• kkitsuragisleftnut [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I will never understand libs' worship of Hillary. Obama has a Ted Bundyesque superficial charm to him and Trump is a Ringling Bros showman type so I kinda get why they have fanbases but Hildawg has all the charisma of a turkey sandwich on Wonderbread.

    • MerryChristmas [any]
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      2 years ago

      Do you remember all the TV shows that did the "it's her turn" episodes? Broad City was the big edgy comedy, and then they were hitting the other end of the spectrum with quirky New Girl. Her campaign spent a lot of money associating itself with a certain brand of #girlboss feminism.

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah Broad City used to be the show me and my best friend would watch super stoned on lazy weekend afternoons and we thought the Hilldawg episode was the funniest shit until the last ten minutes where we went "Oh, this is entirely sincere"

        • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          This. Me and my partner rather liked it although thought it had been getting worse. Half way through that episode we both thought there was going to be some sort of knowing twist. When there wasn't we were just like, oh, I suppose this is just basically Girls now and pretty much gave up on it.

    • A_Serbian_Milf [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      It’s the Clinton political patronage network. She punishes enemies and rewards loyal allies. It’s not real enthusiasm, it’s enthusiasm of a well paid employee for their employer

    • ShittyWallpaper [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      She was the face of technocracy and policy wonkery. And for a certain group of liberal women, she really was a feminist icon at one point. Lindsay Ellis has a decent video recording how Hillary was portrayed in media over time. Her current persona is one of many

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah she's basically the patron saint of Second Wave Feminism. Boomer women who used to be business executives and whatnot took her loss extremely personally.

        • invo_rt [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Boomer women who used to be business executives

          this describes my mother in law to a T and she's absolutely a Hillary stan.

    • AmericaDelendeEst [any]
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      2 years ago

      it's just straight up media brainwashing, people hear something often enough and it becomes the truth, and woops- the neoliberals, who were led into power by the Clintons, basically own all non right wing media

    • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Maybe its nostalgia for Bill, before Biden it was the last time they had a lib white boomer couple at the top, despite the scandal they are exactly what boomer libs believe the US should look and behave like.