A Peace Offering

Since I read it nearly everyday, I figured it was about time I added Shakesville to the blogroll.

Diarist and commenter Anna, over at Left in the West, has had a hard couple of weeks in the great online lovefest.  She's a Clinton supporter, and has been duly outraged by the sexism on display against her chosen candidate.  Some folks have tried to respond with a hearty "fair enough", but that just doesn't seem to be satisfactory.  I doubt she's likely to be happy for a while.  No faulting her here; I get about the same when candidates I favor lose as well.

Since the focus of Anna's drive appears to be the rampant misogyny of the American Democrat, I thought I'd offer a little fuel to the fire.  Melissa McEwan, zuzu and the other fine posters at Shakesville have been documenting the most egregious examples of sexism displayed in the primary race, and they're up to number 94.  I've been following the series since the beginning, and yeah, some of this crap is pretty bad. You'll notice that a number of these sexist attacks don't come from Democrats and next to none come from Barack Obama or his campaign (not that that's likely to make much difference in Anna-world).

But to any out there who don't think Anna has a point, you'd best warm up your clicking fingers and follow these links.

Comments

[Jay Stevens]

IMHO, the way I read Anna is that she wants folks to denounce this stuff. I don't think she's claiming sexism won this for Obama, and I doubt she's crazy about the racist stuff coming from the Clinton campaign.

In any case, it's good we acknowledge this stuff, even for someone a lot of us don't agree with or particularly like.

[Wulfgar]

I believe that to be the value of Anna's message. I'm certain that she thinks I'm a shit, even though I have been denouncing this stuff. She and I are in complete agreement here. And she is right. We *all* need to pay attention.

[Jay Stevens]

You have been denouncing this stuff! You gave me sh*t about it months ago!

[Anna]

I wish I had seen this earlier - I don't venture beyond Left in the West much at all.

Shakespeare's Sister is a great blog - I wish I went to it more regularly.