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Published: 2016-11-27 09:46:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 56144; Favourites: 240; Downloads: 0
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Get the high resolution and working files on this piece through my SubscribeStar here! www.subscribestar.com/brentche…Ah, yes. After Hillary Clinton lost the U.S. Presidential Election to Donald Trump, she made her graceful and humble speech to the country, telling everyone to come together as one, regardless of who the winner was. This was of course the day after, as opposed to immediately, due to "being too upset from the loss". Yeah, because THAT sounds someone who's strong enough to run AN ENTIRE COUNTRY!
ANYWAYS…
During her speech, she made a comment about the "glass ceiling". Yes, she was referring to a female becoming President of the United States, but the argument is still a tired, old feminist claim about how women and minorities are SOMEHOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE prevented from raising to or above standards that were previously achieved by others. More information on it here:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictio…
www.feminist.org/research/busi…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_ce…
Little did she know (or care to know, for that matter) that the following 11 women set milestones (not necessarily achievements, but milestones; big difference) in the United States Government during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election:
Melania Trump, first person born in a communist nation to become U.S. First Lady. *Yes, I agree, not much of a milestone, but still one nonetheless.
Kellyanne Conway, first woman to win U.S. presidential campaign.
Ilhan Omar, first Somali-American legislator.
Catherine Cortez Masto, first Latino U.S. Senator.
Kamala Harris, first Indian Senator and California's first African-American Senator.
Tammy Duckworth, first Asian American woman to become Illinois Senator, first disabled woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.
Carla Hayden, first female and African American Librarian of Congress.
Kate Brown, first openly bisexual person as governor of Oregon.
Stephanie Murphy, first Vietnamese-American woman to be voted role in congress.
Pramila Jayapal, first Indian-American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
Lisa Blunt Rochester, first woman and the first black representative to serve Delaware in Congress.
BONUS: Hillary Clinton, first female in U.S. history to become a presidential nominee for the Democratic party: www.motherjones.com/politics/2…
Maybe if she pulled her head out of her ass and paid more attention to what's going on, she might not have looked so stupid and realized that the so-called "glass ceiling" has been shattered.
Sources:
www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article…
time.com/4410721/carla-hayden-…
delawarestatenews.net/election…
www.freedomsledder.com/index.p…
www.theweek.co.uk/us-election-…
My previous piece on the 2016 Election:
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that's refreshing to hear coming from a woman on deviantart, and it is indeed a great point!
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Like I'm a female too and it pisses me off.
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As a (real, not transgender) male, I think women like you kick ass!
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This stupid on several different levels, and completely (and likely willingly as most of these types of people are) ignore the point. First, there was no need give a concession speech that late at night. This point is simply moot. Second, it is blatantly obvious that the glass cieling she referring to (because in case you hadn't thought about it, that can refer to different things) is that of a woman becoming President. Third, coming from a communist countryand becoming First Lady doesn't seem like much of a glass cieling. The fact that you're willing to ignore the obvious and the facts just to push your agenda is rather pathetic.
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I disagree on your first point. There was a huge gathering of her supporters waiting anxiously and hopefully for her. She basically told them they didn't matter to her at all by not showing up. And they probably truly don't matter to her. At the least she should have made an appearance to say Go home! Go to bed! We aren't ready to concede but we don't want you to wait here any longer. To me, it was a slap in their faces...
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Sure I'll give you the first one, not that really counts as anything against her after she campaigned for so long. But the second one does matter. And there is where you are ignoring things. Yes, the glass cieling refers to do that, but it doesn't ONLY refer to that. Therefore, you are definitionally ignoring context and intent in order to push your message when it is, in fact, irrelevant to what she was saying. And yeah, that's a pretty big thing to ignore. And umm.. Yeah, I get to pick and choose... It's called having an opinion
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That's what descriptions are for, hun. That's not the point this person is making. Plus (this really has nothing to do with what I'm trying to say but you get it right?), I could really care less if a woman became president, especially if the only choice for a woman was Hillary, I'm a female.
