Watching HRC
Sunday, November 15, 2015 by Dave Winer

Watching Hillary Clinton on the debate last night, I got a different picture of what it's like to be a woman trying to stand up as an equal in a competitive situation. 

The men kept interrupting her, especially Bernie Sanders. He would get to ramble on in complete thoughts, being highly repetitive, and she couldn't even finish a sentence without Sanders saying something. 

Yes, he had challenged her integrity, and she had every right to respond, and as a voter I wanted to hear her response, the way she wanted to tell it. Instead she had to try to fit in rushed sentences between Sanders interruptions. We never really got her answer to his challenge.

She clearly couldn't risk telling Sanders to shut the fuck up, because that would have created a whole new angle of attack. She's pushy. Shrill. Domineering. Etc. 

Part of this might be that she's way ahead, and unless something ridiculously terrible happens, she's going to win. If you're winning, why risk getting into a fight with someone who's far behind. 

But I think a good part of the discomfort is gender roles. This alone would be a good reason to have a woman President. We might be a little more generous with other women.