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BumRushDaShow

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19. Then you shouldn't be complaining.

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #18)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 08:15 AM

Oct 2018

As a black woman, I never ever ever thought I'd EVER see a black President elected in my lifetime. Yet here we are and he was elected TWICE.

How many fucking black people do you think have "lost faith in fair elections" - especially when we were never initially given the right to vote and then when we were, we have and continue to be stymied for trying to do so. YET WE KEEP DOING IT ANYWAY.

If black women in Alabama had believed what you believe, then Doug Jones would have never been elected.

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The Very Common Hyper-Misogyny, as Demonstrated by Kavanaugh, is Backlash from the Women's Movement [View all] dlk Oct 2018 OP

When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Croney Oct 2018 #1

+1 mercuryblues Oct 2018 #3

Having someone threaten that privilege YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #17

I agree with this BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #2

While I agree with you... Zoonart Oct 2018 #6

Ever since the 2000 SCOTUS selection of Shrub BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #9

No investigation into vote tampering on a broad scale in 2000...none in 2016... Zoonart Oct 2018 #11

If you "no longer believe in the voter turnout thing" then how do you explain this? BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #15

Really? Zoonart Oct 2018 #18

Then you shouldn't be complaining. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #19

what was the excuse for the misogyny before the women's movement? Fresh_Start Oct 2018 #4

This this this!!! The whole "backlash" idea, though I am sure Squinch Oct 2018 #7

"what was the excuse for the misogyny before the women's movement?" BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #12

The misogyny is also propagated by religion Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #5

Just like PBO brought all the racists out of the woodwork Freddie Oct 2018 #8

The Women's Movement began in the 60s. Demit Oct 2018 #10

The 60's was 2nd wave Feminism Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #14

See post #12 BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #16

The current male backlash is not due to women getting the vote in the 1920s. Demit Oct 2018 #20

Kavanaugh is an amalgam of the Rush Limbaugh/Feminazi generation Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #13