Democratic Underground’s Dirty Little Secret: Attack of the Obamabots

I have written many posts on this board about how this election has exposed the ugly underbelly of sexism that has long existed in ‘liberal’ politics, the Democratic Party, and ‘liberal’ media.

Like many others here, I have called out and responded to as much of the hateful, sexist bigotry thrown at Hillary Clinton as I can.

There is far too much of it to make that effort humanly possible, an embarrassing situation of huge proportion.

There are also those who are trying to address it, even if their candidate is not Senator Clinton, and I thank them.

However, whenever someone here calls the sexism out, the torrent of hostile, repetitive attacks can be expected in the first few replies with boring predictability.

On this site alone, I have seen Senator Clinton called shrill, bossy, ugly, fat, dowdy, frumpy, just ‘a wife’, “THAT woman”, the Devil, Satan, a bitch, a witch, a MONSTER who is “destroying” the party and “stealing” the nomination from a man, a good man, who is painted as a saint and Saviour of the Democratic party, something no man can possibly live up to. He has been harmed by default, as seen with the resignation of his adviser.

I have read comments here where people boast about ‘being sexist’ as they spew even more hatred at Hillary Clinton, as if it’s amusing. I’ve read posts that complain it’s wrong to vote for a woman SIMPLY because she’s a woman (as if that is the only reason why a staggering number of women, and men, have turned out to vote for her, and as if anyone would deny that African Americans want to see a black man become president, and fairly so.). I’ve read posts that claim women are not so oppressed anymore, especially ‘rich, white women’, and don’t “need” this nomination…MORE

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