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In reply to the discussion: There is a war on abortion rights underway and we're fighting over feminist theory? [View all]lpbk2713
(43,109 posts)64. DU, the land of 1,000 agendas.
Stick around. Next week another one will float to the surface.
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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
Always! a good question, especially when it honestly includes one's self, which includes me too.
patrice
Mar 2013
#45
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
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
i did not feel compelled. it is a common accusation made about people who post a lot. just
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#75
You don't want to have a conversation with me, you just want to know my personal business.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#78
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
yup. and grumpy would be one that has continually dismissed womens concerns, but it seems, abortion
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#85
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
was grumpy in any of those threads fighting the good fight? cause he is concerned. directing
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#88
I pay more attention to rape, abortion, birth control and violence. Easier to enlighten with those.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#26
I find discussions of Marxist theory the same. It's true, but eyes glaze over. Not for everyone.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#33
+100. Not to mention the racheting down of social protections, wages and benefits.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#27
*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
Y'know, maybe a nation that respects its women as full PEOPLE not men's inferiors
alp227
Mar 2013
#39
No... we're discussing it, not fighting over it-- two wholly separate concepts.
LanternWaste
Mar 2013
#43
so grumpy. where is the actual thread discussing the war on abortion. cause this Op isnt it.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#87