Comments by "Cinderball" (@cinderball1135) on "Labour leadership race to replace Jeremy Corbyn begins" video.

I suspect a female leader will just be ground to pulp by the right-wing media machine, just like Corbyn was. On principle, I think women should be able to lead a party - but practically speaking, they'll just be torn apart in this macho political climate. Just look at Jess Philips, Hillary Clinton, Diane Abbott, Elizabeth Warren - all of them turned into hate figures. This needs to change, but until Labour has actually won an election, now just isn't the time. Somebody generic and safe like Starmer is Labour's best bet - somebody who will be able to credibly offer people an end to the chaos. Labour can "be the change" once they've won office. Until then, even if we find the rules of the game repulsive, it's time to focus on winning.
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@caseybaker2363 Hillary Clinton is no more of a warmonger than GW Bush or his father - and yet she's more hated, wouldn't you agree?
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@caseybaker2363 I think you know there is no good answer to that question - but I think you'd also be hard pressed to argue that among the most loved and especially the most hated politicians of our age, women are over-represented.
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@caseybaker2363 Whether you prefer The Godfather to the Emoji Movie is really a matter of preference - and yet I'm pretty sure we can agree the Godfather is better. If you're not prepared to allow for observations that don't come with numbers and pretty graphs attached, feel free to leave the conversation at any time...
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@caseybaker2363 That's the wonderful thing about politics though - it's all subjective, and all opinion based. To dismiss an argument as flawed because it's based on subjective values betrays a complete misunderstanding of the subject. This isn't physics - this is politics.
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