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Enoki33

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9. There was a lady sitting in the front row to Kavenaugh's right (don't

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Sun Sep 30, 2018, 12:06 PM

Sep 2018

know her relation to candidate) whose facial expressions l found extremely interesting. It ranged from concern, to sympathy, to disbelief. The thinly disguised disbelief seemed to be the dominant one. It contrasted sharply afterwards with the explosive anger of the Republicans much of which can be safely described as being directed at women. They seemed ignorant of the fact that all their mothers are women that they claim to respect.

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Something that really stood out to me during Kavanaugh's testimony this week was the [View all] Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 OP

Snarling is a good way to put it blue cat Sep 2018 #1

Snarling only works if you've practiced. DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #22

Now way could HRC have spoken like them from either side of the stand. ffr Sep 2018 #2

Women are hysterical. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #3

I have often True Blue American Oct 2018 #41

I agree. Sure changes how they look on TV, eh? Ugly, just plain ugly ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #4

I love that the internet is flooded with ugly still shots of Kavanaugh and Graham tblue37 Sep 2018 #18

She would have been told to keep her voice down and her tone deferential. Bluepinky Sep 2018 #5

Yes, a woman would have been called out for such behavior. Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #7

Most definitely. Bluepinky Sep 2018 #32

The only good thing True Blue American Oct 2018 #42

One woman already was. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #44

Kavanaugh totally came off as angry.. RazBerryBeret Sep 2018 #6

you're right, in general ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #34

The Republican men currently in power are the least evolved men in our society. milestogo Sep 2018 #8

There was a lady sitting in the front row to Kavenaugh's right (don't Enoki33 Sep 2018 #9

I wonder how many of them realize the very real possibility that their mothers, Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #10

His wife was sitting in the first row, on his right. SharonAnn Oct 2018 #36

The facial expression of Kavanaugh's wife LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #11

I'm actually concerned for her safety NastyRiffraff Sep 2018 #25

Yes. I for sure did not see the loving supportive wife of an upstanding husband. LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #29

That is what I saw True Blue American Oct 2018 #43

Every woman who saw it knows that we could never behave that way without consequence. CrispyQ Sep 2018 #12

It's the face of Patriarchy at its most vicious, and determined to hold power enough Sep 2018 #13

K and R Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #45

It's just like apes imitating the alpha who is yelling and hooting BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2018 #14

hooting is the perfect word for it ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #35

At the end, I wouldn't have been surprised if: SharonAnn Oct 2018 #37

Green men are allowed to be taken seriously Eyeball_Kid Sep 2018 #15

Yes and also Lindsey Graham DesertRat Sep 2018 #16

Dr. Angelou. No truer words have ever been spoken. paleotn Sep 2018 #21

This freak vacillates between Bad Ass and AZ Jim Oct 2018 #38

Yep, a man is righteously angry, while a woman is hysterical if she is angry. LisaL Sep 2018 #17

+1 Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #19

They're losing and they know it. paleotn Sep 2018 #20

This reminds me of how Elizabeth Warren was treated for attempting to read Akacia Sep 2018 #23

Devil's Triangle alterfurz Sep 2018 #24

Wow. Brilliant. NastyRiffraff Sep 2018 #26

Oh holy hell - the stuff of nightmares Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #28

No kidding.... Heartstrings Oct 2018 #40

Did anyone else notice how tight Dr. Ford's voice was when she was giving her opening statement? She Doitnow Sep 2018 #27

She looked terrified to me. I could see it in her eyes. I was heartbroken for her. n/t CousinIT Sep 2018 #31

and still, she didn't break down, didn't back down Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #33

Behold the Angry White Male contingent. And the White Male Privilege contingent -- the LOUD minority CousinIT Sep 2018 #30

I believed he was coached by Trump himself. He's an expert on this matter. King_Klonopin Oct 2018 #39