama, while he advances other positions they don't. People are individuals with an array of experiences and views.
That meme feeds into the idea of taking the country back for that old boy's club. You really ought to think more carefully. These things are read in a broader context and there are people on the so-called left who greatly resent the decline of their own privilege vis a vis women and people of color. You need to think before you feed into that.