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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
There are few things that bother me more than someone creating a quote out of thin air and then trying to attribute it to someone.
Nowhere have I said that "this might make me vote for Trump", so you can stop with the false attribution and high-handedness.
There is nothing sexist about stating a fact, namely, that Harris was in a relationship with man who was married at the time. Her doing so makes me think less of her.
As it would for a man who is involved with a woman (or other man or whatever) while he or she is still married to someone else. Arguing against one (Harris) does not mean that I am in favor of the other (a man doing the same thing).
But it is far easier to claim that someone is sexist than it is to actually think and investigate one’s position, and it is even easier to just make up stuff in a post.
To wit, you wrote that I suggested that “she only got the VP pick because she was a woman.“
What I wrote was “ She got the vp pick because she is a woman and is “of color.” Neither of which she had any personal role in doing.“
Do you see the word “only” in my statement? I don’t, but you certainly used it.
And yet you write that I should “stop pretending any time”? I’m not the one making up things here.
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Jeeze, you're right, sorry. "Making it hard for me to vote against Trump" was the more accurate quote. My bad, in a two party system where you have two viable options I somehow assumed that not voting against Trump was a double negative that meant voting FOR Trump. You know, because that's the other option. Unless you were just going to sit at home because Harris dated someone 25 years ago. That would be.... silly... right?
And hey, as has been mentioned, Harris and Brown dated when he had been estranged/separated from his wife for nearly 15 years, but sure.
I just think it's really convenient that you think less of Harris because of some fairly sexist views and a complete distortion of what actually happened, even when shown why your interpretation of what happened is sexist and inaccurate, and you come around complaining that people misquoted you.
It's weird, right? If you gave Harris the bare minimum of fair treatment you're asking for here, there'd be no issue. But I guess she isn't deserving of that because....