General Discussion

It's a shame. This Gillibrand stuff was a misogynistic bs campaign from Day One by people whose feathers were ruffled that she wasn't genuflecting appropriately at the altar of the party's power couple.

And that this is perpetuated uncritically in Democratic spaces out of intrapartisan motivation rather than an exploration on how a woman was attacked by our own after criticizing a man for bad behavior is depressing.

Expected, but depressing.

As I said, it should not have been that easy to get that narrative going, but it was.

Maybe it's because I'm a Millennial and I've never held various figures in the party in the same awe or deference. Their little campaign against Gillibrand didn't fly with me then. I don't accept it now.

But go with it. It's so helpful! Surely we're in such a place as a country and a party that we can take swipes at solid party members for no reason whatsoever. How useful.

But seriously, it really is something people don't see how it looks to continuously - for years - hold one woman singularly responsible for collective behavior on the topic of men behaving not so great. We're supposed to be the party of women, ffs. How does this one keep flying under the radar? It's like zombie shittery that just doesn't go away.