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I'll halfway agree with one of the previous posters who says you weren't attacked because of your sex. That's true. He goes on to say it was because of your views on religion. That's where he's wrong.
You were attacked because you worked for a Democrat. Yes, you had plenty of stuff to stir up their faux indignation, but nobody really believes that Malkin et al give a shit about your religious beliefs.
But don't fool yourself into thinking that if you had a penis they would have ignored you. This simply was not a case of trying to keep women down. It was just a partisan hit, with no greater significance.
Believe it or not, the hate mail you're getting would be little changed if you were male. There would still be death threats, and the writers would still talk about your "need" to get laid, and would probably talk about how getting some dick would make you happy.
Your unimaginative tormentors equate sex with power, and would cast you in the role of a "bottom", male or female, because you're a Democrat.
