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In reply to the discussion: Nice Girls Don't Say 'Vagina' -- What The Rep. Lisa Brown Controversy Is Really About [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)136. you are trying to justify the censure of a female legislator
you are making excuses and finding reasons why she was forbidden to speak.
you are not here to enlighten or to be honest.
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Purveyor
Jun 2012
OP
Would the left be willing or able to eject that speaker from the floor, however?
antigone382
Jun 2012
#169
" I think we all know that no matter what the female legislator said, she would have been censured"
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#145
You respond to me then say fuck off then respond then say fuck off
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#153
It is about her body. It is about every woman's body. And that charge of implying rape
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#47
No, that is a clear statement of fact. No does mean no in every case, the implication
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#69
See above reply, no does mean no, the implication being pushed is a fabrication. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#75
It is a three word sentence. What are you finding so difficult to understand?
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#89
And like the other guy determined to push this false premise in this thread, the only implication of
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#94
Because it is the entirety of what people are disagreeing with me on
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#137
Vagina is a "civil" word. It is used in sex education classes all over this country.
kiranon
Jun 2012
#98
it is about women and their reproductive organs. it doesn't have to be about hers specifically.
ejpoeta
Jun 2012
#29
And if another congressman calls her a whore, based on the beliefs of his constituency
TBMASE
Jun 2012
#50
Would she feel threatened her co-worker said he was flattered by her interest in his penis
TBMASE
Jun 2012
#23
Just keep flinging it, I'm sure something will stick. This argument is absurd, you begin with a
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#33
Again with the false premise -> false equivalency -> straw man. You have no argument,
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#55
Continually restating your fallacy will never change reality. This tactic doesn't work on
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#63
The fantasy began when she decided that her coworkers had interest in her vagina
TBMASE
Jun 2012
#41
"Vagina. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable and they find it difficult to say."
Initech
Jun 2012
#13
Some men are so sensitive, they get all testerical when you say crude things to them. nt
bemildred
Jun 2012
#18
Those are the men that inevitably go totally limp from the devastating testeria the word invokes!
Zorra
Jun 2012
#30
Seems unlikely to be original, but if it is, I place it in the public domain. nt
bemildred
Jun 2012
#38