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1. Wrong. Sources have said she was too upset to deliver an immediate speech: www.standard.co.uk/news/world/…
2. Yes, she was referring to being U.S. President. However, like I said in the description, the "glass ceiling" is referring to a barrier where women and minorities cannot achieve a higher standard, which as I've demonstrated, is a stupid argument. Just because she was referring to a certain area doesn't negate the fact that it's a blatantly ignorant thing to say.
3. Yeah, a first First Lady being born in a communist country isn't much of a milestone, but still one nonetheless. If you're going to talk about breaking barriers, you can't just pick and choose which ones are worthy or not.
I didn't ignore anything, but nice try.
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Truthfully, Hillary has always struck me as a person only concerned about herself, and not one who really gives a damn about anyone else.
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Me too. It's a big reason why I wasn't a fan of her, next to seeming untrustworthy.
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Untrustworthy, and the fact that (apparently) she and her husband cannot practice law in their own state because she defended a child rapist in court. I don't quite know if its completely true, but I put research into it and I saw it in several different places. (Too many to link them all out)
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Thats nonsense.
Whether or not she defended a child rapist (the worst type of scum on earth) is beside the point, if she was a lawyer, it was her job to do so.
Also you don't get kicked out of court for doing your job
It'd be stupid to think someone can be banned from practicing law because the defended a criminal. All criminal defense lawyers defend criminals. Thats their job.
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She was the defense attorney for the child rapist, so it was her job to defend him. You can't fault her for that.
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Oh. I didn't know that. Sorry for bothering you c:
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That's okay. You didn't do anything wrong.
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A wrestler named Dutch Mantell put it this way: "She talked down to the people, while Trump talked TO the people. Plus Hillary reminded you of that third grade teacher everybody hated."
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That's a very insightful thing to say. Thanks for letting me know!
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The glass ceiling she's referring to in this case is the office of President of the United States.
Also, she DID give her concession speech the day OF the election being finalized. I don't know who told you she was "too upset" to do so, but I think they were pulling your leg.
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I realize that she was talking about being President of the United States. That's a given. But that doesn't excuse her blatant disregard for the 11 other women to set milestones during the Election in 2016.
It was announced at about 12:00 PST/3:00 EST that Trump own, so if you want to get technical, yeah, she did it on the same day. And here's an article saying she was too upset: www.thesun.co.uk/living/215765…
However, if my information is wrong, correct me by all means.
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There's no "disregard", man, she said that we still don't have a woman president, not that there are no women in our government, or that women never accomplish anything spectacular. People are often quick to respond to criticism about poor representation for women or other groups by pointing to the few exceptions. Thing is, they're just that: the few. The minority. The underrepresented. It's obvious by our profile pictures that you and I don't know what it's like to be in that situation, so the best we can do is try to understand those who do.
And I read your article. Nowhere does it claim that Clinton was too upset to give a timely concession speech.
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And why is it SO IMPORTANT to have a woman or a minority as president? To have small bit of satisfaction of "making progress"? And by the way, judging a person's life experience based on a picture is one of the most ignorant things you can do.
I have autism (which is a disability) and depression (which is a mental illness). But none of that matters, because "white privilege", right? And if you say yes to that, then you're using prejudice and discrimination based on race, which is by definition, racist.
My mistake. I posted the wrong article. Here's what I meant: www.standard.co.uk/news/world/…
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The only judgement I'm making is that you're a white male, which was more an attempt to find some common ground than anything. But yeah, it does come with certain benefits. Not having to be a kid who wonders if they can never be president when they grow up because of the way they look, for example. You can downplay the importance of progress towards equal human rights if you want, but it's safe to say that a lot of people who don't look the way that 200+ years have taught American society that a person at the top is "supposed" to look will find more than a bit of satisfaction in more diverse representation.
And that's not to belittle the struggles of people who wear their minority status on the inside, that's just as real. That said, I think "yeah but MY problems, though" is a poor response to these kinds of issues.
If it's alright with you, I'd like to just say that I don't find that article very convincing and move on. This message is already running long and I don't feel there's much to be gained by discussing it. X|
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With the numerous laws in place guaranteeing equality of everyone since the 1960's, any oppression and inequality before then is not an argument in this day and age. I'm not trying to play Oppression Olympics, and I agree that it's a poor response, which is part of my point.
