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trc

(823 posts)
27. But.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:16 PM
Apr 2017

If you actively work to allow the government to interfere in the reproductive choices of women, and only women, then you are not, and can not be, progressive. Civil rights for all, or civil rights for none...kinda central to being a progressive.

Thank you! NurseJackie Apr 2017 #1
preach it. JHan Apr 2017 #2
+++ agree ( and Billy Dee too) nt iluvtennis Apr 2017 #8
Preaching to the choir! Left-over Apr 2017 #10
Say it loud! MineralMan Apr 2017 #3
But, but, but...., safeinOhio Apr 2017 #4
Thanks....can you hear us Unity crew? Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #5
Well said. nt. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #6
Hell yes. Maven Apr 2017 #7
I regret that I have but one +rec to give. Saviolo Apr 2017 #9
Okay. TheKingofSoup Apr 2017 #11
We need all the help we can get. Thanks. Enoki33 Apr 2017 #14
Intersectional? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #12
Intersexual, maybe? milestogo Apr 2017 #13
I found it a bit obscure myself. LAS14 Apr 2017 #24
It's the understanding that inequality happens in multiple dimensions. RedWedge Apr 2017 #25
As many difinitions for a "Progressive",,, Cryptoad Apr 2017 #15
But. trc Apr 2017 #27
The important thing is that we all say "period, end of discussion." Qutzupalotl Apr 2017 #43
This mirrors what is happening to the GOP. MGKrebs Apr 2017 #16
That's a good way to put it -- intersectional. KPN Apr 2017 #17
I know forjusticethunders Apr 2017 #32
We are an Oligarchical Capitalistic country on steroids at this point in time. YOHABLO Apr 2017 #18
So? Cha Apr 2017 #39
Clapping as best I can alfredo Apr 2017 #19
Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #20
Complete nonsense. I see they haven't quit even though Gman Apr 2017 #23
Sounds like you've jumped to conclusions that have nothing to do with the OP emulatorloo Apr 2017 #31
Does class fit into your sense of intersectionalism? n/t QC Apr 2017 #21
I don't care about being a progressive Gman Apr 2017 #22
The term has been the subject of some debate. ehrnst Apr 2017 #26
Preach! (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #28
Progress equals forward or onward movement. Charles Bukowski Apr 2017 #29
I was fortunate enough a few months ago . . FairWinds Apr 2017 #30
We need to make rational arguments on this board about the need to fight for vulnerable groups.? JHan Apr 2017 #33
So like the OP you are gonna build the progressive movement . . FairWinds Apr 2017 #42
what "rationality" and "evidence" are you asking for in this context? JHan Apr 2017 #44
Being "progressive" is like being "pacifist". MGKrebs Apr 2017 #34
Rec. Rec. Rec. nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #35
K&R Quayblue Apr 2017 #36
Does Bernie Sanders make the cut? oberliner Apr 2017 #37
Teach it Brother! Cha Apr 2017 #38
okay, but are you saying Mello isn't a progressive, or Sanders? nt JCanete Apr 2017 #40
I was more aimed at people in general, not specific politicians forjusticethunders Apr 2017 #41
um, it's not that interesting. This is hardly Freudian. We know what story has been circulating here JCanete Apr 2017 #45
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