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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:00 PM Original message |
WSJ digs up 17-year old photo of Kagan playing softball to announce her nomination |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. I take it to mean she will play softball on the court |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I did too |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. And my second interpretation was: "She's up to bat" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
79. Mine was, Hey Scalia bring your ugly mug over here. |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
143. I just figured she'd be the designated batter |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was a cacher in fastpitch softball... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
87. Ms. Depa was a pitcher |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. They did the same thing to Harriet Miers |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wow, people read a lot into a picture |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Wow, just curious how you explain the odd choice of photo? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. No more curious than this photo of John Roberts |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. OK thanks for your perspective! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
113. And that was on the front page of a major newspaper while he was up for nomination? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
157. no, it wasn't, and that's his point |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. What's odd about it? nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Gee, nothing at all. I'm sure when they post photos of Wall St execs they're sports action shots too |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. sometimes they are |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I see. Are the execs all 20 years younger in the photos too? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. It varies. Why are you demanding evidence of a trend from a single data point? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I don't know, email the commentators quoted in the OP and ask them. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. So because someone else says it, it must be true? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You said the whole thing is stupid & the WSJ was just fine. We get it. Later. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Yes. He complimented a WSJ photo. He is obviously a freeper. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. /ignore |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. No, I didn't say that at all. I pointed out why other interpretations might also be valid. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. It's no more suggestive than this photo of Clinton |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
129. I don't get it, is that photo of Clinton 17 years old? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I do. That is surely the point |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It was either Supreme Court Justice or truck driver or PE teacher. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I did not know that! |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. People equate softball to lesbians? Really?? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Wow. In my almost 50 years on this planet |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Jock locker room "humor" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
75. You probably never connected golf with serial filandering either. Oh you're so naive. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. "billiards=anal" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #80 |
102. Watch the movie Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #75 |
125. ROFL |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. You're half right |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Yeah, too much...I thought it was rather a nice picture in fact |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
118. People today want to be offended |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Yes, |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. Excuse me |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #127 |
136. YOU were the one who said people WANT to be offended. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #136 |
138. But WE are playing into their hands. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Again, I am not looking at the photo and saying that. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Are we going to let them win? Let's play their game! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:35 AM Original message |
How can you not get it when Bluebear was very clear? Softball has always |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
146. Isn't it amazing how many hardcore politics junkies suddenly |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #146 |
163. I think they're intentionally trying to push buttons here. It's inexcusable |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wish people would use 17 year old pictures of me more often. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sorry, I'm missing something. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. 'And what does Clarence Thomas bowling have to do with this?' - is this sarcasm? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Here's what you are missing: 1. A stereotype; 2. A sarcastic analogy. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. There's a stereotype |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. My wife and daughters play softball. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. When your daughted becomes CEO, will you expect them to post a photo of her softball days? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I would be delighted if they did. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yes, it's amazing. Whatever. PS her picking flowers or needlepoint would be idiotic too. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
69. I think that's the problem here |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Yes, many women play sports these days |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Yes. I guess many of the DUers who seem so outraged are probably in their sixties or seventies |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
107. You'd be further ahead to become literate in the tropes of the culture |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #52 |
133. The "softball = lesbian" stereotype is alive and well. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
130. My neice is a very good high school softball player |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
110. No, 'tomboy' was not an old code word for lesbian. Not in my corner of the world anyway. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #110 |
119. I suppose you think |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Good supposing. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #121 |
131. Of course "tomboy" and "sissy" are code words |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #131 |
153. No. Not of course. Maybe in your surroundings. Not mine. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #121 |
155. The difference between us might lie in the definition |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. A common perception is that women who play "man-sports" have got to be lesbians |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it makes her look young, energetic and down to earth |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's great, I'm sure she would enjoy knowing that! |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. I agree that the WSJ probably meant it in another way, but |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #63 |
137. Maybe some will think that. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Yeah I'm sure that's exactly why the WSJ ran it. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is playing softball some secret lesbian past-time? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I don't know, ask a lesbian friend maybe? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. My lesbian friends play soccer |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. This is news to me |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Yes |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
