Jill Filipovic tries to explain why Bill hasn't destroyed Hillary's feminist cred ('total hypocrite' alert)

Saw this in 3 articles today. Clearly new left talking point@instapundit @AsheSchow @heatherwilhelm @LeslieLoftisTX https://t.co/AE6eJADern

— Terry Brennan (@TerryBrennan211) January 25, 2016

How does a progressive feminist defend the leading Democrat candidate who has a husband with Bill Clinton’s past? Jill Filipovic demonstrated today:

https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/691664113991303169
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/691664409580720129
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/691665682430296064
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/691666245574336514
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/691671014250549248

Filipovic summed up criticism she heard without seeming to appreciate the irony:

https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/691674239263469569

Flip that on its ear and it just doesn’t make sense:

https://twitter.com/DickHardlove/status/691689938190897153

Yeah, what gives?

@JillFilipovic What I’ve learned from Jill: male rapists are evil unless they’re Bill Clinton. Then…meh…

— Jack Arnold (@MrJackArnold) January 25, 2016

@JillFilipovic We're just throwing your hypocrisy back in your face, sweetheart.

— SunsetLament (@SunsetLament) January 25, 2016

@JillFilipovic Right-wing NEVER said rape victims are liars, but fems did say victims should be believed (except if rapist is a dem)

— Geoffrey Longo (@GeoffLongo) January 25, 2016

Whatever happened to #ListenAndBelieve? https://t.co/A5BJ0fs1nA

— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) January 25, 2016

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@JillFilipovic But you can't be a feminist and attack women who said they were raped; that's per Hillary's own rule. pic.twitter.com/HTWloAlQte

— La_Cooks ?? (@La_Cooks) January 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/moderncomments/status/691673307532398592

Their rules indeed! And if they don’t believe that, they can ask Hillary herself:

@JillFilipovic https://t.co/cOyWk0jIu1

— All these changes & still no edit button. Guh. (@daganash) January 25, 2016

Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported. https://t.co/mkD69RHeBL

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 23, 2015

Hillary Clinton obviously plays by a different set of rules, and so do her defenders:

@JillFilipovic Shorter: I don’t mind being a total hypocrite as long as it furthers the cause of Leftism.

— Jack Arnold (@MrJackArnold) January 25, 2016