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johnp3907

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33. I missed the point too.

Reply to dlk (Reply #15)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 08:23 PM

Oct 2019

What exactly was it?

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LGBTQ rights are good and well but whatever happened to women's rights? [View all] dlk Oct 2019 OP

. LuckyCharms Oct 2019 #1

oh my leftstreet Oct 2019 #2

Buckle up, boys. Codeine Oct 2019 #3

One does not exclude the other. Lunabell Oct 2019 #4

Why focus on the smaller group to the exclusion of the larger? dlk Oct 2019 #9

Is someone not walking and chewing gum at the same time? RhodeIslandOne Oct 2019 #16

Just stop this -- so tiresome obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #22

Who does that? Iggo Oct 2019 #34

As a lesbian women, I fit into both groups irisblue Oct 2019 #41

But, what about white people? Lunabell Oct 2019 #5

You missed the point dlk Oct 2019 #10

No, I don't think they did. StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #14

+10000 Celerity Oct 2019 #40

... greatauntoftriplets Oct 2019 #28

. Iggo Oct 2019 #35

All lives matter! (Sarcasm) Croney Oct 2019 #6

Why the discounting and minimizing? dlk Oct 2019 #11

The same could be asked of your OP n/t FreeState Oct 2019 #20

Human and civil rights are not a zero sum game. MineralMan Oct 2019 #7

True, it just seem illogical to focus on a small group while ignoring the much larger one dlk Oct 2019 #12

that is pure tosh, advocating for our LGBTQ rights does NOT equal ignoring our rights as women Celerity Oct 2019 #43

Discrimination is profitable dlk Oct 2019 #8

AND women have at least two means to redress the illegal discrimination - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #26

Breast cancer is bad but what about LYMPHOMA?! StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #13

I think you missed the point dlk Oct 2019 #15

No, I don't think I did. StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #17

I missed the point too. johnp3907 Oct 2019 #33

women aren't being "ignored", they just aren't the subject of this debate Takket Oct 2019 #18

Yes, they are obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #23

haha, true! at least 50% of it. Takket Oct 2019 #30

There are no buts... cynatnite Oct 2019 #19

Disgraceful and uneducated OP at best obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #21

+10000 Celerity Oct 2019 #44

Wow, haven't seen flamebait like this on DU in awhile! Cal Carpenter Oct 2019 #24

Women already have rights, both under the constitution and federal law. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #25

Excellent response. emmaverybo Oct 2019 #27

I can chew bubble gum and walk, can you? n/t X_Digger Oct 2019 #29

Lets see if your wedge works... XRubicon Oct 2019 #31

LOL GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #39

Yeah, not the best effort. Iggo Oct 2019 #42

This straight woman wryter2000 Oct 2019 #32

You're gonna have to do better than that. Iggo Oct 2019 #36

Cut it out. NurseJackie Oct 2019 #37

as a gay woman, there is NO either/or, to try and place a wedge into it is pure divide et impera Celerity Oct 2019 #38

Let me just say that women do have protection in the workforce...LGBTQ do not...and also...in Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #45

Bored? ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #46

What specifically leads you to believe that LBGTQ rights deny or prevent women's rights? LanternWaste Oct 2019 #47