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bluewater

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3. After 50 Shades of Gray, discussing such fantasies has gone main stream.
Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:02 PM
Feb 2020

The times are what the times are.

And it's not 1972 any longer.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Ugggh... hlthe2b Feb 2020 #1
can't you show a little collegiality and a lot less snark? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author TwilightZone Feb 2020 #26
I assume that's a rhetorical question. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #28
Oh, honey! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #29
Most of us do not feel it necessary to make light of RAPE. Perhaps you might rethink. hlthe2b Feb 2020 #41
No. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #66
Ten bucks say you fail to see the irony in your having asked that. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #73
I see your ten, and raise you 20. ehrnst Feb 2020 #125
What are you even talking about? Cha Feb 2020 #105
Rly? ehrnst Feb 2020 #122
NEVER apcalc Feb 2020 #2
After 50 Shades of Gray, discussing such fantasies has gone main stream. bluewater Feb 2020 #3
yeah, my first thoughts, too. mopinko Feb 2020 #6
LOL! JudyM Feb 2020 #8
Seems like a winner for trump supporters LakeArenal Feb 2020 #59
I don't know... showblue22 Feb 2020 #10
The 50 Shades stuff was consensual. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #11
Sexual fantasies are consensual, too, as they only involve one REAL person Blaukraut Feb 2020 #16
I don't think it's a burning issue. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #17
Do you get the irony of what you are saying? Big Blue Marble Feb 2020 #33
That's what struck me. tavernier Feb 2020 #93
Even in s&m, it is consensual. Rape is NEVER consensual and should never be normalized. Vivienne235729 Feb 2020 #74
Just sauce for the goose Watchfoxheadexplodes Feb 2020 #4
Old news. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #5
There are many people who have not seen this stuff. showblue22 Feb 2020 #9
I'm a woman in the suburbs, and I don't know what point you're trying to prove. Bluepinky Feb 2020 #21
Trump will likely read Bernie's essays at his rallies. showblue22 Feb 2020 #25
OK, good luck finding a perfect candidate. Bluepinky Feb 2020 #37
I am not here to support Democratic Socialists Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #55
+1 SilasSouleII Feb 2020 #124
I am positive that Pete never wrote anything remotely like that about any woman dsc Feb 2020 #57
Funny. I wouldn't disparage any Democratic candidate Bluepinky Feb 2020 #70
WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT DONALD TRUMP WILL DO?!?! jpljr77 Feb 2020 #84
Would you like to wait for Trump to put out this in a GE? Moderateguy Feb 2020 #80
I guess I won't have to, because it has been repeatedly pointed out on DU. Bluepinky Feb 2020 #81
DU is not the whole of America.. Moderateguy Feb 2020 #82
Oh, I thought it was. Bluepinky Feb 2020 #89
"I guess it's good you're doing Putin's and Trump's work for them" GemDigger Feb 2020 #100
What do you mean by "us"? You've been here about five minutes ms liberty Feb 2020 #48
Us politicos showblue22 Feb 2020 #49
Dear Penthouse... tonedevil Feb 2020 #7
Anita Hill berni_mccoy Feb 2020 #12
Whataboutism is all you have? showblue22 Feb 2020 #13
The OP is just as ridiculous berni_mccoy Feb 2020 #15
Good reminder... lot more serious IMHO!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #34
The fixation on Biden by Sanders supporters at this stage is fascinating. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #40
It's actually the inverse, but whatever. berni_mccoy Feb 2020 #46
You've got that backwards. Cornus Feb 2020 #96
But I thought he was done? HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #97
Any comment on the OP.. what BS wrote? Cha Feb 2020 #106
I already gave it berni_mccoy Feb 2020 #107
Really? He voted against Thomas. Was not a part of Republican gang who accused her of being emmaverybo Feb 2020 #127
They'll make a big deal of it for Bernie. If only he nilram Feb 2020 #14
LMAO!! Good one!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #35
It's apparently ok for Bloomberg too. redqueen Feb 2020 #86
As a woman BurgherHoldtheLies Feb 2020 #18
And you know they cannot wait to spread this everywhere. Tipperary Feb 2020 #22
This will NOT play well in the suburbs in Pennsylvania BurgherHoldtheLies Feb 2020 #23
Agree.. can't spin this. Cha Feb 2020 #117
K&R nt NYMinute Feb 2020 #20
"A woman on her knees, a woman tied up, a woman abused". LizBeth Feb 2020 #24
It's horrible. showblue22 Feb 2020 #30
Right. Give it up to the boys to avoid cancer. Lol. And he was a grown adult. LizBeth Feb 2020 #32
There was another comment about sexist slur woman teachers being the blame for young boys LizBeth Feb 2020 #63
He's a bad writa' mzmolly Feb 2020 #27
