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(2,216 posts)Justice matters.
(6,937 posts)She's speaking truth to power they shouldn't have!
pnwmom
(108,989 posts)NJCher
(35,704 posts)who cares what they think? Why should we care? It's not as if there was ever a chance of changing their mind.
pnwmom
(108,989 posts)for not being able to tolerate a woman speaking sense?
Justice matters.
(6,937 posts)but if it's a critic of republiQans it will "never" change their minds, so it's useless.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Anywhere.
Anyplace.
Anytime.
Apathy kills democracy.
pnwmom
(108,989 posts)And I didn't see anything about the way the post was posted that implied "fear."
Bluethroughu
(5,173 posts)We speak clearly but friendly, they ignore.
We speak witty and direct, they attack.
So she yelled the facts, and they tried to silence...
The problem is we won't go quickly into the night.
I'm thankful for anyone ready to challenge the white right patriarch.
electric_blue68
(14,923 posts)she's saying what so many of us feel! 👍👍👍
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Probatim
(2,536 posts)Pointing out facts - conservatives see a shrieking black woman, not someone speaking truth and speaking truth to power. They'll shoot the messenger because they are listening to the message.
Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)Fuck them.
live love laugh
(13,123 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Screw them with a pitchfork
Hotler
(11,437 posts)Need this type of energy in Washington. Especially towards Mitch.
Warpy
(111,305 posts)We are FURIOUS at Christofascist male overreach. They have no business thundering their "thou shalt nots" at us. It is NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS, especially since the only thing they know about reproduction is where to stick it in.
ENOUGH.
certainot
(9,090 posts)- and not the athletic dept. it's an angle dems can use that will scare the crap out of republicans everywhere
on fakenewsradio.org it's one of 87+ supporting 260 + xLimbaugh stations ......
PENNSYLVANIA 14 Penn St. 11, Pittsburgh 2, Temple 1
the university brand managers, diversity related depts, related student activist groups etc all should know. the dept that manages and protects university reputation/brand need to see these associations with radio stations that have been working to kill Roe and deny global warming and COVID as toxic.
whenever a democrat does something like that and stands out republican think tanks and politicians make sure the local RW radio blowhards attack her. it might be for that or it might be something else in her life they can use and often it might be lying and always exaggeration and out of context bullshit. if that vid gets more famous the national blowhards on those stations, like bongino, hannity, levin, will get involved in attacking her, trying to shut her up.
if PA dems want to get her back, one way is to push penn state or even Pitt or Temple to look for apolitical alternatives and get their brands and mascots and logos off those stations. all it would take is a public discussion that would get wild cause the republicans would scream bloody murder bullshit about free speech. advertisers will head for the hills. it could snowball. the ad agencies would have to force some of those stations to change programming. the attention, even without real change before the elections, would destroy republican chances.
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)xLimbaugh stations. and then there's global warming, racism, and the parkland shooting/NRA that those stations are always on the wrong side of
FLORIDA 20 Florida 10, Florida St. 4 Miami 2, South Florida 2, Central Florida 2
they must have student organizations at the university that could make a stink about the stupidity of supporting them
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Lovely place as well. I should know, I've lived there several times between college and work so I should probably look into making them aware.
certainot
(9,090 posts)so was going to do some emails - and they rarely work - and ended up too busy - tomorrow hopefully
probably a few other student groups should be alerted - environment, abortion, racism, social justice, etc
Hotler
(11,437 posts)electric_blue68
(14,923 posts)W00000000000t!!!!!
ecstatic
(32,720 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)Higherarky
(637 posts)I LOVE her!!!
calimary
(81,389 posts)DAYUM!!!!!
How do we clone her?
MORE! PLEASE!!!!!
electric_blue68
(14,923 posts)MyMission
(1,850 posts)And righteous!
What an inspiration. Thank you.
I've shared the video with a few friends already.
peacebuzzard
(5,180 posts)go get those idiots!
Wild blueberry
(6,649 posts)Thank you for posting this--inspiring!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Grievance, victimization messages don't work for me. I like empowered women saying, hell no!, so I like this legislator's noisy voice. But her ridiculous insistence that women, who have the vote!, are silenced victims of others is embarrassing, and offensive.
If millions of proabortion females hadn't SELF-silenced entirely on their own for years and whole decades, this could never have happened.
On the plus side, it's outraging more into UN-silencing themselves and joining those of us who would never sit still for silencing, much less embrace it as our reality.
