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Alyssa Milano On Why She Still Supports Joe Biden & How She Would Advise Him About Tara Reade Allegations – Guest Column
Deadline ^ | April 29, 2020 | Alyssa Milano

Posted on 04/29/2020 9:13:21 PM PDT by EdnaMode

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Living in the Gray as a Woman

When I sent the #MeToo tweet which helped spark a movement by amplifying the work of Tarana Burke in 2017, I didn’t know what it would bring. I knew I was in pain. I knew millions of women around the world were in pain. And I knew how lonely that pain was, how isolating the experience of being a victim of sexual assault was, and how bad it was for us as a nation and as a species. But then it took off, and a moment became a movement that had been relegated to the shadows by a patriarchal system and we stepped out into the light together. It was breathtaking, and powerful, and changed the world.

It also changed me.

Isn’t it instructive that conversations about gender violence continue to haunt men of power? When we live in a culture whose structures fundamentally thrive upon the objectification and oppression of women, it’s not surprising that men who participate in these practices find great success in life. It’s forced so many women to make impossible choices between working with the very people who oppress us in order to have a chance at gaining power or not working with them, and staying under their thick, hairy thumbs. This is the game we were all forced to play because the board was rigged. But the rules are changing.

As an activist, it can be very easy to develop a black and white view of the world: things are clearly wrong or clearly right. Harvey

Except it’s not always so easy, and living in the gray areas is something we’re trying to figure out in the world of social media. But here’s something social media doesn’t afford us–nuance.

(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alyssamilano; believeallwomen; believesometimes; believewomen; biden; clowncar; delaware; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; metoo; milano; reade; tarareade
#BELIEVEALLWOMEN #UNLESSTHEYACCUSEDEMOCRATS
1 posted on 04/29/2020 9:13:21 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I’m absolutely hocked that all the usual suspects are falling in line to protect another dhimmicrat.

#metoo #Myass


2 posted on 04/29/2020 9:22:22 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: EdnaMode

Liberal Democrat Women agree, Quid Pro Joementia Biden the Groping Pedo 2020!


3 posted on 04/29/2020 9:25:02 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: EdnaMode

Who be dis Onalim Assyla?

Be she some sdrawkcab hctib?


4 posted on 04/29/2020 9:27:21 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: EdnaMode

Hairy thumbs?!


5 posted on 04/29/2020 9:31:04 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: EdnaMode

Anything for publicity


6 posted on 04/29/2020 9:34:11 PM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword)
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To: EdnaMode

#Mefaketoo


7 posted on 04/29/2020 9:40:34 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: EdnaMode

Her position is actually a bit more subtle than that, and more revealing. She’s saying pretty clearly that she would still support Biden even if he did what Tara Reade has alleged, which is rape.

Why? Because she thinks trump is guilty of worse? She claims he is but that’s not her reason. She says:

“It falls upon women to navigate within the system of men’s design to make pragmatic choices that we hope will lead us to a more equal future. I still support Joe Biden because I believe that’s the best choice for that future,” ... “in any black and white world, we’d have a woman to rally behind to replace Trump”

So she doesn’t like her choices — in a perfect world she would be able to pick a perfect candidate but in the “grey” world (fallen world?)) she doesn’t have that luxury. So she’s supporting a guy EVEN IF he is actually guilty of rape because “we hope [he] will lead us to a more equal future.”

To me that all resolves to: I’m supporting the Democrat even if he’s a rapist.

My guess is that if there was an anti-abortion Democrat left in the country he or she wouldn’t get such a pass, so her position resolves to: men can abuse women all they want as long as there is unrestricted abortion.

Which is consistent with the fact that the most pro-abort cohort in the country is young sexually active men.


8 posted on 04/29/2020 9:43:29 PM PDT by edwinland
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To: EdnaMode

These leftists are simply the most vile and pathetic people. I cannot fathom the hypocrisy.


9 posted on 04/29/2020 9:56:27 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: vpintheak

Hypocrisy is deeper than the Marianna Trench


10 posted on 04/29/2020 10:10:34 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: edwinland
Maybe Joe isn't guilty because it wasn't rape-rape.
11 posted on 04/29/2020 10:15:25 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: EdnaMode

#VoteBlueNoMatterWhoRapedWho

#Fingers2020 - He Penetrates Right To The Heart Of Economic Intercourse

#MeTooUnlessItsBlue


12 posted on 04/29/2020 11:01:35 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: EdnaMode

#FakeFeminism
#FakeFeminist
#FakeMeToo
#FakeBelieveWomen


13 posted on 04/29/2020 11:11:11 PM PDT by cranked
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To: EdnaMode

#meTOOL Also how about the exploits of those wild wild Kennedy Boys. It’s past time to re evaluate the love affair with the Kennedy mystique ( mistake?). Before another Confederate statue is removed there’s an airport in NYC, a govt center in Boston, an outdated football stadium in DC plus many highways byways bridges schools etc that need to be renamed.


14 posted on 04/29/2020 11:15:57 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: edwinland

** I still support Joe Biden because I believe that’s the best choice for that future,” **

... they guy who can’t find his car keys? Remember what city he’s in? What office he’s running for?

Good luck with that, Allysa. Whatever you think Joe “is” is long past. Joe Biden’s mind is gone. And by they way, Joe Biden was never any of the things you say you believe in. Open a book. Read.


15 posted on 04/30/2020 3:32:22 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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To: EdnaMode

“I want powerful men and women to continue to be held accountable for their bad actions.”

Except for Democrat politicians.


16 posted on 05/01/2020 9:36:05 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: EdnaMode

https://mobile.twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1264248352683646976

Milano is showing off her new mask (yes, this is real)


17 posted on 05/23/2020 12:37:41 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

LOL! She’s such an airhead.


18 posted on 05/23/2020 12:56:37 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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