I agree. Let's just agree to disagree.
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Laws are important, but you can't legislate away bigotry, bias, or laziness (the latter usually being the root of the two former, I find). There has been inequality among the races, genders, cultures, and orientations for as long as those groups have intermingled. Those roots run DEEP. To suggest that the slate is wiped clean because we have Affirmative Action now is to severely underestimate the extent to which history shapes us.
So you can say that there's no glass ceiling between women and the presidency, and that the only thing that kept Clinton out was her lack of qualifications. But the only other candidate for the job had no previous experience, a history of bad business, and regularly lashed out at those he's disagreed with. Personally, it's hard for me to rationalize that hiring decision.
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You're right that you can't legislate personal bigotry, bias, laziness, or even hatred away. But you're working off of the standpoint that inequality is the result of some grave injustice, which is a very flimsy argument. I never said nor implied that discrimination or oppression of minorities were eradicated. What I'm saying is that given how long ago these laws were placed, you can't just ignore the progress we've made.
I agree that Hillary was more qualified. However, the people who decided didn't see it that way.
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We've made great progress, no question. But that doesn't mean we can ignore how far we've left to go, either.
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I absolutely agree. However, you need to take a step back and evaluate what the best move is instead of the knee-jerk reaction to do what's most convenient at the time.
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Not ridiculing women for talking about the glass ceiling seems like a fine way to do just that, to me...
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Fine. But I think that if you make a stupid, ignorant, and condescending argument, then you don't automatically get respectful treatment.
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And you're referring to...?
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Hillary's comment on the glass ceiling.
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Mmkay. I thought we'd established that there was nothing nonfactual about her statement.
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We didn't establish that at all. We just disagree on it.
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"But that doesn't excuse her blatant disregard for the 11 other women to set milestones during the Election in 2016."
This couldn't be further from the truth. First, to assume you to be technically right in your wording, other 11 women must all have won the Presidency of U.S.
Second, I don't understand the purpose of including Melania Trump in your list as she was not running for anything or trying to break a 'barrier'.
And "Kellyanne Conway, first woman to win U.S. presidential campaign" assumes that Conway won the presidency. And again, as above, Conway was doing her job, which she was getting paid to do.
Maybe you should stick to drawing, not writing.
TheSun is a Tabloid newspaper.
To quote yourself, 'nice try though'. I am sure someone will purchase this flawed 'art'.
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This wasn't about women winning the Presidency of the U.S. It was about proving her wrong on the whole concept of the "glass ceiling", so you clearly missed the point of the message here. Even if it were, Hillary Clinton is first woman in U.S. history to be a presidential nominee. So Hillary has already broken the "glass ceiling".
I made it clear that Melania Trump is the first person born in a communist country to be First Lady. While it's not much of a milestone, it's still one nonetheless.
No, and I was clear on it. Don't twist it into something it's not.
And maybe you should actually put some art in your gallery before you criticize and lambaste others?
And the London Evening Standard isn't, yet they report the same thing: www.standard.co.uk/news/world/…
Again, put something in your gallery, THEN come back and blow your opinion all over the place on what qualifies as "art".
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>cuckjm assumes liberals (democraps) are leftists again
>meanwhile social libtards btfo yet again
the ride never ends
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RC is continuing to be ugly, condescending and demeaning I see.
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It's all about her, man. It's always been all about her. Other women don't matter unless they are her subordinate supporters. But let's not be naegative. She is the first American woman to twice run a losing campaign for President!
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Would I be right to think that most of these women are Not leftists?
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I have no idea what their politics are.
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At least two are democrats, I have learned.
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Are they? Which ones? Might've missed that.
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I picked two at random, Masto and Harris. I was curious to see what party they might belong to. It would be even more of a laugh in shrillary's face if many of them turned out to be Republicans.
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Well, Kellyanne Conway was Trump's campaign manager, and I think it's safe to assume that Melania Trump is Republican, so yeah.
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