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still_one

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 12:29 PM Jun 2017

J.K. Rowling: "I'm sick of 'liberal' men whose mask slips everytime a woman displeases them [View all]

JK Rowling just gave an epic lesson on sexism to a man who called Theresa May a ‘whore’

"Author J.K. Rowling came down hard on a man she previously admired for calling English Prime Minister Theresa May a “whore,” excoriating him for allying himself with men who can’t stand any woman who “displeases” them.

Without identifying the man, who the Harry Potter author described as someone “I thought was smart and funny,” Rowling launched into a tweetstorm calling out the overt sexism."

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If you can’t disagree with a woman without reaching for all those filthy old insults, screw you and your politics. 2/14


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I’m sick of ‘liberal’ men whose mask slips every time a woman displeases them, who reach immediately for crude and humiliating words 3/14

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/jk-rowling-just-gave-an-epic-lesson-on-sexism-to-man-who-called-theresa-may-a-whore/

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Your hyperactive autocorrect changed "every time" in your subject line to "overtime." nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #1
Thank-you, I will correct still_one Jun 2017 #2
And to me that's connected to the tone deaf responses about Maher... bettyellen Jun 2017 #3
+ infinity ismnotwasm Jun 2017 #4
Yes shenmue Jun 2017 #5
*takes a bow* someone just explained to me that they thought he people complaining hadn't bettyellen Jun 2017 #8
+1000! Millions of Americans feel under attack right now, thanks ecstatic Jun 2017 #39
And Maher doesn't want to acknowledge WE are the resistance and WE are leading.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #40
Yep. nt irisblue Jun 2017 #6
The entire tweetstorm deserves repeating... Raster Jun 2017 #7
I want to cross stitch that with a nice border and hang it on the wall. LeftyMom Jun 2017 #10
LOL, that's funny. cheers eom LittleGirl Jun 2017 #35
Thanks Raster still_one Jun 2017 #11
Thank you for the OP and starting the thread. Raster Jun 2017 #14
Or Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren who were both silenced in what we now know is just... brush Jun 2017 #27
Bingo! eom LittleGirl Jun 2017 #36
That was a thing of beauty. n/t demmiblue Jun 2017 #37
Gods, she's good. I like Jo Rowling more and more all the time. Hekate Jun 2017 #41
46 and talkin back too! Wawannabe Jun 2017 #46
Wow NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #47
What's with calling them "liberal"? Is she an anti-liberal Hortensis Jun 2017 #9
She put liberal in quotes: 'liberal'. To me that indicates that they identify as liberals, but still_one Jun 2017 #12
She's insulting them because they're only liberal and no Hortensis Jun 2017 #18
No, she's cutting this particular man out of her social media. Saviolo Jun 2017 #20
No, she's not, her last 5-6 tweets make that clear. stevenleser Jun 2017 #25
I'm afraid they do not. I do agree those behaving Hortensis Jun 2017 #26
Because some so-called liberal men are not really liberal when it comes to women. alarimer Jun 2017 #34
In quotes, "liberal" should be read as... Beartracks Jun 2017 #44
It's strange because zentrum Jun 2017 #13
The context is made very clear in her tweets, and the link still_one Jun 2017 #15
Agreed. I'm not zentrum Jun 2017 #22
Thank you once again J.K. Rowling cally Jun 2017 #16
Good for her! cwydro Jun 2017 #17
I've also seen zentrum Jun 2017 #24
Yes. cwydro Jun 2017 #43
So am I. And there is a boatload of them out there. CousinIT Jun 2017 #19
She's being making a lot of important points lately DesertRat Jun 2017 #21
"Femaleness is not a design flaw." Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #23
Highlight of this excellent philippic klook Jun 2017 #38
Thank you Ms. Rowling!! SunSeeker Jun 2017 #28
It is always offensive to use the word "whore" in relation to a female politician? oberliner Jun 2017 #29
When we see equal proportion of male pols being called gigolos & sluts we'll reconsider terms. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #30
Agreed oberliner Jun 2017 #33
Yes to your first question, no to your second. I don't know why this is complicated. stevenleser Jun 2017 #31
Thank you oberliner Jun 2017 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jun 2017 #42
There are plenty of gender neutral insults for female Republicans IronLionZion Jun 2017 #45
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