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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 06:09 PM

Mar 2013

And it sometimes feels like it has all been said. At least for me. I have the most profound experience with regard to abortion and yet seldom post more than agreement with an OP.

I wish I could find a way to offer more.

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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