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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Solnit: Unconscious Bias is Running for President [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)32. Yup
It's an uncomfortable truth that rather that misogyny and white supremacy are not exclusive to hate groups and Trump voters, but are inherent to US culture in a range of manifestations that are not necessarily outwardly hostile.
Catering to the actions and sentiments that prop up both is a de facto participation with support for historical exhibitions and/or current defenses of unconscious bias.
If the recent widespread blatant hostilities towards women, minorities of both sexes, LGBT communities, religious minorities, and immigrants isn't enough to make us all stop giving into it in the interest of political expediency, what will?
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We can't have white males presuming to know what will motivate blacks and women voters
bloom
May 2019
#10
Of course he could. Republicans, Trump in particular, are impervious to charges of hypocrisy.
Demit
May 2019
#12
They won't win in rustbelt states and the only thing that happens if we prop
Demsrule86
May 2019
#23
None of that matters now. He was a victim of unconscious bias, as are we all.
marylandblue
May 2019
#42
Calling Biden a misogynist, even implying it, is complete and utter bullshit. Period.
LongtimeAZDem
May 2019
#14
Hey I get it, but if your plane is about to crash, do you want the guy who looks like the best pilot
marylandblue
May 2019
#44