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41. using gender specific adjectives/ pronouns does not imply

Reply to LizBeth (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 08:49 AM

Oct 2021

sexism in all cases. Learn to recognize the difference.

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I can't imagine the pain Alec Baldwin is experiencing [View all] luv2fly Oct 2021 OP

Hag? How easily we progressives reflectively go to sexism. LizBeth Oct 2021 #1

I stand by the word luv2fly Oct 2021 #3

Of course you stand by it. That is neither here nor there. LizBeth Oct 2021 #7

The word perfectly describes her. jrthin Oct 2021 #12

You can call a man a dick or a tool or make fun of his wiener, and nobody will care. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #23

Nothing sexist about it at all. Perfectly good word. A Polly Hennessey Oct 2021 #5

:) And to reactionism. Calling her a pig would be swinism, Hortensis Oct 2021 #9

Hagfish are a primitive creature, H2O Man Oct 2021 #20

:) Barbels near their mouths and rough tongues...suggestive of. nt Hortensis Oct 2021 #25

No kidding. nt BlackSkimmer Oct 2021 #10

Oh FFS? Really? Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #37

using gender specific adjectives/ pronouns does not imply Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #41

Lol BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #45

I read about that last night. It seems to me that Republicans are engaged in a race Arkansas Granny Oct 2021 #2

Absolutely luv2fly Oct 2021 #6

The American psyche has a dark underbelly, and it is very ugly. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #4

I was struck by those photos of him afterward Doc Sportello Oct 2021 #8

i don't like raw story. barbtries Oct 2021 #11

Being alive with mental torture is living in agony. jrthin Oct 2021 #14

so is the sudden loss of a loved one barbtries Oct 2021 #15

can we be sorry and empathetic stopdiggin Oct 2021 #26

no. not a contest. barbtries Oct 2021 #32

It becomes about him because he is famous. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #34

I don't think I needed a reminder stopdiggin Oct 2021 #43

+1 n/t luv2fly Oct 2021 #40

It's not a contest luv2fly Oct 2021 #17

Stupid skanky scum. dalton99a Oct 2021 #13

Careful lest thou be labeled sexist luv2fly Oct 2021 #18

Was there a ruling by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice? dalton99a Oct 2021 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #36

Heaven forbid we all have a little bit of Grammy23 Oct 2021 #16

Hire Union workers for safety malaise Oct 2021 #21

BINGO! I fear there in lies the problem Cozmo Oct 2021 #28

I ofter wonder if it was non-union XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #29

It's the pain many who mishandle guns feel Kaleva Oct 2021 #22

First question! mikeysnot Oct 2021 #24

Sadly on point. Codifer Oct 2021 #27

+1, uponit7771 Oct 2021 #30

Alec Baldwin will be in my prayers LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #31

Calling them "deplorable" is putting it lightly. Initech Oct 2021 #33

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #35

The pain of her husband and children might compare. Patton French Oct 2021 #38

Is it a contest? luv2fly Oct 2021 #39

No, obviously not intentional. Patton French Oct 2021 #42

K&R MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #44

What about the pain of the loved ones of the person that was killed? kentuck Oct 2021 #46

Of course their pain matters luv2fly Oct 2021 #47

I wonder how we would feel if dumbcat Oct 2021 #48

It would be slightly different sarisataka Oct 2021 #50

Mine would be. It's a clear accident, unless something else comes to light saying otherwise. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #51

I can only speak for myself here MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #52

I believe so luv2fly Oct 2021 #53

thoughts and prayers for Alec and Hilaria in this difficult time cadoman Oct 2021 #49