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diabeticman

(3,121 posts) Thu Sep 25, 2014, 01:05 PM Sep 2014

A thought my wife had: What will happen when our own version of the Taliban--Christian fundies see [View all]

a female President. If it is Hillary or some other woman becomes President. How do you think they will react seeing a woman in a "man's role" For the duggar style quiver movement who think it is a sin for a woman to wear pants how will they react to see a woman wearing jeans or shorts let alone a pant suit.

Yeah, we don't have man but it won't take much to have one of them snap.

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A thought my wife had: What will happen when our own version of the Taliban--Christian fundies see [View all] diabeticman Sep 2014 OP

But the bible is Hillary's favourite book. She said so! mr blur Sep 2014 #1

so? Thomas Jefferson actually wrote one VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #5

Thomas Jefferson edited his own version of the New Testament csziggy Sep 2014 #10

yes exactly.....i would venture to guess VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #27

Not that Hillary is any fundie's favorite choice TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #12

my grandparents were died in the wool FDR Democrats VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #29

Yep. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #30

This has zero to do with the topic of this OP. cbayer Sep 2014 #36

They'll start chopping off journalists heads, no doubt. B2G Sep 2014 #2

My wife asked this because of the way we saw the rise in Death threats and just the tension in this diabeticman Sep 2014 #4

Give them time. FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #24

Or controlling women's bodies through male-enacted legislation, no doubt... LanternWaste Sep 2014 #31

They'll freak OUT. She's a Democrat. She won't get a pass from the Christian Taliban. BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #3

What the hell have the Duggars or the Quiverfull movement B2G Sep 2014 #6

The problem with the Quiverfull movement is their avebury Sep 2014 #9

Yeah, that's a total danger B2G Sep 2014 #11

And if we said that about Muslims TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #14

The vile Quiverfulls are a far greater danger than Islamic Extremism. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #35

I don't know how far quiverfull gets into Dominionism. Still some groups.......... wandy Sep 2014 #25

Do you mean besides YarnAddict Sep 2014 #33

Hay I'll admit, they haven't even converted anyone at the edge of a sword......... wandy Sep 2014 #34

So what should the 99.9% of non-Duggar movement do? FrodosPet Sep 2014 #7

How about: stop imagining? brooklynite Sep 2014 #16

That's an attack on the moral equivalence position FrodosPet Sep 2014 #18

Without a doubt linuxman Sep 2014 #8

The same thing that happened when Obama became President cali Sep 2014 #13

I'm not sure I get your point B2G Sep 2014 #15

a lot of them support Ben Carson too. They're still racists. cali Sep 2014 #19

So if I detest Palin and Cain, B2G Sep 2014 #20

are you spewing racist or sexist comments as so many of their supporters do? cali Sep 2014 #23

Well, we know how they react to a male African-American president. HuckleB Sep 2014 #17

If they mass an armed force and start bombing, raping, and beheading FrodosPet Sep 2014 #21

Just as the Mideast is going through its own Reformation, we are passing through a mini one here. randome Sep 2014 #22

It will be just as bad as a black man liberal N proud Sep 2014 #26

It will most certainly be Hillary and 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #28

They will treat her in the same way as they did Bill Clinton and now President Obama. jwirr Sep 2014 #32

They see female leaders as a sign of judgement XemaSab Sep 2014 #37