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2024-09-07T22:20:06+00:00

Link to tweet Amy Siskind 🏳️&zwj;🌈 Amen. Love it!

Dennis Donovan

(22,005 posts) Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:20 PM Sep 7

Sign: "Maybe after 248 years it's time to give the Girls a try"

Link to tweet

Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈
Amen.

Love it!

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Sign: "Maybe after 248 years it's time to give the Girls a try" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Sep 7 OP

💙 Deuxcents Sep 7 #1

Many countries have had female leaders bucolic_frolic Sep 7 #2

Yeah. Forty years ago the UK had Margaret Thatcher. speak easy Sep 7 #13

Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan CatWoman Sep 7 #14

55 years ago - Golda Meir BumRushDaShow Sep 7 #19

No doubt! SheltieLover Sep 7 #3

Yes Please Faux pas Sep 7 #4

At the father of two daughters, this sign makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Sep 7 #5

Hey! I'm game...nt Wounded Bear Sep 7 #6

Women, BlueSky3 Sep 7 #7

The person who put up that sign. . . Collimator Sep 7 #20

Exactly! Sky Jewels Sep 7 #21

At least it's not fekking GenThePerservering Sep 7 #8

How so? BlueSky3 Sep 7 #9

It does seem fateful ... krkaufman Sep 7 #10

I was gonna say "drown fascists in bathtubs," but this is good! nt Gore1FL Sep 7 #11

It's about time........ Butterflylady Sep 7 #12

"Girls" have a 'tough act to follow', if they want to succeed at Jack Valentino Sep 7 #15

Past time republianmushroom Sep 7 #16

The most successful, long-lasting rulers in England were all women. mainer Sep 7 #17

Works for me! Brother Buzz Sep 7 #18

Deuxcents

(18,463 posts)

1. 💙

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:22 PM

Sep 7

bucolic_frolic

(45,767 posts)

2. Many countries have had female leaders

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:25 PM

Sep 7

Some forty years ago

speak easy

(10,207 posts)

13. Yeah. Forty years ago the UK had Margaret Thatcher.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:57 PM

Sep 7

CatWoman

(79,510 posts)

14. Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan

Reply to speak easy (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:03 PM

Sep 7

but then she was assassinated

BumRushDaShow

(137,634 posts)

19. 55 years ago - Golda Meir

Reply to speak easy (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:08 PM

Sep 7

SheltieLover

(58,465 posts)

3. No doubt!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:26 PM

Sep 7

Faux pas

(15,072 posts)

4. Yes Please

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:27 PM

Sep 7

LetMyPeopleVote

(151,829 posts)

5. At the father of two daughters, this sign makes me smile

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:28 PM

Sep 7

Wounded Bear

(60,024 posts)

6. Hey! I'm game...nt

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:30 PM

Sep 7

BlueSky3

(657 posts)

7. Women,

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:38 PM

Sep 7

not girls. Girls, when they’re grown to be women. Black men had to work for years to stop being called boys, yet we still call women girls.

Collimator

(1,698 posts)

20. The person who put up that sign. . .

Reply to BlueSky3 (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:12 PM

Sep 7

. . . Could well have been an adult woman who was just having fun with a clever quip.

I went to a women's college and I understand that often when having a conversation that is part of the public discourse, it is very important to parse one's words, I really do.

But sometimes, you need to pick your battles.

And just celebrate.

Sky Jewels

(8,526 posts)

21. Exactly!

Reply to BlueSky3 (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:14 PM

Sep 7

I’m so sick of that.

GenThePerservering

(2,302 posts)

8. At least it's not fekking

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:47 PM

Sep 7

"ladies".

BlueSky3

(657 posts)

9. How so?

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:01 PM

Sep 7

Ladies are at least acknowledged as adults.

krkaufman

(13,605 posts)

10. It does seem fateful ...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:22 PM

Sep 7

… that we are likely to have broken that barrier come the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence,, or opted to fully turn our backs on democracy.