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An excerpt from this Salon bit that plumbs the depth of frustration of Clinton supporters:

11. They are mad that everyone believes them to be old, white and racist. They are mad at the people they thought were supposed to be progressives for treating them badly.

They are mad at their party and its leaders because they feel this race has opened up a door, allowing people to rag on white women — as irrelevant and buffoonish, as ambitious and preening, as old school and boring and nagging and hectoring — in a way that demonstrates that women have a questionable place in liberalism and progressivism. Since when is the party supposedly interested in social justice not interested in the advancement of women to the highest office?

My response to these people is: Fuck you. And get in line. I have found that when a “progressive” puts his arm around you and calls you “brother/sister”, it’s usually just long enough to slap you in the face.

I get your frustration. A lot of the things in this piece were on target. But – go and complain to someone else.

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