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The Malign Acceptance Of Sexism

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

In my view, the most underreported story of this campaign has been the blithe acceptance of misogyny and sexism. It is the hate that does dare speak its name. We all know about and condemned the many outrageous remarks made by some Clinton supporters and surrogates - Bill Shaheen, Bob Johnson, Andrew Cuomo and yes, Bill Clinton (his Jesse Jackson remark) made contemptible remarks in this campaign.

But the sexism and misogyny from the Media and yes, the Obama campaign, has gone largely unremarked. Here is one that has flown under the radar from Barack Obama himself:

Obama saved most of his criticisms for Bush, but he seemed to have Clinton in his sights when he said, "You challenge the status quo and suddenly the claws come out."

(Emphasis supplied.) The report does not even note the sexism inherent in that statement. Nor did online communities. Jane Hamsher wondered about that and asked FDL readers what they thought. The results were similarly depressing.

I will be honest - I am disgusted today.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).