Thoughts on Sarah Palin

[draconic_rogue]

I read a rant recently written by some idiot feminist going off on women who hate Palin. She wrote that any woman who could say she hates Palin is anti-feminist and that it's one thing to say you hate Palin's politics but to go after Palin personally makes you sexist. Unfortunately, I was so irritated with the poster that I didn't bother to save

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[draconic_rogue]

That's something I don't understand either. Obvious sexism is one thing but expecting special treatment just because you're a woman is just as sexist, imo.

You are exactly right when you say she is a politician first and foremost and should not get extra protection. Because she is a politician first, she should be able to handle the things that every other politician is up against. Other world leaders are not going to give way to her because she's a woman, so why should we expect other politicians to? If she can't cut it in a debate with a male politician, how is she supposed to be able to handle world leaders who do not view the US favorably and may not view a woman favorably?

I do like Clinton and I think she would have made a great running mate but I really love Biden so I'm glad he was chosen. However, I think even if Clinton was chosen people would have found some way to want her to tone it down for Palin because Clinton really does know how to play hardball with the guys and be a ballbuster. I think it would have been twisted to make Clinton look masculine and anti-feminist to try and paint Palin in a good light.

[booksbagsshoes]

I have to say I don't really know much about Biden at all, he's hardly getting any coverage over here compared to Palin. And I suspect you're right about what would have happened if she had faced off against Clinton. Clinton was often painted that way even before she ran for the nomination.

Perhaps I just find the concept of a politician trading on her gender incredibly alien because I'm a child of the Thatcher years. Growing up it wasn't a big deal that the PM happened to be a woman; what mattered was the policies that she and her party implemented.

[draconic_rogue]

It's kind of funny, and not in a ha-ha way, how behind the times America tends to be on things or just how much our culture tends to gravitate towards the superficial.

I don't think that her being a woman means she needs any kind of special treatment. She's already proven she can handle herself enough to be a mayor and a governor, so we all know she at the very least has enough to her to get there. And if she's being picked as a VP candidate you should be able to assume that she has enough backbone to stand up without special treatment. She won't get that kind of regard when it comes to world politics, so why give it to her now? It comes off to me that she can't handle herself.