Thread by @DonlanMcKee

WOMEN WITH POLITICAL POWER 101:
Observe the patriarchal propaganda machine make war through powerful Disgust Campaigns against Warren, Harris, Abrams, Duckworth, just as was done to HRC. Disgust is a strong emotion that permanently marks the victim, who cannot ever recover.

Stories will be planted, twisted, embellished to manipulate noncritical thinking and negative emotions. Attacking a leader's strong moral qualities (e.g. Swiftboating of Kerry), will be most effective. Watch for Repub Disgust Machine to plant such stories about Warren, Harris and

then repeat, repeat like a drumbeat rhythm, esp stories that resonate in primal emotion centers in brain, to create Disgust. The stories don't have to be true, they just have to be repeated. Eventually they will cause the Hillary Effect, feeling Disgust for someone but being

unable to pinpoint exactly why, "just something about her I don't like or don't trust." And once citizens feel Disgust, they will never support that person. It will be interesting to observe exactly what moral qualities will be weaponized against women.

First time I witnessed demonization of woman was 1984 VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro being called "shrill." Repubs & Dems & talk shows & interviews all over news: "Is Ferraro shrill?" became "I just dont like her dont really know why."

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AOC is the archetypal heroine Athena, loved, desired, and feared by mortal men. She was the Goddess of Wisdom, Political Strategy, and Heroic Endeavors, protector of civilized life, law, and justice. Beautiful, independent, and heroic, she is Patriarchy's biggest fear.

It's essential we elect women who know how to handle bullies, like Harris, Warren, Abrams. Black women's culture esp knows when b.s. comes at them from bullies and how to give it back.

Also, Patriarchy rests on a foundation of racism and misogyny. AOC as a woman of color representing the poor and working class is the Heroine of The Common Good, the political antithesis of the white, male, privileged Hero of Patriarchy. This is why she is feared and reviled.

Also, Patriarchy rests on a foundation of racism and misogyny. AOC as a woman of color representing the poor and working class is the Heroine of The Common Good, the political antithesis of the white, male, privileged Hero of Patriarchy. This is why she is feared and reviled.

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