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Leo 9 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:06 PM Original message |
The Obama Feminists: Why Young Women Are Supporting Obama |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama is better for women than Hillary. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. by what sort of twisted logic do you come to that conclusion... she is one of the most influential |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. 600,000 dead women in Iraq. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. bingo |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. As well as uncounted numbers of Iraqi prostitutes, to include children |
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Leo 9 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Third-wave feminism |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Owned. |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Bingo! |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Stay Classy, Texas |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. it's frustrating as hell because people dismiss offhand the essential and massively important & |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. I do recognize and respect it. I'm just not supporting her. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That Bejing speech should be seen and read by every woman around the world. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. yes, yes it should. it is one of the greatest speeches in modern times. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Funny thing is - around the world they are already familiar with the speech. |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Am I not allowed to my opinion? In my opinion he will be better on women's issues than Hillary. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. it is a free country, but I would hope you would educate yourself on the subject. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I thought she was against speeches. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Just words, as she said |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I wonder if she said those words to a large, rally-like crowd. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Demagogue! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. If that speech was so important, how come it still hasn't gotten it's due |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Because women are often an afterthought in society, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. You continue to say "nuts" as though it's a Bad Thing. |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Are you ladies |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. I think Susan B Anthony might beg to differ with that opinion |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. The influence hilary has been on this |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Older women, too |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. And me. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Yes, and doesn't that young woman, Ariel Garfinkle, |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. This article barely discusses feminism at all, much less Hillary's history re the same |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Yep - that post is idiotic drivel. |
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chill factor (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I disagree... |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. she may be from a different generation, but it lacks a larger context... and she is a sophomore... |
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chill factor (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. have you been on a college campus lately? |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I work on one and mostly see kids |
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chill factor (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I also see many kids... |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. fair enough |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. "Being a college professor this was a very-well written piece...." |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. K/R. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't think many young women grasp the true history of women and the |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Obama is more of a feminist than Hillary in many ways. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Two things immediately come to mind... |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. I agree. |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. well-said |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. "How easy it would have been for Obama, even coyly, to have egged on the calls ..." Uh, He Did |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. would you mind pointing me toward where 'he' egged it on? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well, according to a thread in the Hillgeon |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. The same reason all of his supporters are behind him--he has people fooled about |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. On women's issues specifically, any Dem will do, IMO n/t |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. Excellent article :) |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. Code pink for me highlight feminism at it's best for peace while Hillary votes for Cluster bombs. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Excellent |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. They don't have to worry about getting hit on by his spouse? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. This is Good! Perfect..thank you, Leo and |
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