I disagree. One of the largest groups to swing right were young men, and if you listened to many of their criticisms, they thought Tim was pandering to them which made them think he was disingenuous. If he tries to flip it in the next campaign, he'll seem even less authentic. If he doesn't, we're at status quo. I don't see that being different for any dem candidate, regardless of gender, without a change in approach.
I'm not saying their criticisms are right or wrong, but they are voters. Whether we like it or not, we need to listen to them b/c of that fact.
Even if the candidate was a woman, a genuine attempt to engage with them and find common ground would likely have a better chance at swinging enough of them than if we stick to Tim. However, knowing how people respond to being slighted and pandered to, I'm unsure there's much of a chance to reach them anymore. But it would still be a better chance if we engaged with them rather than ignoring them.
That isn't the gotcha you think it is. HawlSera was sharing their unique experience, which gives them a broader perspective than most (e.g., perspective from, in this circumstance, the two sides in question). Everyone ought to have the chance to be heard. I never said anyone shouldn't be heard out.
In order to have a world that works for all, you need to seek out and give each perspective a voice. The only exception being bigots. If you can't see how that's not the same standard, you can't be helped.
It’s not working against feminism to ask that everyone be considered to the same standard. There’s a world where that is possible. Is it easy? No. But nothing great is ever easy.
The alternative is not what youre thinking likely. The alternative is something more nuanced than this-or-that thinking. Something where everyone that’s not bigoted is recognized and considered. Not just a single group.
Man, I'm sorry that you're literally sharing a childhood traumatizing experience, and ppl can't even empathize and are even attacking you. Proof that if you don't tow the party line, it doesn't matter what your background is.
If it's all about only the message approved, then they aren't really what they claim to be.
Bro, if a person can't step back and objectively determine for themselves that what the nazis were doing was wrong, then they're not innocent. They're stupid, but they're also not innocent.
Don't give the Springfield mob any ideas now...