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radical noodle

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29. Can you explain what you mean?

Mon Sep 6, 2021, 11:14 AM

Sep 2021

I have seen THT used as more of a warning about how things evolved into Gilead vs what could happen if women just sit back and let their rights be eroded away.

Gilead was developed after years (decades?) of creeping fundamentalism that became militaristic and violent enough to assassinate those who didn't agree with them. I don't see this as simply feminism but also as a fight against the takeover of our government by religion. The two go hand in hand as most religions in their fundamentalist form believe in the subjugation of women.

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Amy Coney Barrett is not a handmaid [View all] boston bean Sep 2021 OP

Except for the time when she served as what is known as a handmaid in People of Praise. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #1

She was still an elite in that organization, she was a founder's daughter. haele Sep 2021 #16

Thank you. Sounds like a more highly successful version of Tulsi Gabbard. Do you have some links? Hekate Sep 2021 #35

She was in a religious group Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #2

I do recall that, but I think people are confusing it with Handmaids Tale. boston bean Sep 2021 #3

Could be... but HT is fiction FBaggins Sep 2021 #6

The author of the Handmaid's tale was aware of Catholic cults and adopted the term for her novel. nt pnwmom Sep 2021 #18

"The title of handmaid was adopted by People of Praise in reference to Hortensis Sep 2021 #15

Thank you for the information. boston bean Sep 2021 #20

Thank you, Hortensis Hekate Sep 2021 #36

She is a member of the People of Praise mnhtnbb Sep 2021 #17

Yep. I remember that article... paleotn Sep 2021 #25

More people are familiar with the series than Phoney Barrett's church/cult affiliation FoxNewsSucks Sep 2021 #28

The description of closeness and wnylib Sep 2021 #30

She may be a fanatic & fanatics have no place in American government. rickyhall Sep 2021 #4

She may be a fanatic & fanatics have no place in American jurisprudence... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #7

She knows she's above the law. She's not gonna be subject to her own rulings. Walleye Sep 2021 #5

They haven't ruled yet. It's still going through the courts jimfields33 Sep 2021 #9

She's more like an Aunt Lydia. Nt onlyadream Sep 2021 #8

Yes. radical noodle Sep 2021 #23

The difference is that onlyadream Sep 2021 #38

Also, mapping the HT universe onto current events erases the reality of a lot of people who aren't WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #10

Can you explain what you mean? radical noodle Sep 2021 #29

THT focuses on the experience of white women and posits a dystopian future, WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #32

Thank you... radical noodle Sep 2021 #33

If she votes the wrong way, Beer Bong Boy will cut her finger off. milestogo Sep 2021 #11

I didn't want to laugh at that, but I did! boston bean Sep 2021 #13

She's a conservative Irish-Catholic extremist. Progressive Jones Sep 2021 #12

She should be impeached turbinetree Sep 2021 #14

All three justices Trump appointed should be, for different reasons. CrispyQ Sep 2021 #19

While I'd Like To See Her Gone... GB_RN Sep 2021 #22

It's not just MF45's corrupt appointments, FoxNewsSucks Sep 2021 #26

While wives and aunts did have certain privilages... paleotn Sep 2021 #21

True. But when it comes to forced rape pregnancy of a handmaid, she is the enforcer of rape and boston bean Sep 2021 #24

Serena certainly found that out. FoxNewsSucks Sep 2021 #27

Season 4 radical noodle Sep 2021 #31

Thank you....been trying to explain that here and to others saying that in conversations Pachamama Sep 2021 #34

Good point. It's a reference to Amy's religious upbringing, tho now she's all grown up & in position Hekate Sep 2021 #37