That’s a completely reasonable position to hold, and I respect it.

I can see why people argue that Bernie has better policies or would make a better president or is more likely to win against a Republican. I disagree, and that’s the purpose of voting and campaigning. But I am becoming concerned that people who really agree with each other on just about everything are engaging in some ugly and unproductive fighting in the service of supporting one candidate over the other.

You don’t believe there would be zero value to having a woman in the White House, and I don’t believe that any woman (even Sarah Palin or Carly Fiorina) would be better than a male Democrat. You support Bernie for other reasons, and I support Hillary for other reasons. But come election day, I assume we will both be voting for whichever candidate wins the nomination.

It is a wonderful thing that this election cycle sees two very liberal candidates competing to prove how progressive they are, and I am very happy that choosing the most feminist candidate is a major voting issue. These are good things for the party, the liberal cause, and the country. But the last thing I want to see is feminists tearing each other apart, accusing each other of being traitors to the cause, and making arguments they don’t really believe in support of one of the excellent candidates instead of the other. No one wins when we do that.