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In reply to the discussion: I feel bad for people not caught up in the excitement of this historical nomination [View all]MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)I don't want Ann Coulter as President.
I don't want Dana Perino as President.
I don't want Elizabeth Dole as President.
I don't want Melania Trump as President.
I don't want Nikki Haley as President.
None of these people are going to bring progressive ideals for females simply because they are female. I want a PROGRESSIVE PERSON as President, and if that Progressive happens to have a vagina (or identifies as female, either works for me), then so be it.
Are we literally going to be forever using lines like "only the second woman to hold this position" or "only the 10th African-American to accomplish this feat," or will we someday just recognize these folks as people, not a color or a gender?
The more we obsess about race and gender and lose our minds whenever a female or person of color accomplishes something (which is insulting, frankly, at least to this person of color), the more the world will obsess about race and gender.