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boston bean

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7. Hear hear all women whose reproductive rights are under attack,

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 02:11 PM

Mar 2013

you are fighting for your rights in all the wrong ways!

Follow the men, and they shall lead you to salvation!

Stop focusing on the cultural ills that make it possible for such attacks to have success!

You little womens are doing it all wrong.

Comrade Grumpy knows best!

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There is a war on abortion rights underway and we're fighting over feminist theory? [View all] Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 OP

Precisely. 99Forever Mar 2013 #1

I agree. HappyMe Mar 2013 #2

Indeed n/t Still Sensible Mar 2013 #3

I trashed 21 threads on benevolent sexism this weekend. Apophis Mar 2013 #4

Makes one wonder who the real trolls are... Lionessa Mar 2013 #5

Always! a good question, especially when it honestly includes one's self, which includes me too. patrice Mar 2013 #45

Well I can multitask ismnotwasm Mar 2013 #6

You're right. All I know of you is what I see on this board. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #14

Hear hear all women whose reproductive rights are under attack, boston bean Mar 2013 #7

+ a gazillion n/t Scout Mar 2013 #11

oh, yes, and plus a hearty billion gazillion more. nt Zorra Mar 2013 #29

A bit of an exaggeration, don't you think? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #16

I'm sure they understood what the cultural issues were boston bean Mar 2013 #19

i wish you knew who your friends are olddots Mar 2013 #32

Friends don't do what was done here in this OP. boston bean Mar 2013 #52

The bill in North Dakota was vetoed by the governor. RC Mar 2013 #53

"Stop focusing on the cultural ills" redqueen Mar 2013 #21

i'm a woman. i agree with grumpy. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #28

I'm a woman too. boston bean Mar 2013 #49

and? the point is, you pretend to speak for all women, but you don't. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #55

And your point was? boston bean Mar 2013 #57

Unlike you, I never claimed to. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #58

I never claimed to either. That was of your own making. boston bean Mar 2013 #59

Could you provide a link to the exact post wherein boston bean Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #60

This post CLEARLY implied only a man would "lead" women in this direction joeglow3 Mar 2013 #63

Yes, that is what I implied! not! boston bean Mar 2013 #65

Then please explain what you meant by this joeglow3 Mar 2013 #68

It was in response to a male telling women what they should do. boston bean Mar 2013 #70

no. i don't see any irony at all, just a stale debate tactic. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #74

And yours wasn't? boston bean Mar 2013 #76

the stale debate tactic i refer to is the claim that because one is not a member of a certain HiPointDem Mar 2013 #92

He didn't "tell you what to do" -- he called it like he saw it & you disagreed with it. pacalo Mar 2013 #97

Oh. So an implication (in your opinion) is a clear declaration? Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #71

Yes. Actual words only make up a percentage of what one communicates joeglow3 Mar 2013 #79

Which would be fine, if we were not on the internet. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #80

I'm Really Curious HiPoint Not Snark Just A Question HangOnKids Mar 2013 #61

Are you shitting me? joeglow3 Mar 2013 #62

i'm semi-retired. No, i don't get paid to post. and no, I'm not at work when posting. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #67

Who Said Anything About Being Paid To Post? Or Posting At Work? HangOnKids Mar 2013 #69

i did not feel compelled. it is a common accusation made about people who post a lot. just HiPointDem Mar 2013 #75

I asked you a question and I explained why HangOnKids Mar 2013 #77

You don't want to have a conversation with me, you just want to know my personal business. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #78

One more time, I asked a question if you thought it was personal HangOnKids Mar 2013 #81

i don't care for your style either. and you didn't have to respond to my comment. nor do you HiPointDem Mar 2013 #82

I had been wondering the same about some feminists but thought it was too rude pacalo Mar 2013 #95

Thank You boston bean MoclipsHumptulips Mar 2013 #48

this La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #51

yup. and grumpy would be one that has continually dismissed womens concerns, but it seems, abortion seabeyond Mar 2013 #85

