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seabeyond

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48. so lets start a fuckin OP in sanders name about mens fantasy to rape women. cause, he is after all

Sun May 31, 2015, 03:14 PM

May 2015

the one standing up for women.

fuckin for real? and can the blindness with sanders be any more stupid to tye him so loudly to mens rape fantasy....

with this little insignificant irrelevant article.

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Bernie Sanders: Sex article is like ‘50 Shades of Grey’ [View all] workinclasszero May 2015 OP

I have no problem with the essay and Bernie's honest comments. Avalux May 2015 #1

i thought he was 31, to her 16, 17? just stating facts. i have not made any comment at all seabeyond May 2015 #2

You're right, he was older, and obtaining his master's degree. Avalux May 2015 #4

Could be but he polished it up and submitted it for publication. nt ucrdem May 2015 #16

He's six years older than Hillary. merrily May 2015 #86

ya. ok. so. seabeyond May 2015 #87

"A young age?" WTF? Orrex May 2015 #5

Yeah if the news story was even true Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #20

Absolutely. jwirr May 2015 #53

If it's so poorly written how can it be obvious joeybee12 May 2015 #100

"The old essay was criticizing rape culture attitudes like those on parade in 50 Shades." beam me up scottie May 2015 #108

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Some newspaper guy reports, sanders people starts ops... No one gives a shit. Who are 'they' seabeyond May 2015 #140

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Looks like you've got some fans here. beam me up scottie May 2015 #143

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Well apparently your penis interferes with your reading comprehension. beam me up scottie May 2015 #150

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Good cuz that wouldn't help. beam me up scottie May 2015 #155

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Reminds me of when news came out about dimson's drunk driving arrest MoonRiver May 2015 #60

i call it cause of bush drugs in 40's. i hated that one. nt seabeyond May 2015 #70

Was he in his 40s? MoonRiver May 2015 #74

i know. time as in we age, or time gone by? cause i use to know every detail about everything. seabeyond May 2015 #77

I so know what you mean! MoonRiver May 2015 #78

lol. you made me laugh. now. outta of this thread. didnt like the first four OPs on this. nt seabeyond May 2015 #80

Gotta laugh! MoonRiver May 2015 #82

You're comparing satire to drunk driving? Scootaloo May 2015 #167

And the bizarre things that appeared in men's magazines at the time arcane1 May 2015 #17

A thirty year old man is not the same as a high school kid. pnwmom May 2015 #59

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no. it does not. please stop going thru this thread, insisting it is a feminist piece. seabeyond May 2015 #94

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Ya... Thru a man eye that was privileged and paternalistic. No mckinney seabeyond May 2015 #131

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I know you can't cause you are seeing the piece as a man not a feminist... As you compare it to fems seabeyond May 2015 #137

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Of course I did a week ago the first of now 6 ops on this. All brought to you by pro sanders seabeyond May 2015 #149

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So men can't be feminists? That's sexist. beam me up scottie May 2015 #146

Right, because men just aren't qualified to comment on such things. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #183

No it doesn't. gollygee May 2015 #101

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He writes from the point of view of a man gollygee May 2015 #163

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Yes we are in agreement there. n/t gollygee May 2015 #165

+1! It should help him capture some of the feminist vote peecoolyour May 2015 #148

Hey, there you go. Put it on his website to draw women. Like I say, brilliant seabeyond May 2015 #151

It is, isn't it? beam me up scottie May 2015 #159

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50 Shades isn't a feminist piece. Sorry. NT BreakfastClub May 2015 #180

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30 is a kid? joeybee12 May 2015 #99

31 is not a kid!! uponit7771 May 2015 #178

Ummmm.... not sure that's helping, Bernie. Nye Bevan May 2015 #3

or hillary. OMG.... lol. nt seabeyond May 2015 #6

Or Bill. Or Barack. ucrdem May 2015 #9

could you imagine what would happen with obama? that would turn ugly, fast. nt seabeyond May 2015 #11

Very ugly, very fast. Yes. ucrdem May 2015 #12

yup. and the expected silence, because it is.... this is what pisses me off. different expectations seabeyond May 2015 #14

Well, given that Bernie's essay was a critique of rape culture, I'd be pleased if Luminous Animal May 2015 #26

bullshit. i did not like reading, how sanders was playing with this in his mind. regardless. seabeyond May 2015 #39

