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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:08 PM Original message |
Do you think the phrase "hard and brittle" is sexist? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. It just has a different meaning when you call a guy "hard and brittle". n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. *snort* |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. You mean, like "Careful with that thing---it might shatter!" ? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. more like... |
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slick8790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Bwahaha |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. yes |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've heard men called "hard" |
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CnAnPB (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. NO n/t |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Welcome to DU! nt |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think cali has picked her candidate. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I call bs on bs. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. What a shame for me, cali. What you say goes, always. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. oh you're wrong all right. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I post what I see, and I agree, you didn't |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
64. fess up? Please. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. We shouldn't ignore attempts at gender bashing |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Clinton doesn't deserve a pass because she's a woman, does she? nt |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. A pass for what? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. If there is an issue with sexism, that's one thing, but I haven't seen |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is discrimination against old men and women. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Brittle" when used as a descriptive of a woman |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think you've nailed it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. It's also frequently used as descriptive of women who aren't |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Agreed.nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. I Don't Think KKK Rove Has Been Hard In Twenty Years |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. His floppy needs hard disc replacement. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. No |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, sexist. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Peanut brittle is both hard and brittle... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. I would say that Paul Klee's images suggest a hard and brittle, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. have you ever seen a description of Scrooge as hard and brittle? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You and I don't have to call Scrooge such things; Dickens does that for us. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I don't see the brittle |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. If it's applied to a painting, it isn't applied to a woman, is it? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. It's fair to say, isn't it, that Dickens is drawing the portrait to MORE than |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Also with Klee: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I'm sorry. you seem to be totally missing the point. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Your point is when the phrase is applied to women and your OP asks if that is |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. here's a simple challenge: Find a male politician who's ever |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. If I understand, you are asking if any male politician has ever been |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. that's not bad. but it still isn't |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. She is brittle, cali. That's why so many people are NOT supporting her. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Look, I don't want her as the nominee either, but |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Well we not only agree on Karl Rove, we REALLY agree on Karl Rove. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I like McMurtry's fiction, I'll be happy to give his essay |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Cool. cali, you know what? This time next year that little shrew Bush is |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Here's another 3 politicians and one orchestra conductor. All boys. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. .... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. boy are you stretching |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I recommend you read Larry McMurtry's wonderful essay on the coarse |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hell yes! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I agree. I really don't have a problem with "empty pantsuit" |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's ROVE! nt |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. .....No. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. find one example of a male politician who has ever been |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Deleted sub-thread |
last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Find one example of another female politician who was called that |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Very good and insightful post. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes it is |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Because you'd never hear say, Jimmy Carter, described as shriveled |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. of course it is - |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. of course it is. He is attempting to bring back the old crap from the 90's |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. I guess so; never thought about it before. n/t |
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