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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

She's been suffering sexism for a long time. When bill was fucking around and cheating on her in the 90s, people were straight up blaming her for it. They were also being horrible to Monica L, while giving bill a wink and a nod for being a dude. The problem is that she took that and instead of making herself a softer, sympathetic and likable politician, she just doubled down on being harsh and unlikable.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

She helped provide cover for Bill while smearing his victims. It has nothing to do with sexism, she's a shitty person.

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I suspect a lot of people secretly dislike her for allowing herself to be treated that way. Riding his coattails to the Senate certainly didn't help.

If she were Hillary Rodham, who was something like a Congressperson -> Senator -> Presidential candidate, she might have won.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Somewhat related but I was both happy and sad to see Edie Falco play Hilary on "impeachment". She is so incredible in the role but we only got like a small handful of scenes of her.

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I haven't seen that but I am an Edie Falco fan after Sopranos and Jackie. I'll have to check it out.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] paf0@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it's one of those things that some people try to convince themselves they don't care about. They'll say things like "that's their relationship" or "she's an independent woman", I'm not sure they really believe it though. Most of them wouldn't act the same way in their own relationships, unless they thought they had no other choice or had something to gain.