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TwilightZone

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8. It's insanely frustrating.

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:12 AM

Nov 6

Anti-intellectualism has always been a pet peeve of mine, and the right applies it to everything. Trump constantly insinuated that Harris was dumb because she was black and/or because she was a woman. He's like a middle-schooler on the playground. The dumb, ignorant kid who says everyone else is dumb as projection and as a defense mechanism. And people buy it.

2016 poked holes in any beliefs I had about how far our country might have progressed on issues of misogyny, primarily, and other issues like racism.

2024 blew them to smithereens.

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We have such a deep core of sexism in this country.. [View all] Peacetrain Nov 6 OP

It's racism too durablend Nov 6 #1

Mexico has a Jewish Woman President. I'm still in disbelief this really happened. mucifer Nov 6 #2

The two women we have put up have been fabulous.. Peacetrain Nov 6 #3

We have a deep core of a lot of irrational beliefs. TwilightZone Nov 6 #4

I hear you.. the embrace of the crazy rumor mill by so many Peacetrain Nov 6 #6

It's insanely frustrating. TwilightZone Nov 6 #8

Every even halfway-civilized country in the world has had women as heads of state or government. Ocelot II Nov 6 #5

I thought we had this bdamomma Nov 6 #7

I know! I know! Peacetrain Nov 6 #9

Hillary might have been the most qualified major party nominee in history. TwilightZone Nov 6 #10

I am going with the record turn out and 20M fewer votes, Trumps surprise with Mike Johnson LizBeth Nov 6 #11