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SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 12:04 PM Mar 2016

A perfect Tweet about the "Excuse me" moment...

Just stumbled on this...I think it's perfect!

Squirmishes McPalin
Squirmishes McPalin? @McSquirmishes

I never knew I could interrupt men as much as I want and they're sexist if they tell me to stop! My life is changed forever. #DemDebate
Mar 7, 2016, 12:03:36 AM from Los Angeles, CA
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A perfect Tweet about the "Excuse me" moment... (Original Post) SoapBox Mar 2016 OP
That was my takeaway, my SO will be thrilled with my Neo Feminism. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #1
Ayup. AzDar Mar 2016 #2
Not only is there an almost total mainstream media blackout of Bernie, jalan48 Mar 2016 #3
Right? truebrit71 Mar 2016 #4
KnR. retrowire Mar 2016 #5
Yea Gwhittey Mar 2016 #6
Admittedly, it's a slogan not easily understood. retrowire Mar 2016 #8
Saw this one on reddit kracer20 Mar 2016 #7
Oh that's a good one too! SoapBox Mar 2016 #9
i have taken to openly mocking them redruddyred Mar 2016 #10
Hillary Kittycat Mar 2016 #11
Let's face it: They're good at what they do. RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #14
Hillary playing the poor little girl role isn't very attractive... modestybl Mar 2016 #12
K&R agracie Mar 2016 #13
Kick. great tweet! kath Mar 2016 #15

jalan48

(13,856 posts)
3. Not only is there an almost total mainstream media blackout of Bernie,
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:41 PM
Mar 2016

now he's not supposed to talk at the debates as well?

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
5. KnR.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:45 PM
Mar 2016

Feminism is about the equality of men and women, not the oppression of men.

That's called Misandry. And Feminism is a positive movement. Just like BLM, it's not saying that ONLY Black Lives Matter. The phrase seeks to elevate the demographic to equal standing with others.

I wish I didn't have to explain that to people.

 

Gwhittey

(1,377 posts)
6. Yea
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:48 PM
Mar 2016

Too bad people who came up with BLM slogan never really knew how fucked in head GOP people are. Nuance is not a strong point over at Fox.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
8. Admittedly, it's a slogan not easily understood.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:54 PM
Mar 2016

You've gotta have base compassion in your heart to see it for what it really means. Remember, I'm a stereotypical Bernie supporter, I'm a white milliennial and I've actually had to explain to several black coworkers, all of whom were maybe 40's and up in age? That BLM is a good thing and the phrase All Lives Matter is counter intuitive to the real issue.

The term, Black Lives Matter, when taken at an angle of confrontation, can seem exclusive. And many people felt "confronted" by BLM. But they had to confront. Look how far we've come because of it. I wonder to myself if the outcome would have been any different had they phrased it more politely with BLMT, "Black Lives Matter Too". I don't think it would have been as effective because more people would have been like "Well yeah of course!" but they wouldn't have been pushed to look at it as closely. I dunno.

kracer20

(199 posts)
7. Saw this one on reddit
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:50 PM
Mar 2016

As a woman, I feel @BernieSanders treating @HillaryClinton the same as he would a male opponent is the opposite of sexism. #DemDebate

https://twitter.com/DeAnnaMHill/status/706685151648944133

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
9. Oh that's a good one too!
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:55 PM
Mar 2016

I like that some in America are able to see through the Camp Weathervane baloney.

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
10. i have taken to openly mocking them
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:05 PM
Mar 2016

RTed one of the more moronic tweets with the hashtags #berniebro #womenhater #troll
hopefully the sarcasm was selfevident
fuck these ppl srs, none of them would lift a hand to help a women experiencing real discrimination. it's all political posturing.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
14. Let's face it: They're good at what they do.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:55 PM
Mar 2016

And they have plenty of shills to do their bidding for them.

I realize that many of us are quite capable of juggling more than one thought at a time, but each minute or post that we spend refuting this faux affront is energy wasted on more substantive topics, such as Hillary's shape shifting. She changes her positions so quickly that even her own spokespeople can't keep up.

 

modestybl

(458 posts)
12. Hillary playing the poor little girl role isn't very attractive...
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:51 PM
Mar 2016

The most condenscending politician out there whines like a little girl when she interrupts twice and gets pushed back...

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