Pussies, Twats and Bitches

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Tuesday May 31, 2005 · 7:45 PM PDT

2005/05/31 · 19:45

Dkos is such an eloquent voice for liberalism and the Democratic Party that I hesitate, as a newcomer, to raise an issue which may seem trivial. It is very disturbing to me to read passionate, logical, well reasoned criticisms of Karl Rove et al that are degraded by including misogynistic terms like pussy, twat and bitch. The Neocons are a palpable threat to American Democracy. They are cynical, manipulative demagogues. If the WORST thing you can think to call them is "pussies", then your opinion of women scares me. Read More

Make the Republicans responsible for aborted babies

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Thursday May 26, 2005 · 7:26 PM PDT

2005/05/26 · 19:26

I have been reading all the Abortion Diaries.

We have two conflicting, no-win issues here.

If we support a woman's right to own herself, we disregard the undefined but keenly felt rights of the potential person in her womb.

If we say the life of her blastocyst, embryo, or fetus, trumps her bodily sovereignty, we relegate women to second class citizenship.

How can we distinguish ourselves from right wing extremists who really DO want to control women's bodies, without looking like baby killers?

We make the babies their problem.
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BROs, not HOs

susanw

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Tuesday May 24, 2005 · 8:04 AM PDT

2005/05/24 · 08:04

Most of us white folk on the left learned long ago that claiming "I'm not a racist" requires much more than passively refraining from overt racism. We've had to examine our own conditioning. We notice when there are too damn many white people in the room, on the screen or in the government, and we ask why. We know bigots truly believe that people of color are inferior, so reasonable responses from the targets of their contempt don't impress them much. Being part of the solution means we speak up, white on white, when friends or co-workers make racist remarks. We demonstrate that white doesn't have to mean white supremacy. Read More

The Ownership Society vs. the Common Good

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Monday May 23, 2005 · 8:27 PM PDT

2005/05/23 · 20:27

For many years, I have been concerned with the context of power and the power of context. Studying domestic violence made me consider the dynamics of slavery, and that seemed connected to the Reagan era's loathing of the poor. I think that the Ownership Society is a new name for the old trap in which the greedy and powerful habitually lock themselves. Don't misunderstand me. I am no apologist for the master class; in fact, I despise the notion that oppressors are as much to be pitied as their victims. Read More

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