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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:11 PM Original message |
Poll question: In order to counteract the male patriarchy, women should be given more votes than men |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. What about transgendered people, or intersexed people? nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Deleted message |
patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. you must be joking.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Deleted message |
WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. They get three votes |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. They get to vote twice, but neither one counts |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
83. Heh. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. One of their votes would cancel out the other. n/t |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because who needs fundamental tenets of democracy am I right? n/t |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. False, in the interest of politeness nt |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thom Hartmann even proposed this idea |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:19 AM Original message |
Then he is an imbecile who has lost my enormous respect. nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. That, or he wasn't being completely serious. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. LOL, rec for the poll maker's 'other' option. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. +1. nt |
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The Philosopher (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wouldn't |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. As opposed to the female patriarchy? nt |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Aw, damn, I took too long to type and you beat me to it. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. I missed it, is there a female patriarchy somewhere? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Let's just get honest about it and bring down male patriarchy -- !! |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. That is extremely controversial |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I hate to be an advocate of"personal responsibility". |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. At the last patriarchy meeting we did decide |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. You forgot about the toilet seat thing, WatsonT |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. You're a schmuck!!! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
59. LOL! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
62. You Do Know That What We Discuss at the Meetings is Supposed to be Secret |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. No. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. kr |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
86. Do you have any other studies besides that? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. It is enslavement when the the means to prevent pregnancy are taken from women ... |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
87. But Condoms are widely available in America and rather cheap too. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
80. Fortunately the number of people who actually believe that is probably only in the thousands |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
67. Just noticed .... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. I certainly didn't say I believe that, |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Ok I have a plan |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I don't think that'll be enough. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I think you are a little behind the times, Jeff |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. No. 57% of college students are women. |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. So then create a matriarchy? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No. |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. If there are I've never seen them. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well, you're looking at one now. |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I find maybe a new word might help... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The feminist men I've worked and studied with had no problem |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Women studies dept. give me a new picture |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
53. Uhm, what? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. The avatar he chose of his own free will speaks volumes. nt |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. There's a lot about him that speaks volumes. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. My favorite part of these "discussions" are the little teambuilding exercises. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
81. I've had plenty of experience with Women's Studies depts, but never been branded the devil |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. I think about a week of such a system |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Then there was the educated Texan from Texas . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
72. Are we forgetting that the Founders actually did that? Votes for males only, males of property???? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. As a woman, I'd just settle for real candidates, thanks. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. As long as NASA is still bombing the moon, |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. I disagreed so much |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. You want Bachmann and Palin to have more voice than Sanders and Feingold? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Feingold no longer has a voice |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
64. In general, not in Congress |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
27. snooki approves this message |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. Flamebait. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. Premise is flawed. Anyone over age 16 knows that women have more power than men. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. In some countries there are gender quotas for parliamentary seats. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. I have a better suggestion |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. I vote no - but - regardless, we are MORE |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
73. And Nature has confidence in us --- !!! |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. ... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. Something like that was tried before. Maybe you could give men 3/5 of a vote. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. That's gonna leave a mark |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
74. +1 |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
45. I voted with the majority. One man, one vote; one woman, one vote |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
46. Other: |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. This thread is making me Hungary! |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
49. There are more women than men, so women can out vote men now |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
52. Hell no. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
54. This is not a true/false premise; it is a yes/no premise, and this woman chooses the "other" option. |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
57. BTW, OP... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Unfortunately that's a viewpoint that is tolerated at DU. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. If the subjects of the op were any other arbitrary grouping of people than men and women |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Marketing Research Associates? |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Men's Rights Activists/Advocates. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. Implying that women and men should have an equal vote makes me an MRA troll? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
60. I'm glad you're so concerned about the politics of Hungary. Important issues there! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
61. Stupid suggestion. n/t |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
63. I think a woman should be given 1 vote for each decade she has lived. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. preposterously dumb |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
78. no |
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