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Dustlawyer

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17. One, this is a Progressive/Democratic audience discussing an issue especially close to the hearts
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:21 PM
Jul 2014

and minds of women.

Two, my example is merely to point out that we no longer have Representative Democracy that women and the rest of us can rely on to solve this issue politically by pointing out that despite a majority of Americans supporting reasonable restrictions on guns, our politicians still do nothing thanks to the NRA and their lobby. As you admit, "Since you chose an EXAMPLE that..." I believe that the gun issue is a perfect EXAMPLE of the point that I am trying to make because although around 90% of Americans support background checks on assault rifles, nothing happened politically because of the corruption of our electoral system that has destroyed our Representative Democracy. It is one of the clearest EXAMPLES that I could have used since it is next to impossible to get 90% of Americans to agree on anything. That is why I brought it up, for your information.

Three, the 2 EXAMPLES I mentioned are used to make my point, that people upset by this terrible decision (myself included), take a look at the underlying cause, electoral corruption, which causes many of our problems, a few of which are the attacks on women, their right to control of their own bodies, and their right to chose to either abort a pregnancy, or have the baby.

Four, feminist can certainly understand my point is addressing an issue that is very important to WOMEN, how to achieve what they want and deserve? You are the one making guns the ISSUE and accusing me of being tone deaf. The only thing I am promoting here is my belief that in order to assure that the will of the majority of the American people, which I believe to be on the Women's Rights side of the issue, be recognized by politicians and protected by law, we need to eliminate the legal bribery of those same politicians and regain our Representative Democracy. Get it now?

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I can't help but notice [View all] BainsBane Jul 2014 OP
maybe mercuryblues Jul 2014 #1
The cynical 90% of me BainsBane Jul 2014 #3
100% of me thinks exactly that = HOF just provides a handy whipping girl. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #15
This incident has very clearly exposed the true colors MadrasT Jul 2014 #2
Ignoring the need of half the population is surreal to us, but standard for a select few. freshwest Jul 2014 #4
Well according to one poster I read... sheshe2 Jul 2014 #5
That's bad BainsBane Jul 2014 #7
so racism toward blacks needed to be solved only by blacks? passiveporcupine Jul 2014 #10
That would be my conclusion from that response. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #11
stunned, then pissed, and hopemountain Jul 2014 #6
I am probably more cynical than the average person because I think that the PTB are using the Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #8
I wish you wouldn't have brought up the gun issue BainsBane Jul 2014 #13
I am inclined to give leeway for that, Baines. The rest of the post is on target. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #16
One, this is a Progressive/Democratic audience discussing an issue especially close to the hearts Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #17
You are of course free to talk about what you want BainsBane Jul 2014 #20
While I do not like where we are as a country with gun violence and the open carry issues, Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #21
There's plenty to say about a right-wing coup against women perpetrated tea and oranges Jul 2014 #9
The day any man has dominion over me, it will literally be over my dead body. MadrasT Jul 2014 #12
I very seriously agree with you on this. I had not thought of it that way before, but now that I Squinch Jul 2014 #14
I believe you are right JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #18
There are many contributors... tea and oranges Jul 2014 #19
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