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What Does Palin Have to Do With Feminism: Lack of Feminist Support is Not Hyprcritical
UNLV Rebel Yell ^ | November 24, 2008 | Marissa Christenson

Posted on 11/25/2008 11:48:07 AM PST by lewisglad

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1 posted on 11/25/2008 11:48:08 AM PST by lewisglad
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The feminists have never been about women....they are only about liberal causes - especially abortion.


2 posted on 11/25/2008 11:50:50 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: lewisglad

Like Margaret Thatcher eh?

What this amounts to is that Feminists cannot support a conservative of either gender.

Oh Hum...like that’s news....?


3 posted on 11/25/2008 11:51:38 AM PST by vimto (To do the right thing you don't have to be intelligent - you have to be brave (Sasz))
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She is pro-war and as a result, she is pro-violence.

Brilliant. The "logic" of liberals never ceases to amaze me.

4 posted on 11/25/2008 11:53:05 AM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (Obama has a bracelet, too!)
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To: lewisglad

Ah, ok, I get it — abortion.


5 posted on 11/25/2008 11:53:39 AM PST by publius1 (Just to be clear: my position is no.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Exactly right. On the topic of Abortion, there are essentially two choices. The “pro-choice” people have absolute disdain for one of those two choices. Palin chose Life, and so the feminists (the pro-choice people) instantly rejected her. That choice was the wrong one, apparently.


6 posted on 11/25/2008 11:53:55 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: anniegetyourgun

Abortion is a symptom of what the feminist cause was all about -

being able to have sex like men with the equal ability to walk away from consequences.

Instead of requiring men to be MORE civilized, feminists demanded that women be empowered to act LESS civilized.

The abortion issue has evolved, however, into keeping the guilt of killing an innocent human out of any public mention - they don’t want their consciences tweaked. It’s not about keeping it legal for future “choices”, it’s about keeping past “choices” guilt free.


7 posted on 11/25/2008 11:55:04 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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Because choosing life implicitly points out that the “choice” that feminists prefer is WRONG AND EVIL.


8 posted on 11/25/2008 11:56:06 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: lewisglad
According to Obenshain, it wasn’t feminists in general who were behaving hypocritically. She astutely observes that “generic feminists,” as well as Neanderthals (except Ann Coulter) support the legal and civil rights women have already been granted, so whether or not they support Palin has little to do with their political ideology.

Would this include the right of the youngest, most innocent, and most powerless of girls to not be summarily executed as an inconvenience to their mother?

9 posted on 11/25/2008 11:56:12 AM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: lewisglad

Radical feminism peaked about 1970 along with the rest of the protest movements. Gov Palin’s mention of the topic brought little except Hillary!’s respect.


10 posted on 11/25/2008 11:56:55 AM PST by RightWhale (Exxon Suxx)
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"For the record, Sarah Palin was far from the feminist ideal. Seriously. I have yet to come across one feminist-identified individual with an iota of support for the woman."

Well gee Marissa you must live in a cave! National Organization for Women President Endorses Palin Shelly Mandell, the president of L.A. National Organization for Women, who has endorsed the McCain/Palin ticket.

11 posted on 11/25/2008 11:56:57 AM PST by avacado
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12 posted on 11/25/2008 11:57:15 AM PST by radar101
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To: anniegetyourgun
Face it, abortion is a right established in the U.S. Constitution. Period, end of story. Anybody who disagrees is an enemy to femmenists.

On the other hand the right to keep an bear arms is just made up nonsense, having no Constitutional basis. Period. No discussion. If you think otherwise your a bigot.

Please hand me the stupid stick again...maybe if I keep beating my head with it I might be stupid enough to be a "progressive".

13 posted on 11/25/2008 11:58:39 AM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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Former LA NOW Chapter president Tammy Bruce also endorsed her.


14 posted on 11/25/2008 11:59:01 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: lewisglad

Feminism, like racial equality, was not about what it claimed. It was about fomenting class warfare to create chaos, resentment and division in this country. It was the opposite of what it claimed, as are most leftist schemes.


15 posted on 11/25/2008 12:01:11 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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To: AndyTheBear

It’s easy to be a lib....just stop thinking for yourself and buy into what the MSM is telling you.


16 posted on 11/25/2008 12:01:52 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: lewisglad

So, let me see if I have this straight. In earlier times, a man was convinced that it was his God-given obligation to provide for our family and all I had to do was tend to the children and keep the house straight.

Now, thanks to that special, premium blend of insanity known as feminism, I still have to tend to the kids and keep the house clean, PLUS I get to schlep to work like the everyday Joes, because we all make less than the dudes used to.

Pardon me if I don’t fall all over myself to thank them.


17 posted on 11/25/2008 12:02:51 PM PST by delphirogatio (I am the indication, not the confirmation.)
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Ummm... she reads HuffPo - enough said!


18 posted on 11/25/2008 12:05:20 PM PST by Lilpug15 (I'm Moving to Alaska...You can Keep THE CHANGE!)
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In reality, radical feminists (as well as feminists in general) were opposed to Palin because her politics were bad for feminism and bad for women. Palin does not support reproductive rights or sex education. She doesn’t care about the state of the environment and doesn’t believe in global warming. She is pro-war and as a result, she is pro-violence. She supports policies that deny the existence of social inequality, and by implication, doesn’t really care about the eradication of sexism or racism.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

A preachy screed blathering all around her sole point - that Palin cannot be embraced by feminists because she's not a liberal. One simple declartive sentence could have said it all, instead of this wordy excercise in banality and pretension.

If she really was concerned with winning over the author, all Palin would have to utter is "Melissa, you can abort all the rotten little babies that infest your bitter womb anytime you want."

19 posted on 11/25/2008 12:05:28 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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What I learned about feminism from the last election is that feminists can only be female democrats who believe in abortion and same sex marriage. Those are the requirements. three out of the four or less automatically disqualifies.


20 posted on 11/25/2008 12:07:48 PM PST by GBA
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