It is frankly sad that in a thread about what Killer Mike said, more posts are spent bickering over the semantics of "Berniebros" and a scant few posts even attempt to discuss the application of the word "uterus" to talk about a woman. Even more amazing is how someone who mentioned that it is a problem has the issue summarily dismissed as optics. Meanwhile a bunch of people continue to be salty about the Berniebro term, because it is clearly the focal point of what Bernie Sanders is talking about and OH SO IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS compared to the implications of what Bernie and Killer Mike said for women.
Because 'uterus' is just an issue of poor optics, but 'Berniebros' is dismissive and a real problem.
Imagine if Trump went and called a black person 'nigger' and excused himself by saying another black person said it, so therefore
it's okay. If a bunch of people supported that excuse and said Trump was taken out of context. If people were redirecting their discussion to critique people who are criticizing them, instead of focusing on the issue with what Trump did. Imagine if Trump were excused with simply "poor optics" and because he is supposedly comparatively better on race than the other candidates.
By no means is what women go through in their inequalities (barring black women) as ridiculous as what black people go through. But this thread is an echo chamber full of men that clearly have no interest in understanding or critiquing from a female perspective. Instead there is a sea of people with fussiness over their given label which, in this thread, ironically aptly describes them.
Bernie Sanders said:
"I don't go around, no one has ever heard me say, 'Hey guys, let's stand together, vote for a man.' I would never do that, never have."
Why yes, Bernie, nobody has to do that, because only all the presidents so far have been men. Such men have never had to answer questions like "what china patterns will you pick for the white house" or "what will be the role of your wife in your administration" or "how does being a grandfather affect you". They will never have someone comment that they're wearing a potato sack or that their outfit is too bright. They won't have someone say they are just mad because they're having their periods, or say that they're good for the office only if they're good looking.
Yeah, no one will ever have to band together to say they will vote for a man, because chances are, they already did. Because a man will never be questioned about his qualification for the office based on the body parts he was born with. He won't have the problem of people simply not voting for him because he's a man and therefore, according to their religions or beliefs or whatever, should be staying at home in the kitchen.