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SkyDaddy7

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67. Same here & as a...

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 10:32 AM

Feb 2013

Atheist I get asked the same thing over & over, "Why are you angry?"...It is a way to deflect the conversation I think?

Folks do not realize what it is like to be an Atheist in America & to watch so many people not give two squirts of piss what the US Constitution says about religion & government.

The goes for me as a Union Member watching so many working people fighting to crush Unions just because they have been told by folks on talk radio & FOX "News" that Unions are bad...And Unions have self inflicted wounds as well with all the mafia connections in the past that does not help...But still.

And I can only imagine what it must feel like to be a woman in America where many men still think they should be treated like children & told what they can & cannot do with their own bodies...Not to mention all the other crap they must deal with on a daily basis.

We have a lot of work to do to make America a more perfect union!!!

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why are women angry? because we STILL have to protest this s*** [View all] niyad Feb 2013 OP

This, plus less pay for equal work, slut shaming... 2theleft Feb 2013 #1

"if you aren't angry, you aren't paying attention" niyad Feb 2013 #3

Didn't we have a video a while back of a teenage boy lecturing us on the word feminism? freshwest Feb 2013 #37

I would ask you to say you are joking, but, sadly, I think you are not. did DU rip this twit apart? niyad Feb 2013 #43

A little, I was too pissed to look at much. freshwest Feb 2013 #45

Dilbert Gets It (Thanks, Scott Adams) Demeter Feb 2013 #71

great one--thank you for posting it (perhaps you could post it as a separate thread so I can rec it niyad Feb 2013 #72

K&R SunSeeker Feb 2013 #2

K&R me b zola Feb 2013 #4

As a woman, I feel it. I say the same thing as a union member, too. Brickbat Feb 2013 #5

and, it seems, the anti-union thugs of the early 20th century have nothing on the current bunch niyad Feb 2013 #31

I disagree a little bit as far as legislation vs. guns -- some seem to think that as long as it Brickbat Feb 2013 #44

we cannot trust those cretins for one minute--guns or legislation, they do not have our niyad Feb 2013 #48

I was horrified to learn about the Ludlow Massacre recently, I think via a DU post classof56 Feb 2013 #75

I know what you mean about the backwardness and regression. even ten years later, it was not niyad Feb 2013 #78

Same here & as a... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #67

it isn't just a way to deflect the conversation--it is an attempt to make us appear as if we are niyad Feb 2013 #80

It will never end AgingAmerican Feb 2013 #6

"Stupid on Steroids." WOW does that nail it, Aging American! calimary Feb 2013 #25

k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #7

K&R! sheshe2 Feb 2013 #8

AMEN SISTER iandhr Feb 2013 #9

A man once offered this response to that question: spooky3 Feb 2013 #10

+1 freshwest Feb 2013 #54

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #11

K&R forestpath Feb 2013 #12

I tell people, Ilsa Feb 2013 #13

This: CrispyQ Feb 2013 #14

If we can get religion.... ReRe Feb 2013 #15

your last point is something we have been working on for decades--some very ingenious plans niyad Feb 2013 #33

Married women.... ReRe Feb 2013 #35

too bad your experiences have been so negative sigmasix Feb 2013 #47

"too bad your experiences have been so negative" but you don't know what you are talking about. niyad Feb 2013 #52

a little reading on women and marriage niyad Feb 2013 #55

Dear Mr One-in-a-million, ReRe Feb 2013 #60

ouch. blackspade Feb 2013 #79

I guess I should have been more explicit... ReRe Feb 2013 #90

You are joking, right? Demeter Feb 2013 #70

Wow! Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #65

Huh? ReRe Feb 2013 #91

you don't speak for me liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #81

I never insinuated that... ReRe Feb 2013 #92

Unfortunately, it IS the poor who suffer HockeyMom Feb 2013 #16

K&R ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #17

Suffragettes are spinning in their graves Smilo Feb 2013 #18

There is some incredibly powerful words in that speech. Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #19

K&R Squinch Feb 2013 #20

It is very important never to give up this struggle, as or opponents would push women... Nika Feb 2013 #21

It shouldn't BE a "struggle" at this point.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #53

unfortunately, it IS a struggle--and please note that someof these idiots actually have run niyad Feb 2013 #56

There are WOMEN that vote Republican because of wedge issues.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #66

I'm a man - with a wife I adore, a mom I love, and two sisters I cherish; and I'm .... 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #22

A woman voting Republican is like a chicken voting for Col. Sanders Freddie Feb 2013 #28

Every time I read similar threads, ... CRH Feb 2013 #69

if you had read the OP, you might have had some answers. some of the explanations were right niyad Feb 2013 #82

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #23

What "they" call traditional values is nothing more than their pathological fear of change. gtar100 Feb 2013 #24

K&R Z_I_Peevey Feb 2013 #26

I'm with you, and her Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #27

"failure is impossible" niyad Feb 2013 #29

Yep, duh, I need to up my caffeine intake today! Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #40

same here niyad Feb 2013 #41

I edited it, to make sure I show no disrespect Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #42

I think our foremothers would understand. niyad Feb 2013 #57

why am I so angry? for one thing, because there are still people around who are so clueless, niyad Feb 2013 #30

That is the correct answer. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #63

I wish more young women were angry. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #32

I have been tired for decades, but will not give up--sometimes I think they are hoping for us niyad Feb 2013 #34

If they think we will quit they seriously underestimate ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #36

you have that correct niyad Feb 2013 #39

believe me a lot of young women took notice last year when politicians were trying to take their liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #59

That's good to hear. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #61

Me too -- HS debate Freddie Feb 2013 #84

Mine was in 1971 and I was a junior. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #89

Women, men, feminists have a right to be angry, and I'm one if the angry... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #85

"for all women in struggle" kristin lems niyad Feb 2013 #38

I'm tired too, and beaten down. Useless in FL Feb 2013 #46

many of us are tired, and discouraged, and even bewildered. as you asked, where is all this niyad Feb 2013 #51

I did not raise my children to be mere grease on the gears.... alphafemale Feb 2013 #49

Because my constitutional rights are second class curlyred Feb 2013 #50

Because we have a good portion of the population that vote in the assholes that RKP5637 Feb 2013 #58

Yes. And some of them are women themselves--voting against own self interest Left Coast2020 Feb 2013 #62

I'm 57 years old Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #64

Doncha know? Angry women are unattractive. malthaussen Feb 2013 #68

people ask me why I carry such a large purse--I smile sweetly and say, 'because it's legal, niyad Feb 2013 #73

LOL! Leverage -- the first weapons using projected power! Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #86

By the way, that works REALLY good. Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #94

fortunately, I have never needed to use it that way. I have been told that I walk with a serious niyad Feb 2013 #95

If you are on twitter.. PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #74

thank you for letting us know about this, I know many will check it out. niyad Feb 2013 #76

I'm angry because... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #77

do you have a link to that article? I got a lot of flack over the years for choosing to be niyad Feb 2013 #83

I will try to find it! n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #87

Here... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #88

apparently some of the worst comments were removed niyad Feb 2013 #93

K&R, I still can't can't believe we have to have to protest this this shit. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #96

kick for monday crowd niyad Feb 2013 #97

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