2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartmann has advice for the Hillary Clinton Campaign [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)People can seem racist without intention. The way they say things to people rather than the words. They way things are phrased. Mannerisms. These things are just as important to winning as policy and some refuse to get the people component and how much feelings matter.
It does not matter if he was certainly sexist or certainly not sexist, the perception is what matters when it comes to winning votes. Things that I find sexist some men and women will not. I see what I see and feel accordingly.
Instead of trying to battle it out over whether it was 'real' sexism or 'not real just imaginary but percieved by the manner but if you look back through videos you can monday morning quarterback your feelings' sexism, is it not better to just adjust so as to not offend? Most people are not going to even think to look up when or where or to whom bernie said that to before.