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I don't remember DUers being upset when Dr.Tiller's murder was [View all] sufrommich May 2014 OP

Elliot's body of work available for everyone to watch. nt DURHAM D May 2014 #1

I think DUers were just as vocally upset over Tiller's murder... SidDithers May 2014 #2

I meant that DUers weren't upset that the extremist sufrommich May 2014 #3

I imagine because basically none of us supported the anti-choice movement. NutmegYankee May 2014 #6

Question is, why would they? What essential "rights" of theirs are under attack? nomorenomore08 May 2014 #25

Not a clue. NutmegYankee May 2014 #56

They think that if any nonwhite, nonmale, nonstraight people get rights, Jamastiene May 2014 #77

They are extraordinarily immature, self-centered people. That much is true. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #80

I started to tell you that you had a shitty memory until Jamastiene May 2014 #76

The point is that there seemed to be a mindset that was the clear cause of the murder and Squinch May 2014 #7

^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^ Tsiyu May 2014 #35

I'll see that and raise you one DonCoquixote May 2014 #57

Yes. We have even seen posts that suggest that what Rodger did was understandable Squinch May 2014 #68

+1 myrna minx May 2014 #78

They don't want their meetings at their no girls allowed club houses Jamastiene May 2014 #79

And when someone says, "Hey, those boys in the other 'no girls allowed clubs' Squinch May 2014 #81

The Pick up Artist groups and Men's rights groups BanzaiBonnie May 2014 #4

There are a whole alphabet soup of sexist hate sites intaglio May 2014 #54

In fact there was a lot of assignment of blame to treestar May 2014 #5

Here's the question, though: TDale313 May 2014 #11

Thanks for spelling it out. nt redqueen May 2014 #12

+1 yuiyoshida May 2014 #15

No, there wasn't treestar May 2014 #16

Kick. The double standard is, in itself, an example of a systemic Squinch May 2014 #8

I think we all know why. nt redqueen May 2014 #9

What does "making a connection to" mean in this context? Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #10

Uh, really?? IIRC, there was quite a lot of discussion here of extremist influences stranger81 May 2014 #13

I think the original posts point was... vi5 May 2014 #63

Got it -- my bad. stranger81 May 2014 #67

Actually I remember quite a bit of discussion Skidmore May 2014 #14

the answer is simple..... BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #17

Point for point I agree to a degree... but defacto7 May 2014 #55

"Not all men" is often an excuse scruboak May 2014 #82

Global male violence is an outrage defacto7 May 2014 #83

Your "memory" is irrelevant. Unless you have something to support it, morningfog May 2014 #18

And I would be quite surprised if Tiller's extremism was being rationalized as something other than LanternWaste May 2014 #66

The OP is saying that it WAS thoroughly discussed here. Squinch May 2014 #69

I misunderstood the OP, and agree with you. morningfog May 2014 #71

Good question. Starry Messenger May 2014 #19

It has to do with the "Gender Wars". That's why. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #20

Nobody is "going into fringe territory". sufrommich May 2014 #24

"There's nothing "edgy or super radical" about the feminists...." *Most*, no. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #28

To be honest, I don't think you know what "fringe territory" is. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #34

Many HoFers are, yes. But there's a few problem people as well. nt AverageJoe90 May 2014 #53

I'm sorry, but you are just completely ridiculous. Squinch May 2014 #70

Then you must remember a different liberalhistorian May 2014 #21

Good god,that was my point. sufrommich May 2014 #22

Okay, I understand better what you're saying now, liberalhistorian May 2014 #23

I misunderstood your OP. morningfog May 2014 #60

I misread the intent of your post at first. I agree -- why the pushback now? Hekate May 2014 #26

What I said is that i don't remember any DUers being upset sufrommich May 2014 #29

I agree with you, and I find it creepy and disturbing to see it here. At best, I hope ... Hekate May 2014 #65

it may not be as nefarious as you think ecstatic May 2014 #27

I'd say he was both a misogynist AND mentally ill. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #30

but can a psychotic person be held responsible for holding hateful, ecstatic May 2014 #32

The guy who shot liberals in the church was very psychotic,I would guess sufrommich May 2014 #31

In this case, we got to watch video after video of the killer. We didn't get to do that ecstatic May 2014 #33

But many of his views were simply a more extreme version of stuff that gets posted all over. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #37

that's true, and those are the examples that should be used. Using a psychotic man as the face ecstatic May 2014 #42

His views may have been less extreme (and/or violent) if not for mental illness. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #43

Without the illness, there's no telling what his beliefs would have been ecstatic May 2014 #47

Can't really disagree. Especially the last sentence. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #48

If he weren't in control of his thoughts, he couldn't have written so lucidly. Demit May 2014 #62

that's not true of paranoid schizophrenics ecstatic May 2014 #72

I see. You are basing your diagnosis on a wikipedia entry. Demit May 2014 #73

I give up! Elliot was a completely normal guy! ecstatic May 2014 #74

I'm just scorning your armchair diagnosis. Demit May 2014 #75

I so get what you mean. bravenak May 2014 #36

Roeder had a history as a known anti-abortion activist.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #38

"Let's see some proof" geek tragedy May 2014 #41

He was a misogynist. ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #44

Well, before the feminists came along, they made all the rules. geek tragedy May 2014 #45

While there is no denying that he did it on his own... giftedgirl77 May 2014 #58

Are you rewriting history or something? What bullshit!!!! Flamebait!!!! nt valerief May 2014 #39

Same reason DU doesn't have an anti-choice forum but does have an MRA (or MRA-lite) user group nt geek tragedy May 2014 #40

Really? What user group is that? nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #46

The one that expresses great hostility towards women who disapprove of porn and prostitution, geek tragedy May 2014 #49

Shit, that sounds bad ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #52

Here: morningfog May 2014 #61

Do you mean this? JackRiddler May 2014 #51

Tiller's murder was an assassination, the connection is a little more black and white Hippo_Tron May 2014 #50

The Unitarian Universalist Church Shooting JustAnotherGen May 2014 #59

You received some well thought out replies showing differences... NCTraveler May 2014 #64

Where's the pushback coming from? Arkana May 2014 #84