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Houston-area woman organizes breastfeeding flash mob at Target stores
SFGate: Hot Topic ^ | 12/28/11 | Jillian Cohan

Posted on 12/28/2011 11:38:03 AM PST by SmithL

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To: VA40
Exactly, and did they harass her or just make her feel uncomfortable? Which is it? If she was being so discreet no one would have noticed!

Exactly.

I encountered one of these militant breastfeeding mama's once years ago.

She was a very overweight leftover hippie type who was walking through the store shirt WIDE open (which was wide considering her size) and both enormous boobs hanging out for the whole world to see.

It was NOT a pretty sight.

FWIW, I am a huge fan of nursing babies, I did so myself, but never used it as an excuse to make an exhibitionist of myself.

41 posted on 12/28/2011 12:22:43 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: SmithL

Another side to the issue is that if we’re on our way to becoming a second or even third world country, under the stewardship of our Int’l Man of Mystery & Dear Leader—well, I suppose we’re going to have to get used to seeing one anothers’ private glands displayed in public places, as at a Matamoros market.


42 posted on 12/28/2011 12:25:04 PM PST by tumblindice
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To: To Hell With Poverty

But you didn’t have a baby to gain a prop for political theater.


43 posted on 12/28/2011 12:27:04 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: SmithL

Breast feeding is a natural act, just like changing a dirty diaper. You don’t need either one of them out for public display. When I go to the mall, to shop; I don’t want to see some exhibitionists showing off their assets, and I don’t want to see any naked, dirty baby ‘assets’ either.


44 posted on 12/28/2011 12:28:04 PM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: SmithL
Nursing a child is natural. Breastfeeding a child in public as part of an organized protest is exhibitionism.

Roger that.

There are plenty of other "natural" processes, that I've no desire to see people perform in public, either.

45 posted on 12/28/2011 12:28:17 PM PST by wbill
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To: SmithL
Breastfeeding is wonderful and natural, agreed. However, the woman was actually just promoting her own pride at being a breastfeeding mother. Deep down she wanted attention. If not, she could have asked Target to allow her a few minutes in a dressing room to feed her child. Or she could have gone out to her car. Or prepared ahead and used a breast pump and filled a bottle. There is no need to be a public spectacle, no matter how natural and wonderful the act of breastfeeding is.

I breastfed all my children and never once needed to sit in a public place where any one person might have been uncomfortable. Besides, I thought more of my child's quiet and comfort than to sit somewhere where noise and passersby might make my baby less relaxed. My children deserved peace and quiet and a time with me alone when I could sing and rock them as they nursed. I did not have to rush them in order to finish shopping, or because strangers might look our way. They did not need to be used as my statement on breastfeeding in order to advance my personal opinion or desires. One who truly cares about the child's comfort more than just flaunting one's opinion in the face of others plans ahead and finds a quiet, private place, or brings a bottle for those times when they are in public.

46 posted on 12/28/2011 12:28:42 PM PST by CitizenM (Obama's legacy will be to be remembered as The architect of the decline of the USA)
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To: Vigilanteman
If the mother is not making an exhibition of it, the store should leave her the hell alone. Especially a store a store like Target which sells things for infants.

You are so right. If she "flopped it out" for the entire world to see and didn't make an effort to be discreet, I can understand if the store asked her to "take it to her car", etc. If she did it right and sat in the cafe or Starbucks, etc, neither Target nor their customers would have even known a baby was being fed.

47 posted on 12/28/2011 12:32:48 PM PST by babyfreep
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To: SmithL

The pic confirms what we expect . . the usual cast of suspects


48 posted on 12/28/2011 12:35:29 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (MERRY CHRISTMAS to the ACLU)
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To: SmithL

everything gets exploited these days.


49 posted on 12/28/2011 12:39:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: tsowellfan; SmithL

“Walmart and their shoppers tend to be more conservative”

Where is your /sarc tag? I have seen more teetas in Wally weird and there was NO baby attached.


50 posted on 12/28/2011 12:47:09 PM PST by Morgana (I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
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To: SmithL

You can breastfeed in public without showing your boob. Growing up in church I seen it done all the time with women 3 ft. from me. These women want to expose it up in your face and dare you to look so they can scream pervert and bash men.

Tired of the moral fascism of leftists.


51 posted on 12/28/2011 12:49:03 PM PST by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - No Prisoners. No Mercy.)
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To: tsowellfan
Walmart and their shoppers tend to be more conservative

Umm...what?
52 posted on 12/28/2011 12:50:41 PM PST by BJClinton (10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now we have no jobs, no hope and no cash.)
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To: mrmeyer

If no one looked at them they would probably never do it again. No fun if you can’t shock people.


53 posted on 12/28/2011 12:58:38 PM PST by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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54 posted on 12/28/2011 12:59:24 PM PST by SmithL
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To: CitizenM

Liberals always need to show how they are much more enlightened than the masses.


55 posted on 12/28/2011 1:07:06 PM PST by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: ozzymandus

Gregg Steinhafel, the Target President and CEO has donated exclusively to Republicans.


56 posted on 12/28/2011 1:08:30 PM PST by FewsOrange
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To: BJClinton

Target, Democratic;
WalMart, Republican.
Sears, Democratic,
Macy’s Republican;
Margarine, Democratic,
butter, Republican.
Dollar Store, Republican,
specialty shops (especially Boutiques, Democratic.
miniskirt, Democratic,
black dress with pearls Republican;
Dunkin Donuts, Republican
Starbucks, democrat


57 posted on 12/28/2011 1:12:47 PM PST by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: FewsOrange
Gregg Steinhafel, the Target President and CEO has donated exclusively to Republicans.

Obviously a Romney "republican"

58 posted on 12/28/2011 1:14:13 PM PST by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: ozzymandus
Target is run by leftists. Give them your money if you want.

From what I've seen liberals can run very good businesses. They can be generous to their employees and environmentally sensitive with money that they earn. Just keep them out of government and away from other people's money.

59 posted on 12/28/2011 1:16:05 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: pennyfarmer; SmithL; american_ranger; Reddy; tsowellfan; cradle of freedom

A glimpse? No. I prefer to not have to explain to my 2 year old why a bunch of common decency lacking narcissistic attention whores feel compelled to expose their mammary glands en masse in public order to satisfy their warped sense of self entitlement. I prefer to simply finish my shopping and leave the store without incident, letting my 2 year old keep her innocence for a bit longer.


60 posted on 12/28/2011 1:17:14 PM PST by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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