The Silencing of the Hillary Clinton Supporter

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9. That is a great read

and something of a comfort to me to stop and sit for a moment with someone who understands. This really hit home:

"The brutal response McIntosh is referring to was the way in which expressions of unreserved support for Clinton were often met with accusations of featherbrained fangirl-dom, or vagina-voting."

We faced that here on DU as well as elsewhere: having our support for Hillary denigrated as though we were simple minded. For many of us, Hillary represented the culmination of the decades that we toiled relentlessly for equality and to have our voices heard and respected. Yes, we rejoiced to FINALLY see a woman at the top of the ticket, yet I don't know a single person who supported her just because she was a woman. We knew her strengths and her temperament, her opinions and priorities, we knew the policies she would enact, how she would represent us on the world stage. That is what drew us to her, and made us want to see her in the White House.

Thank you for posting this, HAB911.