Here's a different opinion piece from the exact same outlet. What's your point? Why do either of these represent "The Left". Which opinion pieces should define "The Right" or "The Centre": https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/rdzj8y/kanye-wests-misogyny-im-out …
Of course there are racists/misogynists. There always will be. But they're a tiny minority, and the hatred Abbot gets from the country *at large* is a result of her idiocy and flagrant hypocrisy, not her race, else we'd see similar leveled at, say, Chuka Umunna.
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The argument is not whether she should be immune to criticism, but only that her share of it was out of proportion to others. Which has been confirmed empirically: https://www.newstatesman.com/2017/09/we-tracked-25688-abusive-tweets-sent-women-mps-half-were-directed-diane-abbott …
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You implied that her disproportionate abuse was due to her race/gender. There is no empirical proof of that.
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