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BainsBane

(55,244 posts)
8. HOF has been decimated
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 01:44 PM
Aug 2015

I was taught I could not speak about sexism and misogyny without getting hides. As a survivor of domestic violence, I could not say victim blaming was hurtful because that constituted "bullying" and therefore was hidden. With HOF a shadow of its former self, existing in name only, attention turned to African American posters who were showed they could not speak of their experiences with white liberals without having that hidden. One cannot challenge the majority's sense of their own righteousness. Social justice pales in comparison. There is nothing left but outrage that everyone doesn't stand in awe of their great "progressive" superiority. The politics of entitlement and narcissism rule the day--another truth that will be hidden.

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There's still many, many good people here. You've been here long enough to know that.. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #1
The election season which does not start for months? longship Aug 2015 #2
I understand more than you imagine. I grew up in Australia and at the time, the election.. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #4
I agree. longship Aug 2015 #5
Ok that made me smile ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #7
Bravenak got four hides on one day Gothmog Aug 2015 #3
Only minutes apart, too. George II Aug 2015 #9
WOW Gothmog Aug 2015 #11
She wasn't over the top. They were mostly 4-3 to hide. HubertHeaver Aug 2015 #19
Yeah ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #6
HOF has been decimated BainsBane Aug 2015 #8
And while that actually proves the point of what we are trying to say ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #10
WTF? smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #20
seabeyond etherealtruth Aug 2015 #12
Exactly ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #13
My only question is GeoWilliam750 Aug 2015 #14
Kicking AuntPatsy Aug 2015 #15
Is anyone really surprised that HoF and AA groups have the same sufrommich Aug 2015 #16
It's an interesting observation... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #18
Hmmmm. Interesting? smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #21
K&R yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #17
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