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Divine and Dateless

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“The official obeys whom he serves. Nominated independently of the people, elected because there is no choice between candidates so nominated, the official feels responsibility to his master alone, and his master is the political machine of his party. The people whom he serves in theory, he may safely disobey; having the support of his political organization, he is sure of his renomination and knows he will be carried through the election, because his opponent will offer nothing better to the long suffering voter”

“Sometimes these white guys with outsized platforms say shit like James Comey did when he complained that his erstwhile classmate Amy Klobuchar was 'annoyingly smart,' perhaps because women are not supposed to be like that, in his worldview. Another man had the temerity to explain to me that, 'the really smart wonks don't end up being the media stars needed to win the presidency, i.e., Hillary Clinton--super smart, knows the facts, but comes off as smug and all-knowing. I get this from Kamala Harris too.' In other words, he assumes that they are women who know too much and the character defect is theirs, not his. The framework that intelligence is an asset in a man and a defect in a woman is nastily familiar.”