*All* women? You don't speak for me. Comrade Grumpy's OP is accurate. pacalo Mar 2013 #96

Big KnR, Comrade Hekate Mar 2013 #8

A) A good many of those threads/posts were created by men to poke and prod DU feminists. demmiblue Mar 2013 #9

yes. the majority were started by men to diss feminists. just like this is started by a man, to seabeyond Mar 2013 #86

Serious discussion of feminism is helpful, but yeah the people pretending it's a joke redqueen Mar 2013 #10

True or ones like this that make it seem boston bean Mar 2013 #12

Yep. It's a rather stupid insinuation. redqueen Mar 2013 #15

This is kinda specious. I've posted several threads recently on abortion cali Mar 2013 #13

Glad to hear it. I've seen a handful of abortion posts recently. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #17

Well gollygee Mar 2013 #25

+1000 Control-Z Mar 2013 #90

was grumpy in any of those threads fighting the good fight? cause he is concerned. directing seabeyond Mar 2013 #88

nope. cali Mar 2013 #98

ha. one did not even get one reply. you do good cali. seabeyond Mar 2013 #99

People discuss ideas all the time. treestar Mar 2013 #18

You have a point. sibelian Mar 2013 #20

Wonderful! post. patrice Mar 2013 #36

Well, thank you! sibelian Mar 2013 #42

here--here ! thank you for saying that so eloquently olddots Mar 2013 #50

*Very* much so, it's so irritating. sibelian Mar 2013 #72

There's pretty near universal agreement here about reproductive rights LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #22

+1 redqueen Mar 2013 #84

not one reply or rec on this thread... RainDog Mar 2013 #23

Kick, kick, kick LeftInTX Mar 2013 #24

I pay more attention to rape, abortion, birth control and violence. Easier to enlighten with those. freshwest Mar 2013 #26

That's a very helpful tactical suggestion. nt patrice Mar 2013 #31

I find discussions of Marxist theory the same. It's true, but eyes glaze over. Not for everyone. freshwest Mar 2013 #33

where are these discussions of marxist theory? HiPointDem Mar 2013 #56

+100. Not to mention the racheting down of social protections, wages and benefits. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #27

Thank you. patrice Mar 2013 #30

I don't have to have permission from anyone about what to post about gollygee Mar 2013 #34

Grumpy how dare you care ????? olddots Mar 2013 #35

*sigh* Who do you think fought tooth and nail to get those rights in the first place? Zorra Mar 2013 #37

You should have some idea what you're talking about before you cast aspersions. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #40

Let's be clear: Struggling for choices was once considered grad school feminism, too. nt Zorra Mar 2013 #44

let's be clear; not so much, as few women went to graduate school and the women's studies infra- HiPointDem Mar 2013 #83

Exactly. MNBrewer Mar 2013 #38

Y'know, maybe a nation that respects its women as full PEOPLE not men's inferiors alp227 Mar 2013 #39

Wow. OMG, this irony of thread is un-fucking-believable! Zorra Mar 2013 #41

ya. i am thinking more this... seabeyond Mar 2013 #91

No... we're discussing it, not fighting over it-- two wholly separate concepts. LanternWaste Mar 2013 #43

It's all related gollygee Mar 2013 #46

Watch the Birdie! dogknob Mar 2013 #47

All of this has had me reading up on the feminist sex wars... snooper2 Mar 2013 #54

DU, the land of 1,000 agendas. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #64

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #66

oh for fuck's sake Scout Mar 2013 #73

so grumpy. where is the actual thread discussing the war on abortion. cause this Op isnt it. seabeyond Mar 2013 #87

If you are so concerned about abortion rights... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #89

snap BainsBane Mar 2013 #94

No one here is fighting over feminist theory, at least not in GD BainsBane Mar 2013 #93