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AverageJoe90

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24. I realize things may seem bleak to some.

Reply to truedelphi (Reply #23)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 05:43 PM

Oct 2014

And I don't have rose-colored glasses on either. But things do get better eventually.....we just need to keep fighting, that's all.

(P.S., btw, that photo was indeed horrifying. Sorry you were subjected to that. Have you considered defriending them?)

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Violence against women, children, gays & other vulnerable people [View all] Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 OP

people say i am a man hater. i have recognized the harm to our men. and i have addressed seabeyond Oct 2014 #1

Found your post in the Feminism section daredtowork Oct 2014 #17

Thanks for bringing this to GD, Jackpine Radical. brer cat Oct 2014 #2

Sea also posted this? daredtowork Oct 2014 #14

I posted it first on a thread she started. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #16

I thank you both daredtowork Oct 2014 #19

Kick for a very important read. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #3

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Wow! LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #6

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Dammit, don't you ever get tired of posting this dumb-ass crap? arcane1 Oct 2014 #9

Please go on. LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #10

MIRT tombstones the trolls so rapidly nowdays hifiguy Oct 2014 #18

excellent thread thank u Chimeradog Oct 2014 #8

It has at least as much to do with rabid capitalism hifiguy Oct 2014 #11

I see the two as largely inseperable. It's all about dominance. n/t nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #15

Change the economics and you change everything else, hifiguy Oct 2014 #21

"but a democratic socialist society would be a far more humane and egalitarian place for everyone." nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #22

I agree- and Richard Wolff is correct Chimeradog Oct 2014 #25

That's a pretty naive statement about emotional displays by men. LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #12

This is a terrific article daredtowork Oct 2014 #13

We're not doomed. Progress WILL prevail eventually. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #20

a great sentiment, but today,with some one of my FB friends sending truedelphi Oct 2014 #23

I realize things may seem bleak to some. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #24

We Live in the CRAZY TIMES! To keep ones Grounding & Sanity KoKo Oct 2014 #26