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History of Feminism

mercuryblues

(15,292 posts)

1. maybe

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:15 PM

Jul 2014

some people are finally recognizing no matter how trivial they think the issue is, it all spills into the same feeding trough. Well that is what the optimist in me thinks.

The cynical 3/4's of me thinks it took a while to get the talking points.

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I can't help but notice [View all] BainsBane Jul 2014 OP

maybe mercuryblues Jul 2014 #1

The cynical 90% of me BainsBane Jul 2014 #3

100% of me thinks exactly that = HOF just provides a handy whipping girl. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #15

This incident has very clearly exposed the true colors MadrasT Jul 2014 #2

Ignoring the need of half the population is surreal to us, but standard for a select few. freshwest Jul 2014 #4

Well according to one poster I read... sheshe2 Jul 2014 #5

That's bad BainsBane Jul 2014 #7

so racism toward blacks needed to be solved only by blacks? passiveporcupine Jul 2014 #10

That would be my conclusion from that response. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #11

stunned, then pissed, and hopemountain Jul 2014 #6

I am probably more cynical than the average person because I think that the PTB are using the Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #8

I wish you wouldn't have brought up the gun issue BainsBane Jul 2014 #13

I am inclined to give leeway for that, Baines. The rest of the post is on target. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #16

One, this is a Progressive/Democratic audience discussing an issue especially close to the hearts Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #17

You are of course free to talk about what you want BainsBane Jul 2014 #20

While I do not like where we are as a country with gun violence and the open carry issues, Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #21

There's plenty to say about a right-wing coup against women perpetrated tea and oranges Jul 2014 #9

The day any man has dominion over me, it will literally be over my dead body. MadrasT Jul 2014 #12

I very seriously agree with you on this. I had not thought of it that way before, but now that I Squinch Jul 2014 #14

I believe you are right JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #18

There are many contributors... tea and oranges Jul 2014 #19