I got alerted on for bashing a Democratic figure for posting a campaign video of Warren (whom I like a lot) hugging people like crazy. I suppose I should have said it wasn’t meant to bash her, just to point out that politicians hug. Oh well. We live in nervous times.

The problem is theirs and they should talk to their therapist.

Beyond them hoping they get the help they need I just do not care.

Would I like Joe Biden to come up behind me and nuzzle me????

OH, MY GAWD.....................YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Jill is one lucky lady and I can dream!!!! And at my age, I would just blush and stammer like crazy for attention like that. Make me feel young again!!! WooooooooHoooooooooo!!!!

Blush..........

I mean, I truly understand your wish not to be touched by people. A lot of people feel that way, but the person who wrote the OP was talking about getting a hug from Biden. You know, coming up to him and getting a hug. I don't think she was talking about being grabbed from behind by surprise.

A lot of people consider such a hug from a prominent person to be a great thing. Even a handshake from a future President is something people remember all their lives with pride. I got to shake Jimmy Carter's hand on a plane once. It was a surprisingly moving experience, which I did not expect it to be.

Joe Biden doesn't know you. He isn't campaigning for your as you run for office. He hasn't spent time at a campaign function with you, as you took selfies with him standing on a stage. Joe Biden, I guarantee, is not going to walk up behind you and put his hands on your shoulders and kiss you on the head. He wouldn't do that.

On the other hand, if you came up to him, face to face, and said, "I'm so voting for you in this year's primaries," he might give you a basic hug, which is what the original poster is talking about.

If you had campaigned for an office of your own with him and spent considerable time with him doing that, he might do the other thing on an impulse. You're never going to be in that position, though, so he'll never do that to you.

So, you won't have to castrate Joe Biden, I'm sure.

What about all the pictures of Bernie actually breathing on her with his head over her shoulder and his hand solidly gripping her there?
This is 100% a total political hit job by a female Bernie Bro and I'm sick of it. She was part of the 2016 campaign and said nothing then because Bernie was ahead. Now that Bernie's behind, she gets the vapors? Sorry, I used to be a rape counselor and it doesn't work like that.

First his people attack Beto, now Biden. Anyone who's a front runner is in danger from these folks and as a Democrat, I don't appreciate it one bit.

And he still hasn't released his taxes - 3 years later!

and rightly so.

To assume what we want/desire/approve of should be adopted by everyone else?

Anything beyond that would make me uncomfortable.

But did not get a chance to get a picture with him with his arm around me. But I found him genuine and caring.

I think he is wonderful and I don't like the attacks on him one damn bit!

i would hate to lose them.
as a hospice volunteer, i pass out a lot of hugs. a lot.
some not completely socially acceptable in other situations. when i hug you, you are hugged w no reserve.

i almost always ask first, and have good radar for who wants a hug. but sometimes someone just needs a damn hug, and i dont just walk past that.

i feel bad for people who dont like hugs. i usually can spot them. i try to comfort them anyway, somehow.

damn people. we need more hugs.

that said that men can't hug, or show their feelings.

Biden is great product of those times: warm, caring, and demonstrative. Even those who have been "offended" say that they knew that it wasn't sexual or malicious.

We used to be about breaking down barriers, and if someone went too far, you just let them know. Now, if you put one toe over the line, you are pilloried.

That’s exactly how it was.

And indeed sad. During my youth, men were encouraged to be more demonstrative, affectionate. It was a time of breaking down barriers between the sexes, revealing your emotions. No more stiff upper lips and/or the 'carrying on' mode even when things were dreadful.

Now we're into building walls.

As for hugs? We need more, not less.

Never have I wanted a hug from any of them.

I never got the swooning over Obama. Or anyone for that matter.

the point Lucy Flores made. She also spoke only for herself.

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...you remind me of the Trump supporter who had a shirt that read, "Trump can grab my P**** anytime."

i shouldn't have said that....just reaction to something I found minimizing what the women who came forward had to go through. But on reflection I was wrong to dismiss your feelings. All kinds of people in this world.

Apology accepted with humility and gratitude. 😘

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Thank you!

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