# Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Cannot Afford to Move to Washington **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263 "2018-11-09T21:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/401 "2018-11-20T00:10:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If she’s too young to be a Representative herself, then shouldn’t she also be too young to be the spouse of a Representative? Maybe, but not the mistress of one. Same point, though. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/402 "2018-11-20T00:14:08Z")
Hypersensitivity is not an advantageous trait for a politician. She needs to get her head out of the intersectional dogma and act like a real person with an individual personality rather than a member of a group if she wants to succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/403 "2018-11-20T00:58:55Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I like that she wants to clear out the deadwood in the Dem party in Congress. That deadwood is what gave the Dems the majority in the House. Having progressive Tea Partyish circular firing squads is not a helpful thing. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/404 "2018-11-20T02:41:10Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hypersensitivity is not an advantageous trait for a politician. She needs to get her head out of the intersectional dogma and act like a real person with an individual personality rather than a member of a group if she wants to succeed. Wha? So, now that she’s become a member of congress, she needs to stop reacting the way she does to the biases and assumptions made against her, and start behaving more like a politician aught to? She needs to curb her visceral response to criticism and act like _a real person?_ She needs to step in line and _be an individual?_ What you expect of her is not at all clear, but it is clear that you expect something of her, and I guess that’s what counts. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/405 "2018-11-20T02:51:17Z")
Nonetheless, disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/406 "2018-11-20T03:58:55Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hypersensitivity is not an advantageous trait for a politician. She needs to get her head out of the intersectional dogma and act like a real person with an individual personality rather than a member of a group if she wants to succeed. It seems to work for the current person occupying the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263/407 "2018-11-20T15:38:41Z")
“Acting like a real person with an individual personality” is precisely what the intersectional dogma is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cannot-afford-to-move-to-washington/824263.md?page=20)