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ck4829

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25. "No! It isn't!"

Reply to MissMillie (Reply #24)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 02:32 PM

Nov 2013

Poor must be divided against other poor people! Men must be divided against women! Straights must be divided against gays! Christians must be divided against non-Christians!

/Crazy mode

Fox News and the ideology they support, right/authoritarians, don't have an actual platform or set of ideas that they can defend and so they must isolate, tear people apart, polarize, demonize, etc.

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Fox News guest: ‘Obamacare is a war on bros’ because rates are same as women [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2013 OP

A war on Bros? JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #1

oh, those poor, poor, white-male-old-straight-rich-christians! always a war on them! unblock Nov 2013 #5

A war on this? NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #2

Thats a manzierre joeglow3 Nov 2013 #7

also known as a Bro! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #8

...summer nights... Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #10

Man,, this is like drycleaner wars back in the day! MADem Nov 2013 #3

I have a modest proposal for this clown: kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #4

fauxe noise sure has a need claim there are lots of wars kydo Nov 2013 #6

Blah, blah, blah, blah..... louis-t Nov 2013 #9

Because men are being forced to pay for maternity coverage and other benefits for women davidn3600 Nov 2013 #11

MISANDRY NuclearDem Nov 2013 #12

No, it's MISANDRY!!!!! geek tragedy Nov 2013 #16

That gif never fails to make me laugh. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #17

One of my favorites nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #18

Much as adults without children are forced to pay for the education of other families? LanternWaste Nov 2013 #14

You are confusing taxes with insurance davidn3600 Nov 2013 #19

Oh, people get to decide which medical needs they won't have? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #21

In general, women have higher healthcare costs davidn3600 Nov 2013 #30

The entire point of the ACA is that people who are sick or likely to get sick geek tragedy Nov 2013 #33

But I will never get pregnant davidn3600 Nov 2013 #34

Men do get women pregnant, and they do get born to women who are pregnant. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #35

Waaaaah, we have to pay just as much as women do. Waaaaahhh. nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #15

Yeah? So I propose that women just stop having sexual relations with young men frazzled Nov 2013 #20

I know you're not the only one on DU who agrees with this... redqueen Nov 2013 #22

I'm waiting for "I'm anglo-saxon, why should I pay for sickle cell anemia or Tay Sachs treatment" nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #27

So now you are comparing pregnancy (a choice) to sickle cell anemia (a disease)? davidn3600 Nov 2013 #29

Pregnancy is a medical condition that greatly affects the health pnwmom Nov 2013 #32

davidn3600, men will be covered in exactly the same way as women. pnwmom Nov 2013 #31

Bros? I guess I know what that makes me. Nine Nov 2013 #13

Great, now they're all going to think they're Mario and Luigi ck4829 Nov 2013 #23

Isn't it MissMillie Nov 2013 #24

"No! It isn't!" ck4829 Nov 2013 #25

^ Bingo ! yesphan Nov 2013 #28

Cool story bro. Initech Nov 2013 #26