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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 03:19 PM
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27. The Rovian whisper campaign at work.
They're desperate for excuses to attack her, so insinuating she's a lesbian because she looks "butch" is the first thing out of the right wing hate machine.

It is despicable and juvenile. Misogynistic and homophobic. :mad:
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  - Why is it considered a vicious attack if a professional female is accused of being a lesbian ? saracat  May-10-10 09:06 PM   #0 
  - You seem to be answering your own question.  Sebastian Doyle   May-10-10 09:13 PM   #1 
  - Good OP, and good response  pinboy3niner   May-10-10 09:28 PM   #4 
     - Thank you but what I didn't get across clearly is the fact that it is considered acceptable for a  saracat   May-11-10 03:07 PM   #26 
  - I hear ya. I have no idea if she's gay or straight.  readmoreoften   May-10-10 09:16 PM   #2 
  - I don't consider that a vicious attack.  iris27   May-10-10 09:17 PM   #3 
  - I guess they cannot attack on any valid principles, so name-calling is the next best thing for them.  BrklynLiberal   May-10-10 09:31 PM   #7 
  - True or not..it should be irrelevant to her ability to do the job she has been chosen to do.  BrklynLiberal   May-10-10 09:30 PM   #5 
  - True or not..it should be irrelevant to her ability to do the job she has been chosen to do.  BrklynLiberal   May-10-10 09:30 PM   #6 
  - Worth saying twice! lol  pinboy3niner   May-10-10 09:33 PM   #8 
  - LOL. Lucky accident  BrklynLiberal   May-10-10 09:47 PM   #10 
     - Hats off to the Mods  pinboy3niner   May-11-10 02:35 AM   #19 
  - Well said! nt  caledesi   May-11-10 01:05 AM   #18 
  - Because her sex life or even lack of one is none of their goddamned business  Warpy   May-10-10 09:44 PM   #9 
  - Why do some people have so much trouble  ashling   May-10-10 10:30 PM   #11 
  - I'll tell you what worries me: Kagan does not see a right to gay marriage in  Nikki Stone1   May-10-10 10:33 PM   #12 
  - I too would prefer a liberal, and as for preferring someone who is "out" no one knows wether  saracat   May-10-10 10:42 PM   #13 
  - How do you know she's in?  prolesunited   May-10-10 10:46 PM   #15 
     - I have no idea what her sexuality is. But Kagan will be voting on gay rights issues  Nikki Stone1   May-10-10 11:24 PM   #16 
     - I have no idea what her sexuality is. But Kagan will be voting on gay rights issues  Nikki Stone1   May-10-10 11:25 PM   #17 
  - It doesn't seem to me to be anyone's goddamned business whether  saltpoint   May-10-10 10:43 PM   #14 
  - So it is now considered appropriate to unrec threads defending women  saracat   May-11-10 03:25 AM   #20 
  - K&R...  Spheric   May-11-10 08:03 AM   #22 
  - Nothing is surprising anymore.  freddie mertz   May-11-10 04:03 PM   #29 
     - And usually with no debate. How very sad it all is. How can anyone call themselves  saracat   May-11-10 04:40 PM   #30 
        - They cannot call themselves liberal or even moderate.  freddie mertz   May-11-10 05:44 PM   #31 
           - But yet they will and some even believe they are so. The definition of the "Big Tent"  saracat   May-11-10 05:51 PM   #33 
              - Some of these folks seem to have no notion of history.  freddie mertz   May-11-10 06:36 PM   #39 
                 - Lack of historical knowledge as well as institutional memory  saracat   May-11-10 06:48 PM   #40 
  - Nobody's business but hers.  Scuba   May-11-10 06:30 AM   #21 
  - It's Called The "Kitchen Sink"  KharmaTrain   May-11-10 08:10 AM   #23 
  - There's going to come a day....  Jeff In Milwaukee   May-11-10 08:11 AM   #24 
  - Because we remain a nation of bigoted assholes  WeDidIt   May-11-10 08:13 AM   #25 
  - The Rovian whisper campaign at work.  backscatter712   May-11-10 03:19 PM   #27 
  - K & R. It is ridiculous in this day and age.  freddie mertz   May-11-10 04:01 PM   #28 
  - if it's untrue, what else would it be  librechik   May-11-10 05:46 PM   #32 
  - Something to add about the misogyny and sexism.  backscatter712   May-11-10 06:00 PM   #34 
  - Y You have said exactly what I was trying to say and much more clearly! Thank you.  saracat   May-11-10 06:16 PM   #35 
  - Who people screw is none of my business unless  Old Troop   May-11-10 06:23 PM   #36 
  - Who people screw is none of my business unless  Old Troop   May-11-10 06:25 PM   #37 
  - People don't accept single women. Period.  undeterred   May-11-10 06:27 PM   #38 
  - Spot on. Simple but true.  saracat   May-11-10 06:49 PM   #41 
  - "Professional" not the issue -- it's "public", "government".  eppur_se_muova   May-11-10 08:29 PM   #42 
  - K & R nt  laughingliberal   May-12-10 08:30 AM   #43 
  - Great OP!  tango-tee   May-12-10 08:56 AM   #44 
  - Thank you saracat  Drops_not_Dope   May-12-10 12:17 PM   #45 
  - I do believe I see the answer in the body of your question  TheKentuckian   May-12-10 12:25 PM   #46 
 

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