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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: If you believe that Warren lost because of sexism and misogyny... [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)87. Affirming the consequent. It's a logical fallacy. On which you predicate your entire sentiment.
Is it because you're unaware of logic, or simply because you want to needle feminists for not thinking the way you do?
I'm guessing it's the latter, but that's just my opinion.
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If you believe that Warren lost because of sexism and misogyny... [View all]
brooklynite
Mar 2020
OP
Oh, please. This is ridiculous. Please don't turn societal problems that influence perception of
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
#5
Sorry you're offended, but plenty of voices here say she lost ONLY because of sexism
brooklynite
Mar 2020
#24
I haven't seen anyone here, or elsewhere, say that Warren lost ONLY because of sexism
mcar
Mar 2020
#66
If you believe that Warren lost b/c of sexism/misogny, that doesn't say much for the left wing of
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#6
That's true only for voters under 30, according to the Economist article usually cited.
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#45
Oh, so the fact that Biden has 900,000 more votes than Sanders doesan't count, nor do all the
KPN
Mar 2020
#46
I'm just saying that IF sexism/misogyny was a factor in Warren not doing better than Sanders, it
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#47
It's not. I just happen to disagree. I think it's likely more of a problem in the rest of the
KPN
Mar 2020
#59
I don't think it's a major factor, either. But I definitely don't think it's more of a factor in
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#60
politics of victimizatiom tires me out, the black guy didn't win becasue we are racist, women didn't
beachbumbob
Mar 2020
#14
Don't doubt sexism/misogyny had something to do with it. Warren is a better version of Sanders, but
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#34
It can simultaniously be true that Warren was a victim of sexism and Gabbard is a bad candidate
dsc
Mar 2020
#41
I don't think that she lost just because of that. But anyone who thinks that sexism and misogyny are
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#48
And your inability to recognize the dozens of hurtles put in front of her to attain the 3 million
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#68
As an example of Democrats (and voters in general) voting for a female candidate
brooklynite
Mar 2020
#71
A hypothetical Ranvir Gabbard would probably be polling much higher than 0.01% (nt)
Recursion
Mar 2020
#57
I don't think there's any doubt she wasn't considered viable because of it.
BlueTsunami2018
Mar 2020
#85
Affirming the consequent. It's a logical fallacy. On which you predicate your entire sentiment.
LanternWaste
Mar 2020
#87