Obama Supporters: Please Take Lead in Calling Out Sexism!

As a supporter of Barack Obama i would like to suggest it is WAY past time that Obama supporters took the lead in addressing the blatant sexism coming from both SOME OF our fellow Obama supporters and the Main Stream Media. (i say "fellow" because i haven't seen much sexism from female Obama suporters, and "some of" because i know lots of Obama supporters are already fighting sexism.)

Fighting sexism is a DEMOCRATIC issue, not just a Clinton issue. if we don't fight sexism we don't deserve to be called Democrats.

It Is Time to join together to fight the sexist media, and the woman-hating ReThugs.

(crossposted at Mydd)

The sexism pouring forth from the MSM has been absolutely sickening. asswipes like Chris Matthews have led the charge, but i don't think any honest Obama supporter can deny the sexism that has permeated the coverage of the campaign. and of course, even worse is the sexism that comes from Obama supporters, some of whom just cannot think of insults that don't attack all women.

I actually hope that Clinton supporters will similarly take the lead in addressing racism, but we need a Clinton supporter to make that call.
But what anti-racist Clinton supporters and anti-sexist Obama supporters have in common is that they can all easily admit that racism and sexism have played a hideous and divisive role in this contest WITHOUT signing on to the idea that the reason Clinton lost was sexism, or that all criticism of Obama is racist.

personally i do believe that the MSM and SOME Obama supporters have been hideously sexist, but that sexism was not the reason for Clinton's loss. (i think most people who wouldn't vote for Clinton because she's a woman also wouldn't vote for Obama because he's Black.) Likewise, i personally do not believe that all anti-Obama criticism is based on racism.

I think there is a lot of middle ground for supporters of both candidates to admit the racism and sexism that has flourished in this campaign, without denying the other reasons besides sexism that Obama won or the other reasons besides racism that led people to support Clinton.

So to repeat, i ask my fellow and sister Obama supporterts to PLEASE call out any sexism we see from other Obama supporters, and to call out the misogynistic pigs in the MSM who are dancing on Hillary Clinton's political grave because they are sexist assholes.

Fighting sexism is a DEMOCRATIC issue, not just a Clinton issue. if we don't fight sexism we don't deserve to be called Democrats.

It Is Time to join together to fight the sexist media, and the woman-hating ReThugs.