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History of Feminism

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Wed May 7, 2014, 12:59 AM May 2014

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Those Lewinsky threads have some really vile posts... [View all]

Yet more evidence of misogyny and sexism. On a progressive website.

A couple threads:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4915152

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4917740

(not necessarily the OPs themselves, but some of those responses....ugh. Fucking horrible.

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Those Lewinsky threads have some really vile posts... [View all] YoungDemCA May 2014 OP

Agreed, both threads were horrible and I didn't read either of them until I served on the jury for TexasTowelie May 2014 #1

Textbook cases of political opportunism. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #2

Yup. Agschmid May 2014 #3

I think it is a sickness, and unfortunately it infects even some of our own newthinking May 2014 #4

Well said theHandpuppet May 2014 #7

Some of the misogynistic garbage is being hidden intaglio May 2014 #5

I can't even look ismnotwasm May 2014 #6

Nasty, nasty! Texasgal May 2014 #8

The amazing thing BainsBane May 2014 #9

I am a bit surprised and disappointed by all that Whisp May 2014 #10

Really? I've seen the opposite. boston bean May 2014 #11

You did miss them then. n/t Whisp May 2014 #12

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