2016 Postmortem

Bernardo de La Paz

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87. Exactly. Slurs are slurs for a purpose & other words are thus available for erudite discussion. nt

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Gloria Steinem apologizes. [View all] fbc Feb 2016 OP

I give her credit Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #1

+1 daleanime Feb 2016 #17

Agreed. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #50

Which she should have artislife Feb 2016 #64

More likely she wanted to sell a few more books NWProf Feb 2016 #78

A point I made yesterday: if Palin had said that the left would be united in calling her out beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #82

That *was* pretty telling, wasn't it? bvf Feb 2016 #91

Better if she hadn't used the Nixonian term for 'lied'... PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #2

The proper thing to do when someone apologizes is to accept the apology gracefully. fbc Feb 2016 #6

Sorry but having lived through the Nixon administration and and having followed events quite closely PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #11

Misinterpreted. That is the whitewash that keeps it from being an authentic apology. Even if she JudyM Feb 2016 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author m-lekktor Feb 2016 #3

Wrong. Classic non-apology apology cali Feb 2016 #4

I disagree. fbc Feb 2016 #8

"apologize for what's been misinterpreted" TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #10

She said both. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #23

"Misspoke" is worse than misinterpreted. elias49 Feb 2016 #24

misspoke doesn't change anything. she said what she believed the roguevalley Feb 2016 #69

aaah. i didnt read closely. nt m-lekktor Feb 2016 #12

Yup Wig Master Feb 2016 #18

yep, I should have picked that up Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #20

Exactly! Bjornsdotter Feb 2016 #61

Good, that was such a disservice to her legacy, best she apologized..kudos. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #5

That's a good apology. Glad she did it. nt cyberswede Feb 2016 #7

What a non-apology farleftlib Feb 2016 #9

+1 snagglepuss Feb 2016 #16

+10 Duppers Feb 2016 #77

Good for her ejbr Feb 2016 #13

Too late. The 'Not Hillary' Party have dismissed you. nt onehandle Feb 2016 #14

Because we all know.... daleanime Feb 2016 #19

A couple of days ago some denied ever seeing the term "Not Hillary Party." senz Feb 2016 #28

Rock on! Glamrock Feb 2016 #15

Gloria Steinem is a groundbreaker who was fighting for womennn's rights Empowerer Feb 2016 #40

I accept her apology. Being interviewed about politics by a comedian Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #21

Sensitive observation. senz Feb 2016 #35

Her original statement was crystal-clear to anyone with a functioning brain. It was not a vague kath Feb 2016 #22

Exactly! nt Duppers Feb 2016 #80

'Misspoke' and 'misinterpreted' really kind of ruins the apology. demmiblue Feb 2016 #25

Yes it does farleftlib Feb 2016 #29

As a woman, as a feminist I have no problem accepting this 81 y/o Icon's apology. jillan Feb 2016 #26

Amen to that! asjr Feb 2016 #73

I say thank you to Ms. Steinem. saltpoint Feb 2016 #27

Not an apology. Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #30

Good for her 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #31

What did Susan Sarandon do? farleftlib Feb 2016 #34

Implied several times 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #36

I've heard women admit they're supporting Hillary just because she's a woman. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #43

Yeah so? 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #45

So if it's true then no one is owed an apology. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #46

No, just those who support Hillary 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #47

Nope: SOME of the women, those who do actually vote based on gender. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #48

Even if I granted that point 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #51

It's an expression and Susan is a woman and a feminist, she gets to use the v-word to make her point beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #52

Aw, thanks for the elucidation 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #54

Now you're comparing using gender based slurs to referring to gender based votes? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #57

Ah , no 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #74

No new rules, gender based slurs like your wanting to call Bernie a "dick" were never acceptable. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #76

Be logical. senz Feb 2016 #71

No alert from chervilant Feb 2016 #72

My grief knows no bounds 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #75

We are adults & can say vagina and penis. Slamming the d-, c-, and n- word around, not so much, ok? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2016 #84

It's disturbing that we even have to explain that once, never mind twice. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #85

Exactly. Slurs are slurs for a purpose & other words are thus available for erudite discussion. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2016 #87

no, just some Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #49

Susan Sarandon has nothing to apologize for. senz Feb 2016 #37

Well done, thanks for posting n/t emulatorloo Feb 2016 #32

She regrets her mistake and more or less apologizes, and I'm okay with it. senz Feb 2016 #33

Unless you do any amount of talk shows or talk events Blue_Adept Feb 2016 #38

I would love to see the folks under this OP criticizing her do 40-50 appearances stevenleser Feb 2016 #41

You're accusing Bill Maher of attacking her and claiming that caused her to "misspeak"? PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #53

I said nothing of the kind. Nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #55

I must have imagined you wrote "on shows ... vigorously trying to oppose you or attack you". n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #56

You imagined a specific insinuation against Maher. Nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #58

Yes I thought your comment in a discussion of the Steinem-Mahr interview might actually be about PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #79

We went off on a tangent here Blue_Adept Feb 2016 #81

Well steve Gloria actually has a huge amont of exerience and demonstrated skill in highly Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #92

Yes she does have experience. And that doesn't affect what I said at all. nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #93

Yes steve it was my opinions not about you but about Gloria. Imagine that. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #96

Nope, you addressed your comment to me. And you did it again just now. nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #97

Watching Maher, I didn't feel she meant it like it sounded. Poor choice of words, but I can only Hoyt Feb 2016 #39

Yep. Nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #42

That's exactly the impression I had when I heard her say it Empowerer Feb 2016 #44

Exactly. When one is an 81 year old icon and still hip, I'm willing to be a bit lenient. Hoyt Feb 2016 #60

I'll be generous and accept the apology as a Sandernista Jack Rabbit Feb 2016 #62

"....for what's been misinterpreted..." sarge43 Feb 2016 #63

..+1 840high Feb 2016 #65

Apology accepted, now let's move on. n/t A Little Weird Feb 2016 #66

I am OK with her apologizing, but passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #67

Yeah, she misspoke alright and in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #68

"Misspoke" is not equivalent to "I was wrong". no_hypocrisy Feb 2016 #70

Eh, I'll take it, but I won't apologize for apparently "misinterpreting" it. n/t arcane1 Feb 2016 #83

I am probably the only Bernista that wasn't offended by the original statement. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #86

Good on her Matariki Feb 2016 #88

Like so many of our generation Gloria became a yuppie. Money matters to some men and some women. jalan48 Feb 2016 #89

But they are all still going to burn in Hell... Right????? Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #90

That's not an apology and Gloria is a transphobic 1%er who said just what she meant. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #94

I think she revealed what her and many of the wealthy, white 1% "feminists" REALLY m-lekktor Feb 2016 #98

ok Truprogressive85 Feb 2016 #95

Only a quasi-apology but still better than anything Albright has managed. Jim Lane Feb 2016 #99