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History of Feminism

BainsBane

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14. What is really sad

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 05:32 PM

Dec 2013

is that DU needs a pro-choice group. That position should be assumed among all Democrats. Sadly, anything that involves women's rights is reduced to a mere "difference of opinion." For no other population do "progressives" insist denying human rights is a "difference of opinion."

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geez, if this group isnt just a friggin' success. i betcha skinner simply... loves us. [View all] seabeyond Dec 2013 OP

Merry ChristmasHannukaQuanzaaWhatevah to Yah, seabeyond! NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

thank you. you too. i really do love the spirit. whatever one may feel. seabeyond Dec 2013 #2

Pretty. Happy Holiday, seabeyond! MadrasT Dec 2013 #5

to you, too, MadrasT. seabeyond Dec 2013 #6

>^..^< MadrasT Dec 2013 #11

ahhh, both the title and the picture. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #13

Happy Kiss Moose one and all! Triana Dec 2013 #3

too cute... seabeyond Dec 2013 #4

Awww.... Triana Dec 2013 #12

Awww ... pretty! redqueen Dec 2013 #7

i really need to get out of the house early, if i am going ot go. i am such seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

Happy holidays! ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #9

i know. i am going way overboard. it will be over soon. for you.... seabeyond Dec 2013 #18

I didn't know we had a pro-choice group. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #10

What is really sad BainsBane Dec 2013 #14

Which is why I wish the (albeit relatively small) fetus-fetishist bloc of the Dem Party nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #15

now, be civil.... seabeyond Dec 2013 #20

That's the one issue that almost made me walk ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #21

Me too. Made me take my first, of what will probably be many, break. Squinch Dec 2013 #36

We seriously have DU members who advocate against choice & it's allowed to stand? CrispyQ Dec 2013 #24

Yep. As long as they're polite about their support for the denial of women's human rights, it's OK! redqueen Dec 2013 #26

honestly. i did not either. i thought all of du wa....s. hm. not. lol. seabeyond Dec 2013 #19

Happy Holidays back at 'cha! CrispyQ Dec 2013 #23

awesome, awesome. seabeyond Dec 2013 #25

You guys seem all right to me. I don't get some of the freak-out reactions on here. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #16

if you have to create a boogey man, might as well make that boogey man.... HUGE!!! seabeyond Dec 2013 #17

Joy! eridani Dec 2013 #22

totally awesome and cool. thank you so much for sharing. looking a lot like a white christmas... seabeyond Dec 2013 #28

I will miss seeing your posts for a while Grateful for Hope Dec 2013 #27

of course i knew. it is all good... lol, or not. meh... and YOU seabeyond Dec 2013 #29

And wishing you and your family Happy Holidays Grateful for Hope Dec 2013 #30

The cream always rises to the top! PassingFair Dec 2013 #31

mmmm, yum. i have been looking for the perfect, and you found it. seabeyond Dec 2013 #32

I'm dreaming of: xulamaude Dec 2013 #33

omg... (in my best valley girl) seabeyond Dec 2013 #34

and for you.... and yours, dear woman. seabeyond Dec 2013 #35

Happy, happy, to you Sea, and all the HOF posters. We've never met in the real world, Squinch Dec 2013 #37

and wouldnt that be fun.... thank you. seabeyond Dec 2013 #38

Can you just imagine! That WOULD be fun! Squinch Dec 2013 #39