People in America seem ignorant of women's place in history, while they are hyper-aware of black history. Women's history is mocked. Women are perceived to have been a privileged class, free from the oppression that black's were subject to. The truth is quite different. In many states, women were considerd property, functionally, if not legally, to be transferred from the care of their father to the care of their husbands. Women were not allowed to own property, vote, or travel without supervision. They had no reproductive freedom, and their husbands could beat them, or even sometimes kill them, without fear of repercussion. They were generally treated better than slaves, but not always, and not all slaves were mistreated. They were considered valuable property and most of their owners felt an obligation to take good care of them. Does that make it right to deny people basic rights? Some women were granted more freedom by their caretakers, but they were not considered equal under the eyes of the law.

You think you can call our candidate racist, arrogant, psycho, etc. and then ask for our votes? All of you can go straight to [somewhere].

-Of my two "handicaps" being female put more obstacles in my path than being black
-I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being black.

I believe it was a commenter named Janis on another blog who said there are two parties if you're a woman one that hates you and one that doesn't and which party your in has nothing to do with whether there is a D or R after your name.  Truer words were never spoken.

Sorry, but threats and bullying just won't work anymore. I think many have moved beyond hold your nose and vote.

In her highly diplomatic reply, Donna calls us Hillary supporters (without even the qualifiers such as "some of", or "a few of"): uncivil, repugnant and vile."  

Because there are no facts, there is no truth, Just data to be manipulated

Because there's nothing wrong with yucking it up over comparing a powerful US senator and former first lady with, why, those typical hysterical clingy ex-girlfriends, of course! And on top of mocking Clinton based on her gender and mocking women based on supposed hysteria, we can also now assume, I suppose, that the Democratic Party has a penis like all normal people should. Ha, so funny!

The other option is to keep up with the ultimatum attitude.

I just want to say that just as Hillary is not a racist, Obama is not a misogynist. To say otherwise is to ratchet up the rhetoric most of us claim to dislike. A new reader of the comments here at TalkLeft could be forgiven for thinking them just as inflammatory regarding Obama as those posting above me believe the comments at Kos and HuffPo to be against Hillary.

It's a difficult time for passionate Hillary supporters as the momentum for a Obama candidacy seems to be becoming insurmountable. Though, truth be told, I have supported Obama since Edwards dropped out, my wife is and has been supporting Hillary since the beginning. Despite every single documentable slight, every solid, justifiable argument either side has for the utter depravity of the other candidate, we cannot at this point take our eyes off the prize. We must elect a Democrat president. We MUST. Everyone is bruised and indignant and hurt but the thing that is best for America is that the Democratic candidate, whoever that ultimately is, is elected president. Everything else is secondary.

We won't have second thoughts or moral quandries. We will leave with our heads held high.

The effect will be clear this fall both for the Congress and for the Presidency.

I don't disagree that sexism exists and that it played a part in this campaign as it would have in the GE, but so will race as indicated by the exit polls of late.

Is there any self awareness left in the blogs? Or do these folks really want to alienate every Clinton supporter in the country?