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lapucelle

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8. I know what Moore meant.

Reply to cloudythescribbler (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 07:12 AM

Jan 2017

It was a political message endorsing one faction of Democrats over another. Men in the progressive wing should not be lecturing women and their allies concerning what "we" need to do. It's tone deaf, presumptuous, and part of the problem.

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Middle aged white guy at the Women's March mansplains the problem [View all] lapucelle Jan 2017 OP

Thats it... rip one of our own. I'm pretty sure he was invited to speak. How dare they have a man CAG Jan 2017 #1

The problem isn't that it's a man speaking. lapucelle Jan 2017 #2

Word. SticksnStones Jan 2017 #6

K&R lunamagica Jan 2017 #3

I listened to whole thing on YouTube & thought it positive for electoral work cloudythescribbler Jan 2017 #4

"We Have to Take Over the Democratic Party!": Michael Moore at the Womens March. lapucelle Jan 2017 #5

he is referring to progressives at the grassroots (as opposed to neoliberal leadership) cloudythescribbler Jan 2017 #7

I know what Moore meant. lapucelle Jan 2017 #8