Yes, that's my biggest problem with it. LuvNewcastle Feb 2020 #129
Lol mzmolly Feb 2020 #132
Trump has no shame and will pummel Bernie with this every single minute during the GE. Skya Rhen Feb 2020 #31
Have you seen some of the movies out there? Autumn Feb 2020 #36
A fantasy about women being gang raped would give him a boost? showblue22 Feb 2020 #43
The wet dream of a commander from The Handmaid's Tale". greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #71
No need to say no thanks. I offered you nothing. Autumn Feb 2020 #72
Indeed, I was afraid to point that out. I'm happy you did, people dewsgirl Feb 2020 #104
Welcome to DU nt redqueen Feb 2020 #38
Well it probably will get him more votes with men marlakay Feb 2020 #39
Women who were already plugging their nose showblue22 Feb 2020 #44
Well look at what Trump has done marlakay Feb 2020 #76
Bernie has some twisted fantasies for sure! IluvPitties Feb 2020 #42
Indeed. All violent mzmolly Feb 2020 #47
And against women. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #69
It is better pistdem Feb 2020 #45
A fantasy as compared to shitgibbon's REAL life? Duppers Feb 2020 #116
This comes from an essay on men and women feeling desperate about their empty, gendered lives aikoaiko Feb 2020 #50
"Nobody honestly believes that Bernie Sanders is a sexual pervert or that he is a misogynist joethedrummer Feb 2020 #67
Exactly. TDale313 Feb 2020 #83
This. n/t ms liberty Feb 2020 #111
Bernie's columns from that time were all weird. Politicub Feb 2020 #51
"I got an idea! Let's stop and frisk innocent people of color just because they aren't white!" Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #52
Whataboutism showblue22 Feb 2020 #58
I'd rather vote for a bad fiction writer than a racist. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #62
You don't have to vote for either. There are other progressive options. ehrnst Feb 2020 #119
"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor." ehrnst Feb 2020 #123
"I voted for the Iraq war." Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #53
Whataboutism showblue22 Feb 2020 #60
Just making sure we know what's going to be said about everyone Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #61
So anything from that time period is too far in the past to be relevant to discuss? ehrnst Feb 2020 #120
Any comment on the OP.. what BS wrote? Cha Feb 2020 #109
Some people voted for military intervention in Iraq twice... ehrnst Feb 2020 #121
That vote, for the first gulf war, was less understandable. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #128
Ewwww JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #54
Yes I think Trump is the perfect person to exploit that JFlash Feb 2020 #56
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #64
Gee, and Joe gave hugs. LakeArenal Feb 2020 #65
Creepy. nt LexVegas Feb 2020 #68
Lot of people have fantasies like this, sorry to break it to you. Downtown Hound Feb 2020 #75
And, you know that how, exactly? MineralMan Feb 2020 #85
I believe I explained that. Downtown Hound Feb 2020 #87
I know at least two women who have told me they have fantasies like that. Sapient Donkey Feb 2020 #131
He's running against a man who brags about assault. LaurenOlimina Feb 2020 #77
Bloomberg is going after Bernie first redqueen Feb 2020 #88
weee... LaurenOlimina Feb 2020 #90
Lets elect a woman. Then we do not have to hear about Sanders fantasies or Bloomberg's skeletons. LizBeth Feb 2020 #92
+100000. ehrnst Feb 2020 #130
This needs a trigger warning!! onecaliberal Feb 2020 #78
so what David__77 Feb 2020 #79
Say what now? Sunsky Feb 2020 #91
Holy shit! Not S&M! Lunabell Feb 2020 #94
Seems like all the big scary Bernie oppo is nothing but the same old bullshit. melman Feb 2020 #95
horrible, just horrible. i HATE THIS LANGUAGE !!!! Makes me sick to my stomach. trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #98
Weinstein guilty trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #99
This message was self-deleted by its author dewsgirl Feb 2020 #101
Bit By Bit Me. Feb 2020 #102
he's an idiot who doesn't really have a clue about women, not disqualifying.... Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #103
This came out in 2016. OliverQ Feb 2020 #108
So? And, here we are again.. hasn't gotten any better. Cha Feb 2020 #110
It's a "clickbait" preface to an article he wrote about gender roles. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #112
Didn't think it was.. it's still gross. Cha Feb 2020 #113
Our Democratic candidate simply has to do better than Trump's sexual assaults? LizBeth Feb 2020 #114
Yes, because purity contests means Dems lose. OliverQ Feb 2020 #115
Show me something as disgusting as this from Biden or Warren. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #133
K&R. Dems need to consider embarrassments like this now. The GOP won't overlook them later. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #118
gross . stonecutter357 Feb 2020 #126
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