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The Republican plan to defund Planned Parenthood just died in the Senate... (Original Post) rsexaminer Aug 2015 OP
Not to worry Turbineguy Aug 2015 #1
Didn't Erick "Red State" Erickson promise violence at this point? villager Aug 2015 #2
It is important to understand Erick and tea party do actually hate women, fear them, etc. AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #3
Of course they do. Their politics is based on a fear of the intolerable "Other," and on projection villager Aug 2015 #4
Whew shenmue Aug 2015 #5
 

villager

(26,001 posts)
2. Didn't Erick "Red State" Erickson promise violence at this point?
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:33 PM
Aug 2015

Against GOP candidates not towing the misogynist line?

Yes, he couched it as "violence at the ballot box" (or was that polling booth?) -- applying just enough dog whistle, I suppose, to avoid a vastly overdue visit from the Secret Service.

AllFieldsRequired

(489 posts)
3. It is important to understand Erick and tea party do actually hate women, fear them, etc.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:39 PM
Aug 2015

This is a real thing.

Like black people or latinos or gays, if they behave and stay in their place, they are tolerable, but if not, they are to be targets of hate and if necessary violence.

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
4. Of course they do. Their politics is based on a fear of the intolerable "Other," and on projection
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:41 PM
Aug 2015

All these "Others" possess traits they deeply despise in themselves.

And the war on women has always spilled over to their ongoing war against the planet, as well.

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