| Flilix said: But I don't get why people would say he's weak just because he has a relationship with an older woman? |
All I give a damn about is if he can do the job. If they have six toes, slightly green hair, are 3 feet, have a 2 inch tail, a scratchy high pitched voice, whatever, I hope people can put those things far down on their priorities. Defining a job-well-done, however, is of course relative to people's given standards.
In the end, because I'm not sure how legitimately baffled you are, it's not just a relationship with an older woman. She's 64 and he's 39 - 25 years older, it's a relationship with a much older woman, so I have no problems with people genuinely being confused. And yes, people's outward behaviors and decisions do have a reflection inwards, something I consider obvious at this stage in my life...
The problem though is that we don't know what that outward persona is reflecting. And so I ask people of all political backgrounds not to pass judgement on the things they can't speculate about, and rather pass it on the things that are in clear daylight that the candidates themselves are already willing to admit to; specific policy decisions, directions, motives, successes, failures, etc.
To be more specific society generally finds it normative for a man to date a younger woman, somewhat a sign of strength that they can mate/attract a more fertile and beautiful partner. The opposite would imply weakness in that area as a man, which would call into question their strength as person in general. Who knows, it may very well be a weakness, or it may be a strength...or both; his mental ability to fight off society's constant judgement, his flexibility in ways of thinking about situations, his committment to follow through on a long-term goal, a careless attitude towards a reproductive relationship, blindness to better potential opportunities, etc. I and others should be smart enough to know that it could imply just as many strengths as weaknesses, but that we will never know which ones are actually true and false.
