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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrolls have separated Democratic voters based on women's rights, bernie
Voters and now it looks like black Dem voters are in for a little being played against other democrats. This is a new trend no?
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Trolls have separated Democratic voters based on women's rights, bernie (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2017
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elleng
(130,903 posts)1. New or not, we and democracy are in for a ride.
greyl
(22,990 posts)2. Since when were we separated based on Women's Rights? nt
applegrove
(118,654 posts)3. Right after women won the 2012 election for Obama some trolls
got online here and pretty soon feminism was not a settled is on the DU. Instigators played both sides against the middle. Went on for a few months. Then it stopped and we went back to pretty much agreeing on the Democratic stand on feminism.
greyl
(22,990 posts)4. But agreeing on the definition of Feminism is different from being champions of Women's Rights.
Any apparent separation of us based on Women's Rights was an illusion created by trolls, is a statement I'd agree with.
Edit: Iow, arguments about the definition of Feminism are easy to instigate, though we'd all agree on Women's Rights.
applegrove
(118,654 posts)5. Feminists were saying bad things about men and vice versa. It was not
real.
greyl
(22,990 posts)6. Yes, I agree. nt