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Dark n Stormy Knight

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12. In rereading your reply, I feel even more strongly that you've misrepresented my meaning.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 08:27 PM
Dec 2017

You quoted only part of this statment and responded to me as if that was all there was to my sentence. In full I said:

So I think it would be wrong to condemn and abandon the Democratic women in Congress for standing up for women in general.


Pretty clearly I was writing of those particular women, Gillibrand, Harris, etc., who called for Franken to resign, not all "Democratic women in Congress," which your abridgement suggests.
Well said!!! nt Trumpocalypse Dec 2017 #1
And to stand on principle, means denying someone Due Process ? Oh. Righty-o. OnDoutside Dec 2017 #2
Not standing on every principle at once, that's true. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #6
They had decided behind the scenes and among themselves that if another accuser comes Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #17
There are gray areas with many issues. BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #3
I agree with this completely. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #4
Who on this forum advocated "abandoning Democratic women in Congress"? Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #5
You misinterpret that aspect of my post. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #8
I didn't misinterpret anything, just repeated what you wrote Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #13
In rereading your reply, I feel even more strongly that you've misrepresented my meaning. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #12
I replied above Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #14
Actually, the bolded part is extremely important to the meaning of my sentence. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #21
No the bolded part is a deflection Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #25
I've seen plenty of posts of folks who want her OUT now. Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #18
According to some, you must be imaging that. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #19
There has been A TON...a shocking amount really and if I didn't trash all those threads I'd be glad Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #20
So you can't back it up because you have deleted them Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #26
Doesn't confirm your characterization in the least Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #27
No flame. I have many of your conflicts also. Living in riversedge Dec 2017 #7
I imagine there are many of us with these same conflicts. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #9
Al Franken was lynch mobbed and it is just SHIT and there are ZERO excuses for it! Period! LBM20 Dec 2017 #10
That's quite the exaggeration and insult to those who've actually been lynched. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #16
I will support ALL of them over any Republican. Their positions on the issues are an open page DFW Dec 2017 #11
Glad to hear that you'll support them against Rs. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #15
Agreed: it's complicated DFW Dec 2017 #23
I agree with most of what you say here. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #29
I would not support those who went after Al Franken in a primary, but of course in a general Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #32
Well done, no flames from me. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #22
Thanks, sheshe. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #28
Very thoughtful OP. Blue_true Dec 2017 #24
I've seen a lot of that, too. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #30
Maybe Leanne Tweeden was 'acting a version of herself on stage' dansolo Dec 2017 #31
Both of those can be true. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2017 #33
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