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Are we not (5.00 / 5) (#3)
by andgarden on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 04:23:49 PM EST
in the progressive blogosphere here, or are we off the island?

Better, perhaps, to redefine the progressive blogosphere.

Where does one begin? (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by Lahdee on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 04:51:37 PM EST
First we lose Hippies, then Liberals and now we've lost the Progressives? Quick, off to the Marketing Pool for inspiration!
Please, let it be over so we can heal, if that's still possible.

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Feminists (5.00 / 1) (#26)
by Kathy on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 04:58:20 PM EST
seem to be making a comeback...at least at the voting booth.

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This oughta be a bumper sticker (5.00 / 1) (#38)
by Cream City on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 05:13:24 PM EST
and I love the line, Kathy.

You bet, I'm just fine with being called the f-word.  It means better company by far than being one of the liberals, progressives, et al., lately.

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I prefer to think we're on (5.00 / 2) (#33)
by ahazydelirium on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 05:05:08 PM EST
the margins of the island. On the beaches, where everything is open and clear.

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Good analogy. (none / 0) (#71)
by lansing quaker on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 07:15:21 PM EST
On the beaches' edge where I can have a pina colada rather than force down my own bile by staying in the more volatile center of it.

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One chick that's come home to roost (none / 0) (#73)
by Ellie on Mon Apr 07, 2008 at 07:19:05 PM EST
This wearisome habit from the boyz in the blogz of trotting out pesky female troubles as the go-to  straw (wo)man to smack around to "prove" their cred as neutral defenders of human rights is laughable.

I've had enough of listening to the deflecting tactic of waving any logical criticism of Team Obama's actual words and actions as racist, whether or not the challenges are even remotely connected to a racial issue, but getting huffy about applying the same pristine standard to themselves about indulging in egregious bigotry like misogyny.

The solution is simple for the boyz in the blogz who like to draw b(.)(.)bs on the enemy du jour before they smack their straw(wo)man around.

Make the case based on what's immediately at hand. Own it, explain it (if you like) or deal with whoever's in your face at that moment on mutual terms. