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napoleon_in_rags

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2. I feel like women's rights are the real fight right now.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 04:57 AM
Feb 2012

Racism is being played up right now, but we have a black president, which really is a milestone. Yet Hillary was shot down on the left and Palin was shot down on the right, which is good, but men equally as idiotic are embraced in her place without question. Sexism is a pervasive cultural force, and those who have identified this fact seem to be trying to distill it, into a purified suppression of women which is what we are seeing right now in recent attacks. I'm a man, but I'm smart enough to know that for whatever reason, countries that value women's rights have a vastly higher standard of living than those that don't, and beyond the ethical reasons to support women's rights, a higher standard of living is enough for me. Lets keep our civilization going and forsake this call to the stone age. We are all better than that.

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Good post, pamela! Suich Feb 2012 #1
I feel like women's rights are the real fight right now. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #2
I think so, too. pamela Feb 2012 #6
Wow Morning Dew Feb 2012 #3
Great OP! eridani Feb 2012 #4
women are the mothers of the GOP Nah7anyule Feb 2012 #5
Welcome to Du! pamela Feb 2012 #7
It's just stunning isn't it? Mindboggling! calimary Feb 2012 #8
Yes! Mindboggling! pamela Feb 2012 #10
thanks Pamala oldhippydude Feb 2012 #9
Thank YOU oldhippydude! pamela Feb 2012 #11
no problem Pam oldhippydude Feb 2012 #17
well it's one thing about abortion. but to go after contraception.... ejpoeta Feb 2012 #12
Well said lindac007 Feb 2012 #13
Well written and thanks for posting CanonRay Feb 2012 #14
Old white males mick063 Feb 2012 #15
K & R Scurrilous Feb 2012 #16
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