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Ian David

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21. So, Newsweek did it to be anti-choice douchebags. Not very effective.
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 10:05 AM
Aug 2012

Newsweek Tumblr Changes Cursor to Coat Hanger to Mock Women



Proving that they have no shame (as if this were in doubt after they published Niall Ferguson’s Obama article chock full of factual inaccuracies), today Newsweek changed the mouse/cursor on their Tumblr account to a coat hanger in order to mock Huffington Post’s use of a coat hanger in discussing the GOP’s party platform. Huff Po’s headline reads: “GOP PLATFORM: ANTI-ABORTION AMENDMENT, NO RAPE EXEMPTION”.

Hard to understand how Newsweek doesn’t get that the coat hanger image is not hyperbole. No exemption for rape, capiche? So under this Republican scenario, HOW DOES NEWSWEEK THINK WOMEN/YOUNG GIRLS WILL BE DEALING WITH BEING IMPREGNATED BY A RAPIST OR RELATIVE?

Newsweek wrote, “We’re retiring the mustache cursor for the day. Here’s our new one: a coat hanger.” (Warning, the coat hanger is still the cursor and it made me literally gag with pain just trying to navigate the page long enough to get a screengrab.)

Ha ha, right? Right? Do you get it? DEATH OF WOMEN IS FUNNY! Perhaps the old men at Newsweek will pardon us if our concern for our lives gets in the way of our appreciation of their startlingly archaic and misguided, misogynistic humor.

More:
http://www.politicususa.com/newsweek-tumbler-cursor-coat-hanger-mock-huffpp.html

BOYCOTT NEWSWEEK!!! [View all] tonybgood Aug 2012 OP
LOL trumad Aug 2012 #1
So glad I never renewed my subscription! vankuria Aug 2012 #2
Not that I read that rag, anyway... liberalmuse Aug 2012 #3
The coat hanger is not an anti-choice symbol. Nice try. n/t Ian David Aug 2012 #4
Then what is it, Mr David? tonybgood Aug 2012 #9
It's a warning of what happens to women when the anti-choice zealots win. Ian David Aug 2012 #11
If they changed the cursor to a coathanger they're pointing up the Reps GoneOffShore Aug 2012 #5
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #13
Nobody has confirmed the existence of a coat hanger cursor. How about a link so we can see it? slackmaster Aug 2012 #17
Some points to consider SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2012 #19
I've been doing that my entire life and never even knew it tularetom Aug 2012 #6
I know, some of these boycotts lately are soooo easy nt independentpiney Aug 2012 #7
been boycotting since 1972 rurallib Aug 2012 #8
Snoozeweek is trying to be edgy? Quantess Aug 2012 #10
I was just on their site, and didn't see it. n/t Ian David Aug 2012 #12
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #16
Here's the link to the Politicus story. tonybgood Aug 2012 #18
So, Newsweek did it to be anti-choice douchebags. Not very effective. Ian David Aug 2012 #21
OK, it was a blog vs. blog volley in some kind of juvenile exchange with Huffington Post slackmaster Aug 2012 #22
You just did the same thing in an earlier post SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2012 #24
FYI, the wire coat hanger is an icon of people who wish to keep abortion safe and legal slackmaster Aug 2012 #14
BOYCOTT TYPING IN ALL CAPS! Capt. Obvious Aug 2012 #15
Irrelevant and worthless jsr Aug 2012 #20
coat hanger pro life?????????????? dembotoz Aug 2012 #23
bingo! the OP first 2 sentances make absolutely no sense... stlsaxman Aug 2012 #25
I thought you were talking about THIS!: ThatsMyBarack Aug 2012 #26
Not to mention that heinous Niall Ferguson hatchet job catbyte Aug 2012 #27
I thought we already were for years now??? LOL Fuck Tina Brown... n/t winstars Aug 2012 #28
You can't boycott a propaganda outlet KurtNYC Aug 2012 #29
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