History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: "A small group" is responsible for all that ails DU [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)if the sudden surge in gender wars has anything to do with 2016.
I remember being shocked, disillusioned, and finally disgusted with what happened in '08, when DU, supposed "liberals," created a race vs gender war during the primaries.
I guess it was easier for me not to dive into that morass because I frankly didn't want either candidate to be nominated. Gender and race aside, they were, and are, both too centrist to get my support. I cried on election night, because it was a big deal that a person of color was elected to the White House, regardless if he was someone I could get behind politically. Still, I never really regained the respect lost for Democrats who would pit gender against race for an election, because I'm one of those idealists who is all about issues, and the issues always lose when it comes to choosing candidates for national elections. Which is why I can't get excited about primaries; I'll always lose.
Suddenly, as the midterm elections draw near during a lame duck president's last 2 years, there have been more and more conversations about '16; a hard-core, take-no-prisoners group pushing HRC like she's the only choice, and others pushing back, if not quite as hard.
I'm wondering if that's what has sparked the recent gender-related fights on DU. Are we going to do this all over again?