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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:56 AM Original message |
Digby is a woman! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Video of Digby's excellent speech here |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thank you! |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Awesome! |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. BRAVO! BRAVO!!! nt. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Everyone on DU needs to see that speech |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Greenwald's anaysis of the speech was also excellent |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. WOW. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why is that a shock? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Because the default setting for humanity |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It's a majority of the USA |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The majority in the US is female |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's also a viral thing. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. This is a sensitive subject everywhere so I will tread lightly |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Some of the respondents in this thread, while proclaiming it's no big deal, |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. If eye color were that important to me |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, bully for you. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. I think you've defended yourself well |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Thank you for saying that. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. If she had been a he, would the appropriate counterpart to this thread exist? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. If he had been referred to as "she" by most people, then yes. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Ah - gotcha. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I don't make that assumption |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I get "I thought you were black" a lot from people who know me only online |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I didn't think you were black |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I wonder what a pufferfish sounds like over the phone? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Of course, but I had misled myself into thinking she was a he, |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I saw her at Yearly dKos last year. Yeah, it was a surprise |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Seems like it |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Think what you want. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Yes, good sign. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Strange ... I never thought otherwise. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. What made you assume female, I wonder? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I dunno. Marcy and Jane both have strong voices ... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You are to gender, then, what Colbert is to race? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. (lol!) Well, not quite. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. I remember reading Middlemarch in college |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I would be very surprised if most people in heterosexual relationships |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kicking to watch the other speeches later. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Three cheers for Digby! n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not Only Am I Unaware Of Who Digby Is, But I'm Also Unaware Of Why Gender Would Be A Shock. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. She was one of the first really influential progressive bloggers. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Take A Breath. I Was Asking With Sincerity. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I've cited her a bunch of times. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I Guess My Problem With Exposure Is That I Don't Read Blogs Too Often. I Only Read DU LOL |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That explains a lot, actually |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. don't feed the f***ing troll, Burt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Skittles! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. The best non-pro writer I can think of. |
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Ex Lion Tamer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have an excuse for being surprised! |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Doesn't Digby sound like a male name? |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. Not necessarily anymore than Pat |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. I knew that! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. (shrug) I've mentioned it about 10 times in the last 6 months, after someone here... |
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Polemicist (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. Digby is the best progressive blogger in the netroots... |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. I also think Digby is the best writer on the net. And I also |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Have you seen her speech? |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. yes, it was a great speech |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. Women. Is there anything they can't do? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Yep, I once teased a GF about her not being able to pee off a balcony |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. My Gods! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's amazing how gender assumptions still run rampant. |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. They've Already Revealed Digby's Gender A Year And A Half Ago |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Now wouldn't you think tristero would know digby's gender? |
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