The Right Wing wants American girls to be spineless and weak

[MrScorpio]

Editorial: An attack on American Girl


An editorial
October 19, 2005

When they are not attacking Harriet Miers, the president's nominee to serve on the Supreme Court, for being insufficiently biased - or, at least, insufficiently public about her biases - right-wingers are going after American Girl.

Some of the largest radical right organizations in the nation are threatening to launch a boycott against the American Girl line of dolls, which got its start in the Madison area and is now a successful subsidiary of the Mattel toy company.

Conservative activist groups don't like an American Girl campaign that directs proceeds from the sales of popular "I Can" wristbands to support Girls Inc., a national nonprofit organization that describes its mission as "inspiring girls to be strong, smart and bold."

With roots going back to the 1860s, Girls Inc. serves roughly 800,000 girls a year, most of whom come from low-income families. The group helps these girls, many of whom are African-American and Hispanic, improve their skills in math and science, get involved in athletics and develop leadership skills.

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http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/index.php?ntid=58301&ntpid=12

[LynnTheDem]

1. Dear Conservative activist groups;

FUCK OFF.

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[Clark2008]

2. I've never liked dolls - even when I was a little girl -

(I was a tomboy who preferred riding horses), but I'll buy my niece one of these dolls just to support them.

Stupid right-wingers.

[Mend]

5. me, neither, after my older brother pulled the head off

of one and said, "look, it's not real". We are both M.D.'s so that science lesson must have stuck.

[mzteris]

10. Write AG and let them know that

you support them ideologically and will support them by buying their products.

Buy your niece an I CAN! bracelet while you're there!!

There is a huge letter writing/calling campaign going on in the fundy community - AG needs to hear from us, too!

[LaurenG]

3. More than anything they suck for the contempt they show

for anyone not male or white. They lose so much enjoyment from life by being threatened by those not just like them. What a crock of scat.

[Cactus44]

4. Well, except when they're telling other peolpe how to live.

Then they should be fearless warriors for dog.

[Callalily]

6. This is totally outrageous!

We become a better society with educated, well informed citizens regardless of gender. How can conservative activists deny opportunities to this one group? I suspect it's part of their control factor, so sad.

[entanglement]

7. Kick to encourage MrScorpio to post more often in GD

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[Binka]

9. I Agree! Get Your Ass IN The GD Mr Scorpio! n/t

[Binka]

8. This AMERICAN Girl Says

KISS MY ASS



Furthermore she said THOSE DOLLS FUCKING SUCK!




This is my American girl Callie Jean the Jellybean Queen!