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NastyRiffraff

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47. Wow

Reply to Raster (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 10, 2017, 12:15 PM

Jun 2017

She said it all. She's absolutely, completely, fully, utterly right. Love her AND her books.

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J.K. Rowling: "I'm sick of 'liberal' men whose mask slips everytime a woman displeases them [View all] still_one Jun 2017 OP

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