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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDan Rather: "If you don't like it, don't buy the book or turn the channel when she's on."
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There are some who say Hillary Clinton shouldn't have written a book. Even some Democratic supporters are being quoted (often anonymously) as saying they wish she would settle quietly into retirement.
Really?
Whatever you think of Secretary Clinton - her policies, her campaign, her decisionmaking - you cannot deny she is an historic part of America's political landscape. And she had a front-row seat to the most surreal and arguably one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history.
The more we learn about Russia's involvement, the more the election - and Secretary Clinton's role in it - must be cast in a new light.
I believe, with every fiber of my being, that we benefit as a society from more information, not less, from more voices, not fewer, from more ideas that challenge our own preconceptions, not remaining in our own bubbles. Secretary Clinton is raising a lot of provocative ideas in her book and media tour. Agree or disagree, these are important ideas with which our society should grapple. Meanwhile, I imagine there are many women out there who have experienced some version of what Secretary Clinton is facing, of being told their voices are too shrill or unnecessary.
I have yet to read What Happened, but I plan on doing so, and the early reviews are better than many expected. Secretary Clinton has a voice worthy of being heard. If you don't like it, don't buy the book or turn the channel when she's on. That's your prerogative. Her prerogative is to tell her story.
Have you read it? Do you plan to? What do you think?
There are some who say Hillary Clinton shouldn't have written a book. Even some Democratic supporters are being quoted (often anonymously) as saying they wish she would settle quietly into retirement.
Really?
Whatever you think of Secretary Clinton - her policies, her campaign, her decisionmaking - you cannot deny she is an historic part of America's political landscape. And she had a front-row seat to the most surreal and arguably one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history.
The more we learn about Russia's involvement, the more the election - and Secretary Clinton's role in it - must be cast in a new light.
I believe, with every fiber of my being, that we benefit as a society from more information, not less, from more voices, not fewer, from more ideas that challenge our own preconceptions, not remaining in our own bubbles. Secretary Clinton is raising a lot of provocative ideas in her book and media tour. Agree or disagree, these are important ideas with which our society should grapple. Meanwhile, I imagine there are many women out there who have experienced some version of what Secretary Clinton is facing, of being told their voices are too shrill or unnecessary.
I have yet to read What Happened, but I plan on doing so, and the early reviews are better than many expected. Secretary Clinton has a voice worthy of being heard. If you don't like it, don't buy the book or turn the channel when she's on. That's your prerogative. Her prerogative is to tell her story.
Have you read it? Do you plan to? What do you think?
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Dan Rather: "If you don't like it, don't buy the book or turn the channel when she's on." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2017
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applegrove
(118,778 posts)1. Can't wait to get her take. I may not agree with everything she says
but I know how she synthesizes and it is usually brilliant.
calimary
(81,466 posts)2. I just got a copy. Can't wait to settle in with it and savor every word.
She's my hero.
And for those who don't like it for whatever pathetic "because..." excuse, all I have in response is STFU.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. Well said, Dan.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)4. "turn the channel"?
I vaguely remember TVs with channel selection dials, that had to be turned in order to change the channel. We actually had to get up and walk to the TV in order to change the channel with the strange rotating device.
I plan to read it, when a copy is available at the library.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. K&R