Ironic. merrily May 2015 #88

Especially the hypocrisy part. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #186

If you think you "have ignored this subject" beam me up scottie May 2015 #157

"was still in the language of man"... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #184

Nope. Not helping. Orsino May 2015 #13

"Lie?" MoonRiver May 2015 #72

Naw, I think he's telling the truth about his intent... Orsino Jun 2015 #188

It was not a rape fantasy article. It was a critique of how women are portrayed in men's magazines. Luminous Animal May 2015 #24

Surely you don't expect people to actually READ the article, do you? arcane1 May 2015 #27

Is it posted somewhere? treestar May 2015 #66

There's a link in the OP arcane1 May 2015 #69

Theres a photo of the old newspaper article treestar May 2015 #120

OK, I edited the post (nt) Nye Bevan May 2015 #28

MSNBC didn't even care before they ran this headline Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #50

Anybody not a Repuke is going to go through this treestar May 2015 #68

Does that go for Bill Clinton in 1992 and Hillary in 2016, too, or only for Bernie? merrily May 2015 #91

Haven't the Clinton's lives been treestar May 2015 #107

First, my question was about Bill in 1992, when Genifer Flowers hit the fan. merrily May 2015 #113

The point was it all came out treestar May 2015 #116

OMG, Bernie did not say the media was unfair to bring this up. It's the Clintons who do that stuff. merrily May 2015 #118

People on this thread did treestar May 2015 #122

You're saying BERNIE should have expected it to come up because of what DUers post?* merrily May 2015 #123

The Bernie followers need to get the fact that treestar May 2015 #172

That goes 100 times over for the Hillary supporters. And again, what merrily May 2015 #173

lol Hillary of course knows treestar May 2015 #174

not a lot of men did that back then--I respect him even more now zazen May 2015 #55

I wish I could rec your post. beam me up scottie May 2015 #121

This is the answer his campaign team came up with? BeyondGeography May 2015 #7

Did you read the essay? Because it was clearly a critique of how women were depicted in men's Luminous Animal May 2015 #30

Tell it to Team Bernie BeyondGeography May 2015 #45

Meh azmom May 2015 #8

I guess this questions Bernie is right for women. Shot a hole in his raft when out at sea. Thinkingabout May 2015 #10

If you ask me, people making a big deal out of this 40+ year old article are making... MohRokTah May 2015 #15

Bullshit. The essay was criticizing rape culture attitudes like those on parade in 50 Shades Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #18

Ditto... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #21

Segami wrote a good piece on this. AtomicKitten May 2015 #22

It could not be nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #19

The English isn't the problem. nt ucrdem May 2015 #23

I have read the full essay nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #25

I flipped through it and didn't notice any grammar lapses ucrdem May 2015 #31

As I said, those comversations do not belong here nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #32

A couple of years ago that particular conversation ucrdem May 2015 #36

Which is why I attempted, valiantly, to actually read 50 shades nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #38

Well, critique is not the word that came to mind when I was looking through it ucrdem May 2015 #46

Well I prefer to know what I am talking about nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #51

I just checked the online PDF version and the grammar at least is fine. ucrdem May 2015 #54

There are three versions nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #56

Yes, that's par for the course. ucrdem May 2015 #58

It stands out because it got academic interest due to the them nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #61

Could be. Doesn't do much for Sanders' argument. ucrdem May 2015 #63

I am not talking about Sanders nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #81

comparing it to Twilight would be humorous dlwickham May 2015 #153

A stupid explanation to a stupid question mythology May 2015 #29

If you had read the article, you would know that it was a critique of rape culture. Luminous Animal May 2015 #33

The problem with Bernie's article is that most people can't get beyond the first few lines.. DCBob May 2015 #34

LOL...so much for women voters... Sancho May 2015 #35

Over in a couple of days, just like post #1 who hasn't gotten over Hillary in the Goldwater days. Thinkingabout May 2015 #40

LOL! merrily May 2015 #42

Bernie is wrong... Kalidurga May 2015 #37

I refuse to criticize another Democrat. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #41

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Impeccable record on women's issues. Women ain't fools. nt merrily May 2015 #44

so lets start a fuckin OP in sanders name about mens fantasy to rape women. cause, he is after all seabeyond May 2015 #48

Are you SURE you're a Sanders supporter? NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #185

