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89. Actually, I was commenting on racism..

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 03:37 PM

Sep 2017

I surely DID experience misogyny, and, like all women & girls, still
do, to one degree or another. You will even see it on DU, sometimes, though not as much as in the past. This is largely due to the vigilance of some DU feminists and the cooperation of the administrators.

According to Katha Pollitt of The Nation, 'Misogyny is the last acceptable bigotry of the Left'.

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Iowa high school tight-lipped after armed students caught burning a cross in KKK hoods [View all] WhiteTara Sep 2017 OP

i though all old racists people were dying off drray23 Sep 2017 #1

I hear you. WhiteTara Sep 2017 #2

Racists raise racists children. n/t spike jones Sep 2017 #31

Young republicans Achilleaze Sep 2017 #51

The price we pay for not revisiting our sins - HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #74

Mayflower Heritage Christian school is 2 blocks away from the above high school. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #93

Expel every one of their asses to show hate will not be tolerated Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #3

Throw these fuckers in jail. Initech Sep 2017 #5

Absolutely! Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #10

As DEPLORABLE as these cretins are leftynyc Sep 2017 #39

Sadly, that doesn't seem to matter to some DUers anymore. onenote Sep 2017 #49

The school has full discretion on who participates in extracurricular activities exboyfil Sep 2017 #53

I was responding to the poster leftynyc Sep 2017 #57

Military school? Interesting. I never would have thought of that. pangaia Sep 2017 #59

Punishment for their actions leftynyc Sep 2017 #65

Pass a Law that criminalizes terrorist organizations, much like the German Anti-Nazi statutes maxrandb Sep 2017 #56

I don't think you can criminalize leftynyc Sep 2017 #58

I understand that maxrandb Sep 2017 #68

That would not work either. ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #60

That is an astonishing claim gilbert sullivan Sep 2017 #86

The Klan has killed maxrandb Sep 2017 #87

Yes, it IS a reflection of your community dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #4

That principal is only embarrassed because these kids were stupid enough to post this picture icymist Sep 2017 #22

OH? How do you know the Principal? SharonClark Sep 2017 #75

He's right, it's not a good reflection of the school Phoenix61 Sep 2017 #6

So true. Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #8

Embarrassing because they got caught. icymist Sep 2017 #21

They are just doing their part to MAGA JI7 Sep 2017 #7

they are doing their part to make America hate again. olddad56 Sep 2017 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Sep 2017 #18

The same Iowa that gave Barack Obama a giant boost of momentum bullwinkle428 Sep 2017 #43

I still don't understand it exboyfil Sep 2017 #54

some of them are "very fine people" SethH Sep 2017 #55

Actually WEARING KKK hoods with a rifle is OK, but not photoshopping KKK vkkv Sep 2017 #11

You did not bother to read the article at the link you posted. Picturing 2 black girls ... Hekate Sep 2017 #13

The photoshop artists were suspended for two school weeks - yes, I did read the story. vkkv Sep 2017 #19

What a tragedy for those girls. WhiteTara Sep 2017 #36

Yes. Yet somebody here is very tender of the feelings of the white boys who persecuted them... Hekate Sep 2017 #37

Their mothers are going to be so mad about those pillowcases with holes cut out Hekate Sep 2017 #12

"testosterone power jag" vkkv Sep 2017 #20

Some do. Back in the sixties and seventies it was epidemic. byronius Sep 2017 #27

What was epidemic?...Where? whathehell Sep 2017 #52

Cruel, damaging socially-accepted racism and misogyny. byronius Sep 2017 #69

Nothing like what you:re describing, no. whathehell Sep 2017 #80

Wow. Are we talking the same time line? 1960's/70's? byronius Sep 2017 #81

Yes we are.. whathehell Sep 2017 #83

Ah. I had Texas parents, worse neighbors, and kids all around me full of it. byronius Sep 2017 #84

Actually, I was commenting on racism.. whathehell Sep 2017 #89

All the ills of developing primates still writ large. byronius Sep 2017 #91

Where, exactly, did I say that "all" boys or "all" men have this problem. Really. Hekate Sep 2017 #30

You didn't need to use the word "all" as 'all' boys and men are loaded with vkkv Sep 2017 #35

Your consistently inaccurate inference are certainly imaginative. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #41

yeah freddyvh Sep 2017 #14

Well, That Figures ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #16

don't blame us all freddyvh Sep 2017 #17

Sorry Fred ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #42

Not in King's district rurallib Sep 2017 #29

embarrassing is if they are running around naked with ribbons on their wangs Skittles Sep 2017 #15

Was this on school property? So many questions.... FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #23

Photo was taken in the countryside dalton99a Sep 2017 #33

I've wondered about this for years Lokilooney Sep 2017 #34

Good questions. Not one mention of the students' PARENTS, I see. LisaM Sep 2017 #24

Ten bucks says none of them even know what that means. byronius Sep 2017 #25

They've been emboldened by the racist in chief kimbutgar Sep 2017 #26

Steve King's supporters? muntrv Sep 2017 #28

Students are Creston High football players dalton99a Sep 2017 #32

Well, in that case... jmowreader Sep 2017 #38

Those are all excellent ideas leftynyc Sep 2017 #40

You can't heap all the blame on their parents jmowreader Sep 2017 #44

Good point leftynyc Sep 2017 #45

How many children of nonsmoking parents are smokers? jmowreader Sep 2017 #46

Not if they're raised right leftynyc Sep 2017 #47

I never see military school as a good solution JonLP24 Sep 2017 #48

It's punishment leftynyc Sep 2017 #50

I think what they need are criticial thinking skills and logic JonLP24 Sep 2017 #71

I've seen military school work leftynyc Sep 2017 #72

All of that worked for Donald Trump JonLP24 Sep 2017 #73

Donnie's problems aren't from leftynyc Sep 2017 #79

I don't want to deal with him anymore either! DonaldsRump Sep 2017 #61

I think this is a case of you expecting non-human qualities. ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #62

Making mistakes is one thing leftynyc Sep 2017 #66

There is a long line of research that shows parenting style does not matter. AngryAmish Sep 2017 #63

Research that suggests leftynyc Sep 2017 #67

WTF! Why not just burn down the town? SharonClark Sep 2017 #76

Yeah, since collective punishment is such a great idea. Calista241 Sep 2017 #85

I agree with you 100 percent. roamer65 Sep 2017 #92

Ah, yes... More midwest folks with "economic concerns" Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #64

"This is not a reflection of our community. Actually, it probably is. nt tblue37 Sep 2017 #70

I am as furious at many of the DUers' responses as I am about the teenage racist morons SharonClark Sep 2017 #77

Well spoken. byronius Sep 2017 #82

But the problem is ours matt819 Sep 2017 #78

some young people are impulsive & stupid, easy to radicalise from the internets deplorables. Sunlei Sep 2017 #88

This is fucking horrible Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2017 #90