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pnwmom

(110,225 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:57 AM Apr 2015

Nasty, sexist posts. Why, dear God, why? n/t [View all]

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Nasty, sexist posts. Why, dear God, why? n/t [View all] pnwmom Apr 2015 OP

Good question. nt UtahLib Apr 2015 #1

Because they can. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #2

the more they attack hillary, the hopemountain Apr 2015 #7

you are right, hopemountain. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #9

My uber conservative mom went from bashing Hillary... joshcryer Apr 2015 #18

Wow.. that is interesting, josh. I can relate to your Mom as far as the gratuitious Hillary Cha Apr 2015 #20

I've won her over on "Obama stuff" before. joshcryer Apr 2015 #22

Good to know.. mahalo, josh! Cha Apr 2015 #24

Mahalo! joshcryer Apr 2015 #26

So many feel this way.. "And we won't win unless the Democratic candidate embraces Obama's policies" Cha Apr 2015 #28

+1 joshcryer Apr 2015 #32

Good for your mom, josh! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #25

pinboy3niner <3 joshcryer Apr 2015 #27

.. Cha Apr 2015 #29

I hear you pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #30

Love it! joshcryer Apr 2015 #31

Hopefully when people your Mom's age and younger hear what the Rethugs plan to do pnwmom Apr 2015 #38

My mom is 100% behind "Obamacare." joshcryer Apr 2015 #40

Not just women, either. I think anyone with a sense of decency and fairness would be appalled at MADem Apr 2015 #33

It sickens me that this shit goes on here. City Lights Apr 2015 #42

Well ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #3

Boom! sheshe2 Apr 2015 #4

Yup. ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #5

Presuming they weren't both already, of course Number23 Apr 2015 #6

True that ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #8

It goes hand in hand. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #10

We knew it was coming.. great illustration, ismnotwasm. Cha Apr 2015 #21

All the racial crap thrown at Obama will be sexist crap thrown at Hillary Novara Apr 2015 #35

Looking thru this thread I see a number of friends, & what I say is... Hekate Apr 2015 #11

Can't figure out what's sexist about not liking TPP, Keystone XL or the Iraq war eridani Apr 2015 #13

Please. Where did I specify those things as sexist? Disingenuous. Hekate Apr 2015 #14

You are, however, ignoring the policy discussions entailed by Clinton's candidacy n/t eridani Apr 2015 #15

Well... sheshe2 Apr 2015 #17

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Not everyone who opposes Clinton is doing the bullshit stuff. But many are. Adrahil Apr 2015 #36

You are ignoring the OP about her hair that led to this. pnwmom Apr 2015 #37

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I commented on that thread that the hair schtick was seriously stupid eridani Apr 2015 #48

Well, that's the OP I was alluding to. I agree it was seriously stupid. pnwmom Apr 2015 #49

The OP is about sexist posts ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #41

You truly haven't seen sexism directed toward Hillary here? NCTraveler Apr 2015 #50

I saw it coming a mile away. joshcryer Apr 2015 #19

... cwydro Apr 2015 #12

... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #16

Yes, there are sexist posts, and it's inexcusable. Not as bad, but still irritating cali Apr 2015 #23

We both know they have NOTHING else DonCoquixote Apr 2015 #34

that post was on roughly the same intellectual level as Steve Dooooceeeee and the team at Fox and arely staircase Apr 2015 #39

What did I miss? nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #43

It was eminently missable: pnwmom Apr 2015 #47

I don't know why you are asking god here, his internet has been shut off for months snooper2 Apr 2015 #45