[A]s my brilliant friend Aruna d’Souza put it Wednesday: “At some point soon we need to discuss whether Sanders would have been able to win, but helpful hint: today, it just sounds like you’re saying: ‘The Democrats should have cut into Trump’s lead in the misogynist vote and the whitelash vote by running a white man.’ Let’s come to terms with the racism and the misogyny first, before analyzing the what-ifs – because otherwise we’re just going to replicate it forever. And if you think that the angry anti-establishment vote won (hence Sanders would have fared better), let me remind you that patriarchy and white supremacy are the cornerstones of the Establishment.”
The more Democrats nurse their electoral wounds with identity politics, the worse those wounds will get. Solnit is a brilliant and even profound writer. This self-piteous exercise in groupthink here is beneath her considerable talents. Yes, the other guy is a bigot, a lout and a vulgarian. No, your candidate’s only weakness isn’t that she’s a member of an oppressed class. Sad that even Solnit is wallowing in sexism like a hog in slop. Even Solnit! However sad you are that our neoliberal rulers won’t be so diverse that they’ll include yet another blond white woman, Sanders would have won and no, it’s not because he’s got it easy as a socialist, progressive white man. That’s asinine.
Solnit let ginned up fear be her research here. For shame. She owed herself better.
She’s the most impressive, the most thoughtful, and the most honest writer working today, if you ask me. I find myself utterly blown away by her, again and again and again. Which is another reason why this feckless, unknowing, uncaring, sexist apologia for Hillary Clinton — of all people! — seems so bizarrely shallow.
It’s yet another reminder that if you can’t bring yourself to believe that people would be that stupid, think again because there’s probably something you’ve misunderstood.
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The more Democrats nurse their electoral wounds with identity politics, the worse those wounds will get. Solnit is a brilliant and even profound writer. This self-piteous exercise in groupthink here is beneath her considerable talents. Yes, the other guy is a bigot, a lout and a vulgarian. No, your candidate’s only weakness isn’t that she’s a member of an oppressed class. Sad that even Solnit is wallowing in sexism like a hog in slop. Even Solnit! However sad you are that our neoliberal rulers won’t be so diverse that they’ll include yet another blond white woman, Sanders would have won and no, it’s not because he’s got it easy as a socialist, progressive white man. That’s asinine.
Solnit let ginned up fear be her research here. For shame. She owed herself better.
I've never heard of Solnit or read any of her articles before this one. Needless to say, it wasn't much of a first impression.
She’s the most impressive, the most thoughtful, and the most honest writer working today, if you ask me. I find myself utterly blown away by her, again and again and again. Which is another reason why this feckless, unknowing, uncaring, sexist apologia for Hillary Clinton — of all people! — seems so bizarrely shallow.
It’s yet another reminder that if you can’t bring yourself to believe that people would be that stupid, think again because there’s probably something you’ve misunderstood.