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bdamomma

(63,913 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:04 AM Feb 2021

Article: Not only Angry White Men at Capitol but Angry White Women

https://www.rawstory.com/insurrection-2650413424/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6523

snip of article:

Long history of women's involvement

Several women have been identified as alleged participants in the events of Jan. 6. Among those women are a former school occupational therapist, an employee of a county sheriff's office, a real estate broker and a former mayoral candidate.


At least one woman is being investigated for her role in organizing the attack with fellow members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia movement. And Ashli Babbit, a female veteran, was shot dead by police while attempting to breach the Senate floor.

The women who took part in the siege of the Capitol are part of a long history of women's participation in extremist violence, both in the United States and abroad.
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Article: Not only Angry White Men at Capitol but Angry White Women (Original Post) bdamomma Feb 2021 OP
In before someone calls this "divisive." WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #1
Looks like no one has called it divisive. Kingofalldems Feb 2021 #8
Just give it a little time StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #9
That's because I was in before anyone did it. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #10
It's true and must be examined. However the vast majority of participants spooky3 Feb 2021 #2
MTG, Boebert, Mace in your Face... BeyondGeography Feb 2021 #3
Men outnumbered women 7 to 1. jcgoldie Feb 2021 #4
Oh there are female Fascists too,.. magicarpet Feb 2021 #5
Wish I could rec this post brer cat Feb 2021 #15
The radicalization of women with the use of child abuse as the hook... Zoonart Feb 2021 #6
My all girls Catholic School memory arlyellowdog Feb 2021 #7
Some of this is really alarming Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #11
The rise of the 'Karen' memes is no accident Blaukraut Feb 2021 #12
Yes, violent women idiots were involved. North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #13
Don't forget Mary Surratt. rgbecker Feb 2021 #14

spooky3

(34,463 posts)
2. It's true and must be examined. However the vast majority of participants
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:07 AM
Feb 2021

were angry entitled white men.

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
5. Oh there are female Fascists too,..
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:16 AM
Feb 2021

.... just look at Boebert and MarjiQ Taylor Gangrene these are not representative of any Holy Madonnas.

Zoonart

(11,875 posts)
6. The radicalization of women with the use of child abuse as the hook...
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:20 AM
Feb 2021

is nothing new. This "Baby eating" fever dream frenzy is straight out of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion".
The Nazi's used it to great effect.

The GOP has been radicalizing women against their own self interest for at least five decades.
Everything from the clarion cry..."Think of the children", to anti abortion mania, anti Vax mania, convincing women to sacrifice their career potential in order to home school their children, because public school curriculums were too liberal.

Between the GOP and the Evangelical movement, they have done a pretty good job of getting women into a frenzy over baby eating Democrats. I have watched the "confessionals" of several of these Q types and they are very clear that they were radicalized by the idea that they were rescuing the children from the clutches of monstrous Democrats. Substitute the word Jew for Democrat and you will get the entire picture.

We face a long road back from this abyss.

arlyellowdog

(866 posts)
7. My all girls Catholic School memory
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:21 AM
Feb 2021

In the 60s, we were liberal, as were most of the IHM nuns. They bussed us to Black neighborhoods where we could tutor students and were very liberal in their teachings. But I remember a conversation where one girl from Cicero was showing another the rocks she had collected to throw at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr during an upcoming march. The violence they were planning was shocking. PS. Dr. King cancelled that planned march, which I believe is the only march he ever cancelled due to threats.

Johnny2X2X

(19,095 posts)
11. Some of this is really alarming
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:50 AM
Feb 2021

You had people at the Capitol who opposed Trump in 2016, normal people. People are looking at this through the lens of some normal internet conspiracy nonsense. But I think there's a more organized propaganda aspect to this, psy-ops level stuff. This has Russia's fingerprints all over it.

Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
12. The rise of the 'Karen' memes is no accident
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:50 AM
Feb 2021

Trump has really done something to the psyche of a lot of women.

North Shore Chicago

(3,321 posts)
13. Yes, violent women idiots were involved.
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:50 AM
Feb 2021

But, if there were only women there, and no men, there would not have been anything that even resembled a riot.

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