Why do they hate us?
3 November 2016 07:12 pmSo very tired of the election... And I'm only watching from the sidelines.
Here's Sady Doyle:
Goodbye to all that: I’m done with Election 2016
It is not fun, was not fun, has never been and could never be fun, spending nearly two years “debating” my own humanity through the lens of the biggest news story in the country. It has not been fun realizing that this matter was up for debate. I mean: By my count, Donald Trump currently has twelve standing allegations of sexual assault. Now, thanks to the magic of modern polling, I can see *exactly* how many of my countrymen don’t give a shit. According to FiveThirtyEight, the number of Americans who would rather elect a rapist than a female human being stands at around 45 percent.
Related:
Hostility toward women is one of the strongest predictors of Trump support
(File this one under: 'Well, duh'. Still very depressing.)
ETA: This one's excellent too:
Stop Pretending You Don’t Know Why People Hate Hillary Clinton
And although Louis CK was very entertaining, I can't argue with this:
Louis C.K., Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, and the rise of benevolent sexism in liberal men
C.K. obviously means well. He’s trying to compliment mothers in general and Hillary in particular, and to reframe the political liability of her gender into an asset. But he’s playing into a very old and unpleasant narrative that’s become weirdly popular among liberal men this election cycle: the idea that we need women in government because they are intrinsically morally superior to men.
To stop everyone being too depressed, I'll point you towards:
High School Hillary
A Satirical Lifetime Series Imagines Hillary Clinton Running for High School Class President
Here's Sady Doyle:
Goodbye to all that: I’m done with Election 2016
It is not fun, was not fun, has never been and could never be fun, spending nearly two years “debating” my own humanity through the lens of the biggest news story in the country. It has not been fun realizing that this matter was up for debate. I mean: By my count, Donald Trump currently has twelve standing allegations of sexual assault. Now, thanks to the magic of modern polling, I can see *exactly* how many of my countrymen don’t give a shit. According to FiveThirtyEight, the number of Americans who would rather elect a rapist than a female human being stands at around 45 percent.
Related:
Hostility toward women is one of the strongest predictors of Trump support
(File this one under: 'Well, duh'. Still very depressing.)
ETA: This one's excellent too:
Stop Pretending You Don’t Know Why People Hate Hillary Clinton
And although Louis CK was very entertaining, I can't argue with this:
Louis C.K., Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, and the rise of benevolent sexism in liberal men
C.K. obviously means well. He’s trying to compliment mothers in general and Hillary in particular, and to reframe the political liability of her gender into an asset. But he’s playing into a very old and unpleasant narrative that’s become weirdly popular among liberal men this election cycle: the idea that we need women in government because they are intrinsically morally superior to men.
To stop everyone being too depressed, I'll point you towards:
High School Hillary
A Satirical Lifetime Series Imagines Hillary Clinton Running for High School Class President