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In reply to the discussion: DAAAAYUM, You gotta see this. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)11. :) She doesn't sound very silenced to me.
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.
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Repubs in the room only see another angry black woman making sense and they want none of that
JuJuChen
Jul 2022
#1
Well, the "way" it was posted "could" also infer a "fear" of making Demorats look "rude"
Justice matters.
Jul 2022
#28
Lots of people here criticize Republicans, so I guess you think that's all useless, too.
pnwmom
Jul 2022
#31
Not at all. It's great to see a Rep (or Senator) give a passionate speech....
electric_blue68
Jul 2022
#36
call Penn State - it broadcasts sports on 11 ex limbaugh stations that will be used to yell over her
certainot
Jul 2022
#20
florida is another good example- desantis and his anti LGBTQ and other fascist crap - U of Fla on 10
certainot
Jul 2022
#65
Gainesville, the home of U of Florida, is a progressive, liberal, hippie town too.
Ligyron
Jul 2022
#67
i was looking. there's a UF Presidential LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee but i can't find a phone number
certainot
Jul 2022
#68
We NEED a thousand more Democrats just like her. I'm tired of being "polite"
BigBearJohn
Jul 2022
#32
Background: Republican propose amending state constitution to say abortion not a right
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2022
#40
Thanks for this! Finally get to see and hear her without added commentary front and back.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jul 2022
#41