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In reply to the discussion: This Is Why Hillary Clinton Supporters Are Upset About the Womens March [View all]emulatorloo
(44,057 posts)48. The organizer used Clinton's words as the guiding principle, but refuses to credit the quotation.
That bothers me. That's dishonest. She's been called out on it. It is an easy correction. But in her pettiness and her need to diminish and erase HRC's contributions and service, she just doubles down.
Do you get it now?
That being said, the march is bigger than the pettiness of that organizer.
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Women's March on Washington Guiding Vision and Definition of Principles
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WHY WE MARCH
We are empowered by the legions of revolutionary leaders who paved the way for us to march, and acknowledge those around the globe who fight for our freedoms. We honor these women and so many more. They are #WHYWEMARCH.
Bella Abzug Corazon Aquino Ella Baker Grace Lee Boggs Berta Cáceres Rachel Carson Shirley Chisholm
Angela Davis Miss Major Griffin Gracy LaDonna Harris Dorothy I. Height bell hooks Dolores Huerta Marsha P. Johnson Barbara Jordan Yuri Kochiyama Winona LaDuke
Audre Lorde Wilma Mankiller Diane Nash Sylvia Rivera Barbara Smith Gloria Steinem Hannah G. Solomon Harriet Tubman Edith Windsor Malala Yousafzai
VALUES & PRINCIPLES
● We believe that Womens Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Womens Rights. This is the basic and original tenet from which all our values stem.
<snip>
WHY WE MARCH
We are empowered by the legions of revolutionary leaders who paved the way for us to march, and acknowledge those around the globe who fight for our freedoms. We honor these women and so many more. They are #WHYWEMARCH.
Bella Abzug Corazon Aquino Ella Baker Grace Lee Boggs Berta Cáceres Rachel Carson Shirley Chisholm
Angela Davis Miss Major Griffin Gracy LaDonna Harris Dorothy I. Height bell hooks Dolores Huerta Marsha P. Johnson Barbara Jordan Yuri Kochiyama Winona LaDuke
Audre Lorde Wilma Mankiller Diane Nash Sylvia Rivera Barbara Smith Gloria Steinem Hannah G. Solomon Harriet Tubman Edith Windsor Malala Yousafzai
VALUES & PRINCIPLES
● We believe that Womens Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Womens Rights. This is the basic and original tenet from which all our values stem.
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More at link.
Excerpt from HRC's speech on September 5th 1995, in Beijing, China:
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This Is Why Hillary Clinton Supporters Are Upset About the Womens March [View all]
otohara
Jan 2017
OP
Click on the link and go sign the petition. Are the people organizing the march morons? No Hillary?
OregonBlue
Jan 2017
#4
You complain about "divisive, dividing, hurtful stuff" and then drag Nader out?
mattclearing
Jan 2017
#118
I don't know how I'd feel about joining a protest and being marginalized, myself.
joshcryer
Jan 2017
#34
The organizer used Clinton's words as the guiding principle, but refuses to credit the quotation.
emulatorloo
Jan 2017
#48
It isn't "postmortem" news. People who agree w Linda Sansour are trying to frame it
emulatorloo
Jan 2017
#67
This is not a Democratic protest, its a progressive protest and Hillary is not part of their club
BlueStateLib
Jan 2017
#20
I can think of one or two other things they should be a lot more upset about.
meadowlander
Jan 2017
#32
That faction of the outrage machine is paid to post critiques all progressive ideas/actions. n/t
Turn CO Blue
Jan 2017
#73
Maybe she didn't want to be included. Regardless, we all must unite to defeat a common enemy.
TrekLuver
Jan 2017
#47
If that is all true than that is shitty but it sure as hell is not going to stop me
TrekLuver
Jan 2017
#76
How were the names selected? Did organizers agree to each pick someone...
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#66