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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:17 PM Original message |
Lots of talk of sexism. What about the case of Dennis Kucinich? |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. im short. |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. the tea bag in the pocket is not helping him either... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sorry. Men may not apply. The 'Y' chromasome makes a person "fair game." |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kucinich is my last choice. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Short does not automatically make you elf-like |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's the ears. n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well I'm a Kucinich supporter...but I know there's Male Sexism since my own Dad was 5/4 in height |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sorry pal |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It IS sexism because it is based on sterotypical ideas about men that objectify them. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. You could only possibly be more wrong. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Height discrimination "based on height" is actually based on the myth of the alpha male. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. That poor man |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Apples meet oranges. How about stats for prison rape? Equally off the point. Or is it? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Oh, I get it. Violence against women isn't related to sexism. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Maybe so, but it's the entire sexist worldview that the OP is talking about |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Well, when sexism towards men |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That's just silly. Both need to be solved for a solution. We don't live in a vacuum. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Apparently, you do. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I think you have entered silly hyperbole land, so I will say goodnight. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. It isn't, but it's an integral part of the whole package |
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comradebillyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Kucincih has always been a fringe candidate |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. An ELECTED candidate! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. But he's hung like a horse. |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. well, a miniature pony... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I'm pretty sure that those who know don't say, and those who say don't know |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. "Water that is too pure contains no fish"? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Some call candidates who ask for all of what most Americans want "too pure" |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. agree with your post per Kucinich |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Not me. Never me. ;) |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. interesting point |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yup, I guess you have a unique perspective of seeing both sides. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Dang, girl, you;ve known it ALL |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:35 PM Original message |
delete dupe |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Anyone old enough to remember him as Mayor of Cleveland Ohio knows it isn't about height. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Nobody knows about that. It's Ohio for god's sake. A long time ago. Ohio. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Nope, it was about saving public power |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. I am a 5'8" female and I find him attractive. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I'd vote for him even if I thought he was ugly |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. at 4'11", this dem has no problem voting for Kucinich |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. it's the same old sexism that it always was |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. The difference is the media is trying to keep his message hidden. |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. as a fan of most of kucinich's views |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Jesus FAWKING keerist! Just keep doing the MSM's work for them for free, willya? |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. pragmatic doesn't mean hopeless or compromising |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. What fawking "next interviews" are you talking about? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. You have never listened to him give a speech |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Ive listened to him talk plenty of times |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's VEGANISMISM. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. Here ya go: |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Swamp Rat, that is art! Fucking beautiful! Do you have a website? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Thanks!! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Funny too. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. The corporate media |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Congratulations on taking on the most disgusting qualities of the "Patriarchy"! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. You need to put 'nt' in the |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. BTW....do you know anything about the bonobo???? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I know a shitload sister. What's your point? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I really thought |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Thank god DU has a tool for intolerant people like you to use instead of just covering your ears! nt |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. A well-kept secret? |
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undercutter2006 (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. funny i just made a post about that on a different thread |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. No kidding! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
61. I voted for Dennis last time and I will vote for him again |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'm for Kucinich! But then, I'm a 5'0" woman. |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
64. Actually I think it is his message |
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