No we're not. beam me up scottie May 2015 #114

If you think about it, this is Hillary's big chance!!!! Sancho May 2015 #47

there you go, get in the gutter to null and void an already dead subject for sanders. seabeyond May 2015 #49

I assume you get the idea... Sancho May 2015 #57

Not the best possible response, I think. MineralMan May 2015 #52

Bernie Sanders: Sex article ROYDOG999 May 2015 #62

Easy response to anyone who asks: you obviously didn't read it - that's all he has to say. If they Exilednight May 2015 #96

To dredge up an article this old from Bernie's "hippie" days means one thing: Vinca May 2015 #64

No, it's sensational sex. MoonRiver May 2015 #65

This happens to all candidates gollygee May 2015 #67

He is a threat. And he remains a threat. They will keep looking. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #187

We should elect a corporatist who will rob us blind LittleBlue May 2015 #71

nobody on du is falling this, nobody is not voting sander because of, nobody said sanders is racist seabeyond May 2015 #73

You know how you can tell it's a game for the gullible? LittleBlue May 2015 #75

dont know dont care about title or what you posted after this. i am playing in his crowds.... seabeyond May 2015 #79

But us wimmenfolks need to be told what to think. beam me up scottie May 2015 #112

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For God's sake, no one called him a racist gollygee May 2015 #76

Yes, it's fairly tame in its context. That is true. ucrdem May 2015 #83

oh oh. let it be pot. i so want to post this picture. seabeyond May 2015 #85

He already admitted he smoked pot. Hell, even Ted fucking Cruz smoked pot at some point. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #138

Good thing I used my picture now then... seabeyond May 2015 #141

Sometimes when bad and untrue stories continue to emerge and are Thinkingabout May 2015 #84

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MJ says his marriage broke up in the late 60s and the article seems to reflect that. ucrdem May 2015 #95

Best answer so far. Koinos May 2015 #98

Thanks . . . ucrdem May 2015 #102

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This sander is great for women. polly7 May 2015 #147

How is that gonna play in the bible belt Warren DeMontague May 2015 #158

LOL. Yep. nt. polly7 May 2015 #162

A non-religious belt sander that doesn't pander to christians. beam me up scottie May 2015 #168

Santa's pandering sander pandas for Sanders Warren DeMontague May 2015 #170

Just let your man parts read it. beam me up scottie May 2015 #171

Sure they have, but it doesn't say what they want it to so they're making shit up. beam me up scottie May 2015 #103

Then why did he feel a need to denounce it? BainsBane May 2015 #166

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Don't care to discuss the article BainsBane May 2015 #175

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The revolution is not about Bernie. It's about us. azmom May 2015 #90

Thank you! BainsBane May 2015 #176

So are you trying to help catapult the notion that this is this Bernie's "Pen-Gazi"? corkhead May 2015 #97

Pen Ghazi. I see what you did there. merrily May 2015 #124

It was not a rape fantasy article, for those who want to see where this lie is coming from: beam me up scottie May 2015 #104

It's an allegory and it's not really clear what it's about. (Full text) ucrdem May 2015 #105

Says the person who defended the article associating Sanders with slavery and racist cops. beam me up scottie May 2015 #106

Better the text than the rumor and I've already stated that it's well-intentioned. ucrdem May 2015 #111

The patriarchy was an established concept gollygee May 2015 #109

Well said. beam me up scottie May 2015 #115

Wasn't that 1971, anyway? Twenty years before he first went to Congress where he earned a 100% merrily May 2015 #125

Those ratings gollygee May 2015 #126

No complaints that I know of from a single woman who worked with or for him either, even merrily May 2015 #127

About Bernie: Welcome to the world of national politics AZ Progressive May 2015 #179

Meh. Who cares? LadyHawkAZ May 2015 #110

It's a little weird, isn't it? Warren DeMontague May 2015 #132

I read a bit of it LadyHawkAZ May 2015 #135

I assume then that everyone here who complained about... brooklynite May 2015 #119

Bernie Sanders was a feminist before it was trendy? peecoolyour May 2015 #139

I did read the chunk on display on Vox... backscatter712 May 2015 #160

The essay is bad, but his non-apologies are worse. KitSileya Jun 2015 #181

Much ado about nothing! B Calm Jun 2015 #189

Isn't that the way of Upchuck Toad? n/t RoccoR5955 Jun 2015 #190