Not all progressive white men

[YankeeFan]

There's nothing I hate more than a mansplaining liberal.

In general, the Bernie Sanders campaign has been overwhelmingly positive for American politics. It has, however, unleashed a minor plague of progressive white men confidently explaining feminism to the rest of us. Some of them rail against identity politics, while others use the language of intersectionality, a great boon to white men who want to inveigh against “white feminism” without losing their left-wing street cred. Some just sound like surly conservatives complaining that affirmative action is racist. All are united in outrage that anyone could ever see a hint of sexism at work in the intense hatred that Hillary inspires among their ilk.
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The problem with the progressive men who’ve lately become experts on feminism isn’t that they won’t vote for Clinton. It’s their defensive petulance at any mention of anti-Clinton sexism. “Are you planning to vote for Bernie Sanders when primary time rolls around? If so, I am discouraged to report that you are a sexist, and also tremendously uncool,” the MattBruenig.com post says with peevish sarcasm. The writer sounds like a conservative grumbling that you can’t criticize Obama without being called a racist.
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I guess this shouldn’t come as a surprise; as long as feminism has existed, left-wing men have dismissed it as a bourgeois triviality. Now we know how little things have changed. For that, at least, we can thank these men for educating us.

http://www.slate.com/articles/doubl...xist_coverage_some_men_want_to_mansplain.html

 

[User 11148]

Of course, people of good faith are going to disagree about individual examples of sexism.

Yeaaaaah suuuuuure ...

 

[YankeeFan]

Bernie Sanders, sexist, and racist:

“There are some who say that this [gun violence] is an urban problem. Sometimes what they mean by that is: It’s a black problem. But it’s not. It’s not black, it’s not urban. It’s a deep, profound challenge to who we are.”

Bernie Sanders’ latest racial blind spot: Hillary’s right on gun control — urban vs. rural really means black vs. white - Salon.com

 

[heyabbott]

Is it not possible that rural use and possession of firearms has a different societal pact than urban use and possession?


Why isn't urban gun violence, on a per capita basis, have similar effects in every city? Shouldn't Denver and Baltimore have the rate of violent crime, especially firearm related?

 

[Riptide]

Is it not possible that rural use and possession of firearms has a different societal pact than urban use and possession?


Why isn't urban gun violence, on a per capita basis, have similar effects in every city? Shouldn't Denver and Baltimore have the rate of violent crime, especially firearm related?

It's the sea breeze.

 

[SpeedTchr]

It's the crabs. ****in' crabs are troublemakers.