She's the next SOS, he's the next POTUS and still they are oppressed by

[dkf]

2 stupid pics on the internet?

Is this a joke?

When are people no longer oppressed for goodness sakes?

[GarbagemanLB]

1. Making Hillary out to be this weak and vulnerable person because she's a woman almost seems.....

sexist.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Playing up the sexism card worked out so well for candidates in 2008.

It's a winning strategy for any female candidate! :eyes:

[GarbagemanLB]

5. And that was a major difference between the two in the primary. One was largely successful

in moving beyond identity politics, while the other was drawn deeper into them as the primary went on.

I'll leave it to you to figure out which is which.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

21. I agree with your post. The guy who won the whole election obviously did a pretty good job.

He also made a point of staying away from "ism" politics except when forced into it.

Primaries aside, Palin/McCain camp tried, laughably, to indulge in the "that's terribly sexist!" game too, seeing as how it worked out so well in the Democratic primary. It worked equally well for them. I really don't know what they were thinking with that shit. They either are so stupid they honestly thought they'd pick up a substantial chunk of HRC voters with blatant pandering... or ... I don't know what.

[dkf]

7. Seriously...I'm offended that people are running around like

Hillary should be afraid of this guy or something. Give her some credit.

[patrice]

2. No fair! Tell us what you're talking about!!! nt

[dkf]

4. Oops. Sorry

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7961702&mesg_id=7961702

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

11. Just more water to go under the bridge. I've not read the

latest uproar, nor do I care to, (ya, it's about Hillary and her cutout somehow)

Water, go under the bridge now. Flow the fuck out of here.

[patrice]

14. tks!

:hi:

[joshcryer]

27. What about "others are opressed" do you not get?

Are you really that stupid or are you just trying to stir stuff up?

[mtnsnake]

6. Probably about that moron who groped the sexy cardbd cutout & posted the pics on his Facebook Page

[dkf]

8. Hmm. Since when was this the "sexy" cardboard cutout of Hillary?

I must have missed that. Wasn't she in a suit?

[GarbagemanLB]

10. The poster added the word to add more drama to the situation. This is an outrage!!!!!!!111

[mtnsnake]

15. Even her cardboard cutout is a turn-on for most men

although a few of them won't admit it here because of political reasons. ;)

I know plenty of men who'd pay $50 bucks to wait in line to kiss a cardboard cut-out of Hillary. It would be a good way to raise money for our Party, don't you think? :)

[karynnj]

18. But wouldn't those men be violating Hillary's right to chose

who she allows to kiss her(or any reproduction of her)? I frankly know absolutely no men or women who would pay even $1 to kiss a cut out of anybody. I guess I am part of a more conservative crowd.

[mtnsnake]

hmm, I'll have to check with Hillary's lawyer on that one

;)

[mtnsnake]

20. oops, self-delete, one of those double-click dupes

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. why would you think people are talking about them being oppressed?

i think people are saying the action was tacky and tasteless. I am sure hillary and obama will survive, but hillary has survived several anti hillary books etc. that doesnt mean the action is necessarily the right action

i think you are putting your own spin on this.

[AllentownJake]

12. No he's reacting to another thread

that called the action oppression...when it was a 27 year old who was probably not getting any sleep who did something stupid when he went drinking with his buddies.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. i think it was tacky and stupid. sure everyone will survive though. nt

[Hippo_Tron]

16. Tacky and stupid and even more stupid because he had pictures enabled on his facebook

But even smart people do stupid things. Unfortunately in the age of the internet, lots of people find out about these things.

[dkf]

23. Hey I'm a "she" not a "he"!

I guess because I don't do the female outrage thing I keep getting tagged as a guy.

[AllentownJake]

26. My humble apologies.

:blush:

[Nikki Stone1]

17. It's not them: it's us. Obama may be president, but the stats for AA men are still bad

Life expectancy, prison, poverty, etc. Hillary Clinton may be SOS but most women make less that 3/4 on the dollar of what men make and are raising children on it. While I am thrilled at the diversity in our government, let us not forget that all is not well or equal.

[dkf]

22. Yes, but using them as an example of the oppressed doesn't

help. It makes us look silly along the lines of "cry wolf".

[mwei924]

19. Seriously, I'd expect this from Sarah Palin folks.,.

..but this is approaching "lipstick on a pig" stupid.

[bridgit]

24. America is bigger than "2 stupid pics on the internet"

[dkf]

25. Yup.

I just hate to see the word "oppressed" thrown around like that. We need to save it for situations in which it has more meaning.

[Lil Missy]

28. It's a non issue. Not even on the radar outside of DU.

And btw, who are "they"???

[FlaGranny]

29. When?

When the world is all vanilla, that's when.

This makes a joke out of "real" oppression.