How may personal stories must women share to convince others of their humanity?
Trump's smearing of ex-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch echoes Christine Blasey Ford
"Many Americans felt wounded as we watched and felt Christine Blasey Ford’s strength and composure in the face of irrational white male anger and resentment. It is a wound that, apparently, is still very raw.
"Ford seemed to symbolize women everywhere who had been assaulted as she recounted, yet again, her assault. In the same way, Yovanovitch seems to symbolize any woman who’s ever had a man try to undermine her, demote her or push her out.
"This was about power. Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it best. “Well, he made a mistake,” she told "Face the Nation," “and he knows her strength. And he was trying to undermine it.”
"A mistake indeed.
Love the conclusion:
"Because women, it turns out, take this quite personally. They get inspired and wear pink hats and take to the streets. They go out and vote in record numbers in wave elections. They may even topple presidencies."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.And yet, loads of women support trump and kavanaugh. I do hope more of them join the wave.
RoboGraham
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Nov 18, 2019
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Not sure if the topic is woman telling their stories, or complaining about DT in the milieu of woman telling their stories, but i don't think the telling of stories makes anyone more human than anyone else.
Burner
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Nov 18, 2019
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Women have been shouting into the void forever.
@LiterateHiker eaxctly, its very normal.
women are much smarter than men in so many ways , and it is about time men and other women allowed them to shine,then we will see some major changes in the world
It is an outright shame how this presidency is explotating the American people for his own gain and laying wrath of destruction to anyone who stands up to him,but I am happy to see so many people are standing up to this bully
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