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boston bean

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33. So, he is a Dworkinite! LOL

Fri May 29, 2015, 10:33 AM

May 2015

I'm just being facetious, cause if that was the reason for his writing, it sounds a lot like Andrea Dworkin!

This might just turn off a lot of dudes to Bernie.

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Bernie Sanders distances himself from 'dumb' 1972 essay on rape [View all] Nye Bevan May 2015 OP

oh FFS Kali May 2015 #1

That was easy. Anyone who read past the headline already knew it. arcane1 May 2015 #2

That was a dumb thing to say mythology May 2015 #3

Many of us who were young women in those days recognize exactly what he was saying. He did jwirr May 2015 #11

Curious that he'd try to distance himself from a statement 40 years ahead of its time, then. Orrex May 2015 #23

I think they are distancing it for the same reasons we see in this thread. It is only us older jwirr May 2015 #24

Some of us not that old remember nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #31

Exactly but the magazines Bernie is referring to are the ones who printed story after story about jwirr May 2015 #36

Thankfully circulation for Cosmo nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #37

It should be we have learned a lot since then. jwirr May 2015 #39

It's corpmedia describing it as 'distancing himself'. Lazyminded media has their catch phrases blm May 2015 #35

Absolutely. jwirr May 2015 #42

Seems like you're rationalizing it LordGlenconner May 2015 #32

If you bother to put into perspective and read the whole article maybe you will see what he was jwirr May 2015 #43

If you don't drop the aspirin, it is very effective. NT 1939 May 2015 #30

good for him JI7 May 2015 #4

Long time ago. Of course, I keep reading here that Hillary supported Goldwater... Drunken Irishman May 2015 #5

She is a right-winger eloydude May 2015 #6

Name ten right-wing Republicans in Congress who support: NYC Liberal May 2015 #14

You won't be getting a reply cyberswede May 2015 #26

about damn time. not that it wasnt pretty fast with this system. but, one had to ignore and seabeyond May 2015 #29

Isn't the fear that Hillary won't actually work to hard on any of these social issues Johonny May 2015 #41

If right-wingers were more like Hillary, I'd be able to tolerate the right-wing a helluva lot more. Drunken Irishman May 2015 #22

really? and the point of this post vs. Sanders age is.....? Sheepshank May 2015 #28

Yeah, some of Bernie's delusional supporters call her a rw.. they have no ******* clue. just cheap Cha May 2015 #15

It's a shame that people have to answer for things they did or said 43 years ago. peecoolyour May 2015 #7

Bernie should not have to apologize for this. People have dark fantasies. Its why they are fantasies Joe the Revelator May 2015 #8

It was pretty shallow MFrohike May 2015 #9

As a teenager back then in the 50s and early 60s I recognize the hell we went through when we jwirr May 2015 #13

Makes sense MFrohike May 2015 #16

You were right about the writing style - it was not easy to see what his point was unless you were jwirr May 2015 #19

But you know what's interesting? frazzled May 2015 #10

Thank you for bringing up Pres Obama's writings when he was younger and that they were Cha May 2015 #17

I am 73 years old and I did not find the substance juvenile. He did a damn good job of showing jwirr May 2015 #18

Thank you for your posts on this issue. beam me up scottie May 2015 #21

So, he is a Dworkinite! LOL boston bean May 2015 #33

I absolutely agree with your take on the piece. Lilith Rising May 2015 #34

Oh Lord! hrmjustin May 2015 #12

That's really not necessary. Wilms May 2015 #20

Look, I'm more the HRC camp...but this stuff is just as dumb.... Sheepshank May 2015 #25

If you have to go all the way back to the 1970's to find something to attack Bernie Sanders... backscatter712 May 2015 #27

Did you also raise that point in response to the "Goldwater girl" attacks on Hillary? Nye Bevan May 2015 #38

Same has been done with Hillary on DU again and again and again uponit7771 May 2015 #40

majority of the attacks on Kerry and Obama were from decades ago JI7 May 2015 #44