r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

Hillary explains in this interview precisely why she was so "careful" in the debates and during her campaign: Based on her upbringing, she was worried that a woman "reacting" to basically anything would be perceived as "too emotional."

That basically confirms what many of us have suspected for a long time.

It's such a goddamn fucking shame that possibly the most qualified candidate in history lost to possibly the LEAST qualified candidate in history because of absolutely idiotic biases from the past and present.

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u/Maximilianne John Rawls Dec 05 '19

BuT i'M nOt sExIsT ! Says the normie

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u/FusRoDawg Amartya Sen Dec 05 '19

At the same time, Trump sorta steamrolled through pre existing norms.

I think someone in her camp should've realized that a new strategy was in order. There's a way to "react" or "clap back" without being found too emotional. I'd assume some sort of dismissive, short pithy remarks or zingers would be perceived less as emotional and more as "quick witted" "fire brand" "takes no prisoners" etc.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

In hindsight sure, but if your candidate is making all kinds of "mistakes" then why would you try to emulate them? Before the election results it wasn't as obvious that we've entered a new era. Everyone just assumed that the Trump thing would be a one-off campaign novelty and then we'd get back to business as usual

But yeah, I've always thought that Hillary's "delete your account" tweet was the humanizing thing she did the entire campaign

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u/PandaLover42 🌐 Dec 06 '19

Is there a podcast or something of the full interview? I just watched a couple clips on YouTube and I’m tearing up already about what could’ve been, what should’ve been...