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dumbcat

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48. I wonder how we would feel if

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 05:58 PM

Oct 2021

the circumstances were the same, but instead of Alec Baldwin the actor had been Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris, or some other more right wing actor.

Would our sympathies and reactions be the same?

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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