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In reply to the discussion: We have our first 2016 Election Hillary is a whore post on DU! [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)63. Correction to your image: Everyday since 2000 is November 8th, 2016.
They've been flaunting their sexism under ideological cover for years here. Usually with the help of a Judas Goat.
Many have grown up with RW media telling them the most fantastical myths about HRC. And they are always deeply personal character smears that bear no context with reality.
I hate it that such are posting here and have turned many to their side. The IQ reduction in thinking and reasoniung is inverse to the number of posts made. Everyone wants to get along with the majority out of stupidity or fear.
I doubt all those who sang out 'Seig Heil' meant it, knowing the cost of not going along. This is the effect of the Koch and GOP mantra, that money equals free speech.
The more posts inundating a website, paid or not, the more the less aggressive posters will resist. They see a trend taking place and don't want to be left out. This is human nature.
So posts and recs equal people - often the same people who make racist or sexist OPs and protect their leader on juries.
Monkey see, monkey do. The greatest learning method has been overcome with dollars. The rightwingers don't even cloak the argument anymore.
If you are not wealthy, they say, you should not get to vote, even if the outcome keeps you in bad straits. How many of the same people say they won't vote and claim to be allies?
It is the opposite of democracy. More like aristocracy or the coming feudalism. They haven't missed a step on the road to eliminating opposition. What Charles P. Pierce said is good, but not as strong as it should have been. But then, he has to work for a living, too:
Modern conservatism is not about making the
government smaller. It's about making the government exclusive.
Their model is to keep out all the poor, women, minorities, the disadvantaged and the victims of the system out of power to change things. The ones who call for not voting if HRC is the candidate, are not being hurt by the status quo and will never be our allies.
Many have grown up with RW media telling them the most fantastical myths about HRC. And they are always deeply personal character smears that bear no context with reality.
I hate it that such are posting here and have turned many to their side. The IQ reduction in thinking and reasoniung is inverse to the number of posts made. Everyone wants to get along with the majority out of stupidity or fear.
I doubt all those who sang out 'Seig Heil' meant it, knowing the cost of not going along. This is the effect of the Koch and GOP mantra, that money equals free speech.
The more posts inundating a website, paid or not, the more the less aggressive posters will resist. They see a trend taking place and don't want to be left out. This is human nature.
So posts and recs equal people - often the same people who make racist or sexist OPs and protect their leader on juries.
Monkey see, monkey do. The greatest learning method has been overcome with dollars. The rightwingers don't even cloak the argument anymore.
If you are not wealthy, they say, you should not get to vote, even if the outcome keeps you in bad straits. How many of the same people say they won't vote and claim to be allies?
It is the opposite of democracy. More like aristocracy or the coming feudalism. They haven't missed a step on the road to eliminating opposition. What Charles P. Pierce said is good, but not as strong as it should have been. But then, he has to work for a living, too:
Modern conservatism is not about making the
government smaller. It's about making the government exclusive.
Their model is to keep out all the poor, women, minorities, the disadvantaged and the victims of the system out of power to change things. The ones who call for not voting if HRC is the candidate, are not being hurt by the status quo and will never be our allies.
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So much to recommend in your post. I spend less time here, but only been here since 2010.
freshwest
Jul 2015
#42
I find it hard to believe you were here in 2008 and never saw anything like that stand.
A Simple Game
Jul 2015
#44
A in 2008 there was a different moderating system. So, yeah the poster knows.
boston bean
Jul 2015
#59
Ya know, in the real world, the judge can over rule a jury when they get it wrong.
Evergreen Emerald
Jul 2015
#2
No the powers that be have it figured out, it's the minorities and women that don't.
A Simple Game
Jul 2015
#49
Also in the real word the jury is given instructions that they listen to and consult with each other
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#22
DU has become so ugly it makes people physically ill. So many have left and told me why.
freshwest
Jul 2015
#46
I've actually seen HRC called a whore on and off for some time now. This isn't new, sadly.
freshwest
Jul 2015
#48
that's not unusual either. The righteous response to a misogynistic post is often times
boston bean
Jul 2015
#24
Why would DU allow this-Democrats demeaning Dem candidates in such a vile form?
riversedge
Jul 2015
#26
Well, we all have to give Mr. IBEW (we know it wasn't a woman!) our thanks....
George II
Jul 2015
#35
poster above has been blocked, just so you know he will be unable to reply to any posts made to him.
boston bean
Jul 2015
#38
uh, DU had already devolved when it was determined to be OK by community standards to
boston bean
Jul 2015
#40
No, a response of fuck you to a misogynistic slur was well within the bounds.
boston bean
Jul 2015
#41
I love the statement below from Laura Hudson, I think it holds true not just for harassment but
seaglass
Jul 2015
#52
We're just not going to put up with someone equating the use of the word whore
boston bean
Jul 2015
#81