1. When I wrote passionate criticisms of a Republican president who was at turns hostile or indifferent toward reproductive rights, I was a principled feminist progressive whose contempt was regarded as understandable, expected, and admired.
2. When I write passionate criticisms of a Democratic president who is at turns hostile or indifferent toward reproductive rights, I am a stupid ingrate who takes things too personally and whose contempt is regarded as exasperating, inappropriate, and unhelpful.
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