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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: here is the thing. we have become such an ugly people, saying whatever offensive thing we want, [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,930 posts)57. in this case
        My tip of the hate was that someone recorded the idiot sayign it, because when the powers that be try to deal with them, they will lielie lie and say "we never sed dat." The reference was for DU so that when they act like it does not happen, we can say "look dummies, we saved you a sample."
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                        here is the thing.  we have become such an ugly people, saying whatever offensive thing we want, [View all]
							seabeyond
							Jan 2015
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        seems I have to keep reminding myself that people have the right to be as stupid
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Jan 2015
        #3
      
        
        In theory, we should have the same Freedom of Speech to call out the racism and sexism
        TDale313
        Jan 2015
        #6
      
        
        no.  du does not have to be a cesspool.  that is in the business plan/control of the owners. nt
        seabeyond
        Jan 2015
        #8
      
        
        off topic = my cat is in my lap and is mesmerized by the gif in your sigline
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Jan 2015
        #11
      
        
        oh. very nice. Welcome to forever home lucky cat. Pictures will be required, you know.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Jan 2015
        #19
      
        
        you hijacked my thread and changed it to a cat thread.  lmFao.  only on the nets.
        seabeyond
        Jan 2015
        #20
      
        
        i know.  that was what was awesome about this cat.  not stupid.  is trainable, lol
        seabeyond
        Jan 2015
        #23
      
        
        you and i are basically disagreeing on this.  you know what i told someone the other day?
        seabeyond
        Jan 2015
        #46
      
        
        this is where conversation in feminism always goes.  regardless of the number of times feminists
        seabeyond
        Jan 2015
        #47
      
        
        and i do not resort to the ugly, challenging it either. but i do have the right, and a personal expe
        DonCoquixote
        Jan 2015
        #58
      
        
        to learn how to diffuse rather than to escalate a situation takes some diplomatic skill
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Jan 2015
        #38
      
        
        yes, but, it is not the norm to learn how to do this and, even then I need a place where I can
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Jan 2015
        #40
      
        
        we do this all the time, in our lives, when we choose to not purposely be offensive.
        seabeyond
        Jan 2015
        #49
      
  