kookbreaker
Evil Fokker
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I’m not condemning any groups actions,
And there’s your problem.
I’m not condemning any groups actions,
In this thread: American conservatives defending David Duke and the KKK.
And you wonder why the rest of the civilized world is laughing at you. You Trumpists really have jumped the shark.![]()
Democrats need a new message, the identity politics is tired.
Re: Sharia. American Christians froth at the mouth to condemn the notion that Sharia take hold anywhere in the US, but they can get equally frothy trying to impose legislation based on aspects of their faith (well, the parts they like at least). Degrees of violence and repression notwithstanding, Christians are evidently TOTALLY COOL with authoritarian, faith-based government.
For the benefit of you, Rip Van Winkle, and any others emerging from a long nap. Our president performing an excellent imitation of Sergeant Schultz, on the heels of an endorsement from Duke. Some of them are fine people after all.Who is defending Duke? Why don't you do us a favor and copy and paste the person defending him for us all. Duke and Farrakhan are on the same level of disgusting to me. Opinions may vary.
Bigot in Chief said:I don't know anything about David Duke, I don't know what you're talking about with white supremacy ... I know nothing about David Duke, I know nothing about white supremacists.
Democrats need a new message, the identity politics is tired.
Democrats need a new message, the identity politics is tired.
Upchurch, I agree repubs use it also but not nearly to the extent that democrats do.
I dunno. Looks more to me like women are finally getting serious about it, as are millions of us men.It would seem the message of feminism is changing quite a bit.
For the benefit of you, Rip Van Winkle, and any others emerging from a long nap. Our president performing an excellent imitation of Sergeant Schultz, on the heels of an endorsement from Duke. Some of them are fine people after all.
Seeing as he knows exactly who David Duke is, I'm hoping this weaseling will be recognized for what it is. By the way, I also hope for a pony.
I dunno. Looks more to me like women are finally getting serious about it, as are millions of us men.
These days women don't need men for financial stability ('cause they can work), or having children (sperm banks/fertility clinics/adoptions work great), or for sex (relaxed social stigma regarding same sex relationships permits more women to have WAY better sex with each other than they generally do with us). Women can (generally) lead fun, fulfilling lives with their best friend without having to live up to beauty standards dictated by men, don't have to worry about smelly drunk bullies coming home to beat them up, etc.
If women so choose men truly are obsolete these days, and that scares the ever-living crap out of a lot of men. In 2018, dudes actually have to provide good reason for women to spend time with them. That's what's "changed" about feminism. They're well and truly done with our bs.
Another example of "Identity politics" actually meaning "concern for the life and wealth of people who are not straight white men."
(Which brings us back where we started, the overt white supremacism and hatred of LGBT people shown by Toupee Fiasco, Tucker Carlson, and so forth - which is somehow not "Identity Politics", despite being specifically designed to inflict state violence on people based on real or perceived identities in order to feed the misplaced anger of white people who feel that, for example, black people walking fearlessly home from a 7-11 is a massive affront to them, personally.)
Identity politics meaning: i·den·ti·ty pol·i·tics
noun a tendency for people of a particular religion, race, social background, etc., to form exclusive political alliances, moving away from traditional broad-based party politics.
However, your definition definitely says a lot about your perspective.
I agree on a lot of levels here. If that scares men, so be it. I think it's great.
The part we disagree on is, there seems to be a different message coming out of feminism than say 20 years ago. I don't think it's unexpected or a surprise to many considering other changes in our culture in the last 20 years or so. Everything seems to be more extreme, or the polarization becomes more clear.
It's not much different. Feminism has always been about individual freedom and fairness. That women are fairly treated. That they are not excluded from opportunities simply because they have ovaries. That they are fairly compensated and that they have the freedom to make their own choices without men telling them what to do. They get to be able to say yes or no to men regarding sex. They have full control over their own bodies and have full access to birth control.




What, exactly, is the fear of gender equality going a bit too far? Do men expect all marriages to become polyandrous? That all men will be forced to stay at home and change diapers while their wives go out drinking and having a fling?
For instance: this or this. I think whoever came up with the idea of the pussy hats and marketed them made a nice penny though! Capitalism at its best. IMHO, and as someone that is all for equal rights for women (or anyone) the types of things I just posted are not a good front for feminism.
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