General Discussion

And yes, thinking that Bernie Sanders still had a chance in the GE on election day was delusional, and that's what we're talking about, as I clearly indicated. But for your information, I supported Sanders in the primary and Clinton in the GE, despite your arrogant presumptions about "your candidate" and "my candidate". As far as "crap", Sanders did not put up with a tenth of what Clinton did this election cycle.

As far as your questions, is this little bit of sophistry supposed to compel some damaging concession from me? Yes, speaking up in times of crisis is one of the things you might expect from a "great leader". But you know what? A great leader also recognizes a coming crisis BEFORE it actually happens, and speaks up to try to prevent it. Which is exactly what Hillary Clinton did.

As far as her reasons for not adding her voice at this very moment: Maybe she doesn't feel like being accused of being an attention whore. Maybe she realizes that she is still such a lightning rod for hostility, still such a polarizing personality even within her own party, that injecting herself back into the politics of the day would just divide Democrats (considering that there are many Democrats who would rather cut their noses off than appear to agree with or support her in any way) and give the Republicans a convenient stalking horse to divert their base and the media from the real issues, as they have done so often before. Maybe she feels like it was time to let other people in the Democratic Party carry the torch for a while, after having done it all of her adult life. Maybe she's tired of being attacked from all sides, every day of her life, for the last two decades or more. Maybe she's just fucking tired, period. Maybe she realizes that this "crisis" is going to be here for the long term, and that she won't be much use over that long term if she's burned out (as does actually happen to real human beings, and as those with empathy can grasp). Maybe she doesn't presume that this fight can't possibly be carried out effectively for even a few weeks without her.

Apparently you don't think that any of those reasons could justify her taking even a month of time to herself, but I have no problem with any of it. If she never spoke up in public again about the causes she cares about, then disappointment in her might be justified, but Trump has only been president for three weeks.

And you know, maybe she's enjoying an "I fucking told you all so" moment. An entirely human reaction, to which she is, frankly, richly entitled.