This is an open entreaty to certain members of the DKos community. You know who you are. You’re the ones who make sure there is a strong current of sexiam, racism, homophobia and prejudice that run through every diary’s comment section. And quite a few diaries too. Most of this is run out by old, white, cisgendered, hetero men. Shocking, I know? Who would have thought? How can an old white guy be part of the problem? The old centrist democrats who want change, but not too much? They want change in the abstract; like a return to some glorified 60s hippie life, but not actual change in our society. That would be too much. It’s like you’re all creeps or something. Again, who knew? You are ones who make life miserable for any woman or person of color who runs for office at any level. Running for town or county office my county is a wretched experience mostly because of the old Dems. Gillibrand put her political life on the line to demand that Fracken do the right thing and step down. She was instrumental in helping the #metoo movement. It was an act of bravery that has cost her. The NY State old school political machine has cut her off from the big donors. And here she is getting slandered on this site with no mention of her actual statements on Franken or her presidential platform. All because “Handsy Al” couldn’t keep from feeling up any woman whenever he thought he could get away with it. Are you miserable old men who think molestation is fine as long as they and other Democrats are the ones doing it? And don’t cry all boo-hoo that you’re not sexist assholes. I’m old and white and well off and cis, hetero, able bodied and male. You say disgusting things to me all the time! Whenever you think I’m one of you. “What’s wrong with laying hands on a woman against her will as long as it’s all in good fun, amirite boys?” “It’s just a little rape! Not like rape rape!” “Why is she reporting it now? She just wants to get rich and she likes the attention.” You only believe in equality so long as no woman or POC actually tries it.
I have some well-meaning advice. Do with it what you will. Really, I’ve spent too much time on this already. Whenever you feel like mansplaining or whitesplaining or hetero/cis/gender conforming-splaining or any number of other privileged-splaining, just SHUT UP!!
The only thing that keeps me coming back this site is the pushback. There is usually prompt pushback, intelligent and vigorous against the reprehensible sh!t that you creeps publish here. It is that part of the community that keeps me here. It is those voices I come here to read. These other backwards bigoted voices foul this site. I know a fairly large number of people who were permanently driven away from this site by the anti-Hillary imbeciles in 2016. Remember that? It was all Russian propaganda tailored for the old creepers. Remember that? It drove away people with important voices, which is the way it is everywhere. There’s always a few old creeps who try to dominate everything for their way of thinking. They can’t stand to hear any other voice. It goes on in every Dem committee at every level, I’m sure. They are a poison on the progressive communities. Each of the female candidates is going to get 2 years of sexist sh!t on this site and everywhere else. Not because the women aren’t qualified, because every one of them are very well qualified, especially Warren. It’s because some old creep is butthurt at the prospect of actual equality. “But what about Franken?” Franken who!? Screw that old bastard back to local radio where he belongs. I often say that “change happens one funeral at a time.” Well, that includes some of our supposed allies. I will not be voting for any man in any primary ever again if a qualified woman is running against him. You old f^cks had better get over it. You screwed up the country with your narrow minded bigotry and privileged, awful centrist politics. We are going to elect a woman president in 2020, and we are going to elect more women and black and brown and gay and non-conforming people at every level of government. The country is going to be a progressive utopia. Get over it. The electorate can’t get more diverse quickly enough. Because over the last forty years, you old creeps have screwed up everything — INCLUDING THE ENTIRE PLANET — for everyone.
Remember! Whenever you get the urge to speak to anyone or post on the internet: SHUT UP!!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.