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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Tells Greenpeace Activist She's ‘Sick of the Sanders Campaign Lying About Me’ [View all]karynnj
(61,071 posts)woman. I get that she felt the question, which was really an accusation, was unfair, but HRC MADE this a story by responding with the fury that she did.
In fact, imagine had this been a man - any male candidate. Imagine that Bernie responded exactly as Clinton did, moving closer to the young woman as she did. That would have made almost everyone here - including many Sanders supporters uneasy. Now, imagine it was Trump, what would the conversation have been? In fact, Clinton - for the most part - gets a pass as many start up the meme that men, but not women are allowed to show anger.
Now, consider the accusations and actions of the BLM women in Seattle, could Bernie have gone after one of them in this matter and been defended here on DU? Not really -- there were many who praised the BLM women and blamed Sanders that some of his supporters were angry that they would not get to hear Sanders, who they came to hear and were almost a captive audience for BLM.