162. Yes, softball = lesbian, but in this case, softball = code for something else |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wow... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I know, huh? I'm sure the 3 glbt people mentioned in the article are making much ado about nothing. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. that's the rupert murdoch wall street urinal |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. A down to earth person who knows how to get her hands dirty like the rest of us |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Thank god they couldn't find a picture of her eating a muffin. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
147. That's rude. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Tomorrow they'll have a close-up of her sensible shoes |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. lol n/t |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. And yet, no pic of her in front of the Indigo Girls tour bus |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. As you can read, though, there's nothing odd about the photo whatsoever. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
70. Did these people sleep through the past few decades? |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
116. +1,000,000 n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #70 |
132. Thank you. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #132 |
150. It should be no surprise by now. No one saw Time's OJ cover? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I used to use it as a euphemism years ago |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. However |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. I thought maybe it had to do wirh her being a METS fan.....nt |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
55. Well, I guess the message from this thread is that there will always be a few Neanderthals among us |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yeah, that was exactly the message that the GLBT commentators in the OP had in mind. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'm Not Believing The Excuses That Are Being Made For This Photo, Here. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I believe it. n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. "dirty, right-wing, homophobic insult " |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. So when you see a picture of a woman playing softball you think "Lesbian Sex". |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
159. I'd Tell You To Try To Grasp The Obvious Context Of All This...... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
94. No, this says more about YOU then it does anything else. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. The Wall Street Journal is a bunch of right wing jack offs. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. I don't get how this has to do with sexuality. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Me either.. it's a better picture than some I've seen. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #67 |
111. That's the point. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. Oh yeah, it's innuendo |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. My wife plays and she is over 20. Do you think she is bisexual? (nt) |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. How would I know, she's your wife. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. +1 |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
160. Well Stated, Gaspee. (n/t) |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
74. Just another Rupert Murdoch rag. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Now, Ms. Kagan, imagine that the ball is Jeff Sessions' head." |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
83. I did not realize there was a softball/lesbian connection |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
84. Subtle. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
85. At least she doesn't have a "wide stance".... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
86. silly me. i didnt realize softball meant lesbian. i will take yawls word for it |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Who knows? The White House said it is a "lie" and a "smear campaign", so she must not be. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
88. No need for a batting helmet... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
90. oh, I'm sure it's just a coincidence |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
91. It's only a silly stereotype. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
92. I will look for an old pic of me playing softball when I was 17 |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Only you can answer that :) |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #92 |
112. It is not an image of her at 17 playing softball, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
93. Since when does "Woman playing Softball" = "Lesbian"? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Stereotypes are stupid. But they exist. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. I have NEVER run into that stereotype before. EVER. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Just because you haven't heard it, it doesn't mean everybody else who has is making it up. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #101 |
115. Oh, of course. I was just shocked because it seems so... stupid! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #98 |
104. Oh, lord, I have. And why do you think they didn't use a nice shot of her |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. 'one from this DECADE?' is what everyone is missing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. This thread is pretty hilarious. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. It's an old stereotype. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. It must be before my time. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Well, that article is from 2010. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #99 |
114. It's actually not such a stupid association |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #114 |
120. I found the same assumptions/stereotypes for a lot of women's sports |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #120 |
142. Defintely rugby - and that even applies to college rugby |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:31 AM Response to Reply #97 |
108. We had a girls' athletic org after school twice a week in middle school |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
96. She looks like my ex-wife |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
109. I hate the WSJ now more than I ever did. Murdoch makes me sick to my stomach. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
117. If she would pose for pictures with plates of cookies we would not have these problems. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Now that you mention it, the photo they chose of her is NOT from this century. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
123. FOX Street Journal |
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dancingme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
124. Sarah Palin played school sports |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #124 |
128. No, but, good point. They did not run 20-year old photos of her posing as a Miss Alaska contestant |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
134. If that was actually the WSJ's intent (and I wouldn't put it past them) |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Maybe so. But the critics chose NOT to stay silent. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #135 |
141. I do know. |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
144. Doesn't all this ridiculous outrage just play into the hands |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Maybe. I wouldn't call it ridiculous, but overblown at the least. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. "Ridiculous outrage" - Thank you for your pronouncement. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #144 |
151. "Ridiculous outrage" indeed. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. You must be so proud |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. Even if the WSJ did intend the picture to be a homophobic slur |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
145. Well, from the looks of that pic, I can make a few valid observations. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
152. "was not intended as innuendo about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's sexual orientation" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #152 |
158. Yeah, they were loading the bases for Morning Ho this a.m. n/t |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
161. as if there's any other reason for them to choose that pic other than what is standard - a face pic, |
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