We'll get to see, though, how many realize that their vote is the one way they can speak out that the supposed silencers HAVE to listen to.
NJCher
(35,704 posts)The attempt to overthrow the election?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Victimization messages are what I'm objecting to. They appeal to a type. Like those women who actually choose to characterize themselves as helpless "Handmaid" style sex slaves instead of very pissed-off and empowered voters. (Good god, could some leaderless wannbe feminists have wandered off and fallen down this rabbit hole? Someone needs to tell them a "fourth wave" is not playing out on its backs in the dark.)
Seriously, the most positive interpretation I'm imagining is that grievance/victimization politics are HUGE these days among RW voters, and maybe this PA rep is trying to twang a chord she knows resonates with both the type on the left and hopefully even larger numbers on the right.
ecstatic
(32,720 posts)legislators who are being silenced while refugs try to take away women's rights in the dead of the night. Each of those silenced legislators represent hundreds of thousands of citizens in their districts. So when refugs silence them, they're silencing the voters as well, which, by the way, they already tried to silence them (us) in 2020 as well. Republicans are racist, anti-democratic fascists. Plain and simple.
You might want to check out the backstory: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16901240
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 11, 2022, 12:33 PM - Edit history (1)
when our representative government works as it's intended. Our founders' intention was not to institutionalize "silencing" everyone else but to arrive at answers that worked for the most people.
So we don't like what the legislative MAJORITIES created by majorities of those who voted in PA are doing with their power, but most of the minority who voted them in do! They're thrilled.
It's not like we didn't know today's Republicans always misuse their power. We've watched them become increasingly extreme and anti-democratic for over 30 years, accelerating big time after 2008 and doubling down on that, becoming openly fascistic, with 2016.
They're so bad that increasingly radicalized Republican minorities are ONLY able to keep electing them because they get help from millions who at least lean left. So, NO to excuses for dangerously irresponsible LW voter behaviors, including refusal of personal responsibility. People who voted Democratic were not silenced: they spoke but were outnumbered by RW crazies and LW abettors. We're all reaping their whirlwind.
Oh, and speaking of not being fools, eyes on the various anti-Democratic LW organizations using agitprop to turn fear and anger at what the Republicans are doing against Democrats. There's an existential election coming up fast, and they have to keep people from voting to save, much less enlarge, our Democratic majorities.
irisblue
(33,011 posts)Not even 40! She is going far and hard
BumRushDaShow
(129,263 posts)wackadoo wabbit
(1,167 posts)I had no idea who was is.
You're right; I have great expectations for her.
RobertDevereaux
(1,858 posts)Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)"rude."
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)On this thread, not one said anything negative about her?
gixxerlee
(202 posts)niyad
(113,496 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,173 posts)Calling it out!
Thank you.
BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)Fuck the god-damed rePUKElicans
electric_blue68
(14,923 posts)Righteous Take Down, Rep McClinton!!!!!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,341 posts)and to require ID at the polls.
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Here we are being silenced once again, McClinton declared. Understand when youre silencing [opposition lawmakers] youre silencing millions of voters from every corner of the commonwealth. When you silence us and dont allow us to amend bills that wont let people vote, that wont allow women to make their own decisions, youre silencing all of us.
The Pennsylvania Senate on Friday approved a proposal which was later also supported in a House vote to add language to the state Constitution stating explicitly that the document does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions.
A last-minute addition would also require voters to show identification at polling places, not just when they register to vote, which is currently required.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/penn-rep-tees-off-colleagues-040403399.html
What I'm not sure is exactly what "dont allow us to amend bills" means - sounds like the Republicans used some dubious procedure to force this through. Anyone know?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,388 posts)DET
(1,323 posts)We need more like this.
Riverman100
(276 posts)we all need this passion to speak truth to power
sellitman
(11,607 posts)That my friends is EXACTLY what we need.
Fire and Brimstone.
Bless her.
YoshidaYui
(41,834 posts)Scrivener7
(50,987 posts)Response to Scrivener7 (Reply #49)
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JanMichael
(24,890 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)Now is the time for all good women to come to the aid of their Democratic party. I believe black women will be instrumental in saving our democracy. They can be fearless!
Sky Jewels
(7,129 posts)And tens and tens of millions of others.
Cha
(297,446 posts)ecstatic
(32,720 posts)Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)PittBlue
(4,227 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)loudly and often.