Gender Graham Crackup Highlight

But we shouldn’t lie to ourselves about what stones were used to pave Platner’s road, what compromises were made, and what lies were told. We should not pretend that this whole thing does not, in fact, reek of gender.

We should not lie to ourselves that this man represents the future we are trying to build, nor should we pretend that he will model a way forward for anyone not immediately like him. His success will not trickle down to anyone but a similar class of chuds. We deserve better from democracy than wielding such fundamentally weak people against one another like drunk Pokémon. This will not blaze a trail for flawed women or people of colour with chequered pasts to run for office, simply because it fails to address the underlying problem and instead entrenches it.