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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Boxer did not "flip the bird" or say she "feared for her life", Steinem never called women "sluts" [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)6. Nope, she unmistakably wagged her index finger. Easily seen in the pics.
http://www.snopes.com/barbara-boxer-gave-bernie-sanders-supporters-the-finger/
Why defend easily debunked lies? What is up with that?
Why defend easily debunked lies? What is up with that?
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Boxer did not "flip the bird" or say she "feared for her life", Steinem never called women "sluts" [View all]
bettyellen
May 2016
OP
by a large order of magnitude. The bird flipping lies are all over GDP. No lie too big or small...
bettyellen
May 2016
#2
The people who said she flipped the bird can be proven as liars. People claiming to know her state
bettyellen
May 2016
#12
It would be easy to assume that if she didnt show fear, she didnt have any.
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#53
That was apparent in the video..if anything she was trolling the people who were rightfully
haikugal
May 2016
#65
Middle fingers are located in the middle, not off center like that. Sorry to disappoint you...
bettyellen
May 2016
#35
The thing that looks like her last finger (edge of her hand) is someone's head so yes it looks like
2cannan
May 2016
#37
Does an index finger mean "flipping off" or "the bird"- clearly it does not, in America.
bettyellen
May 2016
#19
Hodor! The three knuckles say it all- as does the fact that she was waving that same index
bettyellen
May 2016
#25
LOL, nope. You can see three knuckles, which makes it impossible unless she has seven fingers.
bettyellen
May 2016
#24
Then she has 7 fucking fingers because there is a bent down finger next to her index finger
Autumn
May 2016
#29
Snopes says you are wrong, and we can all see the three knuckles clearly. It is not MID hand.
bettyellen
May 2016
#34
People are often pissed off and scared in the same moment- reactions like that are common.
bettyellen
May 2016
#16
But it is you guys claiming you can say what was in her head, not me. And yes- people can
bettyellen
May 2016
#41
It is not calling women sluts or slut shaming them- which is what I have seen repeated here.
bettyellen
May 2016
#33
While it was foolish of her, it does not rise to the level of "slut shaming" as was claimed here.
bettyellen
May 2016
#39
It was insulting/dismissing Millennials, which unfortunately has been a trend from the Hillary side.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#44
That as little to do with what I was saying- about the "slut shaming" crap....
bettyellen
May 2016
#48
I think there has been hyperbolic exaggeration from both sides, to be sure.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#55
I am not trying to cast it in a positive light. I was highlighting the twisted exaggeration
bettyellen
May 2016
#60
It is "inconvenient" that purported liberals were screaming B*TCH at her, yes it was.
bettyellen
May 2016
#43
You want to normalize sexist slurs hurled at working women, that is on you. I refuse to.
bettyellen
May 2016
#50