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Cannot believe this article. There& #39;s nothing to celebrate about the moderators. Their questions were a disgrace, entirely premised on defending US empire, asking gotcha questions from the right, and attacking the left. They struck a blow against feminism. https://www.thenation.com/article/democratic-debate-atlanta-abortion-family-leave/">https://www.thenation.com/article/d...
Ashley Parker& #39;s question about whether Warren would ask taxpayers to pay for taking down the border wall--both a symbol and tool of white supremacy, at a time people are dying in the borderlands--was so deeply disgusting and harmful.
Andrea Mitchell& #39;s framing of support for Korean peace talks as "willingness to make concessions" was an insult to South Korean leftists--feminists among them--who& #39;ve spent decades organizing to end the Korean War, to which the US is still officially party.
Klobuchar& #39;s entire angle was staking out the vacuous position that she gets things done (she didn& #39;t say what "things") & that a serious candidate tacks center. She stood for nothing other than vague austerity-tined language about "meticulously" showing how she& #39;ll pay for things.
These above positions uphold economic injustice and US military violence that is deeply gendered and harmful to women--and people--all over the world. What an insult to feminism to say that women& #39;s concerns were at the "center of the conversation."
The debate was an example of how a superficial brand of "girl power" is used to sell US militarism & economic injustice. It& #39;s an occasion for critique and reflection on how feminism is commodified and misrepresented to serve power. Read @roqchams on that: https://inthesetimes.com/article/21613/girl_power_feminism_imperialism_hillary_clinton_mj_hegar_year_of_woman">https://inthesetimes.com/article/2...
And one fact check note: The first question was not about abortion.
This kind of mindless support for US militarism goes against everything feminism should stand for. 1 mil people died as result of the Iraq War alone, Yemenis are being mass slaughtered w/ US assistance, US maintains 800 bases around the world, each undermining self-determination.
