Does believing women and in so doing instilling a climate of believing them help them more than instilling policies that help them?
This is the question I'm left with in the aftermath of this debate.
Bernie seems to be accused of having said something which he denies to have said, yet as progressives we're told to believe women when faced with a he-said she-said type of situation and a woman is making a claim. I personally deem this as a malicious jyu jitsu where you make a claim that no matter what Bernie does he comes off looking bad. Either he denies it strongly which makes him "just another Kavanaugh" or he has to admit he did something which he may not have done and apologize for it which does nothing for him other than solidify him as a sinner.
So, I'll just sidestep this whole issue and focus on what I'm actually confused more people aren't boiling this down to. Do you think an "accused sexist" president with policies that help women as much as Bernie's would is "worse for women" somehow than Warren despite her policies being less grand in scope and ambition? Why do we even care about whether or not Bernie said something bad when his policies are so good for so many women? Is it that he'd also help men too with these policies that's the issue?
At this point I'm left to believe that this is thoroughly disingenuous, that people who just like Warren more due to being more centrist are using this argument in complete bad faith, and I have no joy in coming to this conclusion since I actually liked her a lot too.
This is the question I'm left with in the aftermath of this debate.
Bernie seems to be accused of having said something which he denies to have said, yet as progressives we're told to believe women when faced with a he-said she-said type of situation and a woman is making a claim. I personally deem this as a malicious jyu jitsu where you make a claim that no matter what Bernie does he comes off looking bad. Either he denies it strongly which makes him "just another Kavanaugh" or he has to admit he did something which he may not have done and apologize for it which does nothing for him other than solidify him as a sinner.
So, I'll just sidestep this whole issue and focus on what I'm actually confused more people aren't boiling this down to. Do you think an "accused sexist" president with policies that help women as much as Bernie's would is "worse for women" somehow than Warren despite her policies being less grand in scope and ambition? Why do we even care about whether or not Bernie said something bad when his policies are so good for so many women? Is it that he'd also help men too with these policies that's the issue?
At this point I'm left to believe that this is thoroughly disingenuous, that people who just like Warren more due to being more centrist are using this argument in complete bad faith, and I have no joy in coming to this conclusion since I actually liked her a lot too.