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The Tone Policing of Progressives Has Got to Stop.
And the policing of leftist women of color in particular.
After video footage showed congresswoman Rashida Tlaib leading a crowd in booing Hillary Clinton’s now widely publicized unflattering remarks concerning Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, it should come as no surprise that the more conservative wing of the democratic party rose to condemn her actions almost instantaneously.
Former congressional candidate Kathie Allen tweeted: “I consider this highly inappropriate and wonder about Rashida’s maturity level, if not her judgement. We need unity, not someone throwing boos at the woman who warned us that we would be exactly where we are today.” A woman named Karen agreed, and replied: “I’m appalled at the behavior of all women on that stage. I’m like to demand their Dem cards, politician cards & women cards. If they don’t understand the debt of gratitude they owe to Hillary & ones who went before them, they are unfit to represent anyone. Crass ain’t cute.” But perhaps the most infuriating response came from the Center For American Progress’ Neera Tanden, who tweeted: “What I love about incidents like this — the booing of Hillary at a Sanders rally — is example after example of white male rage and misogyny.”
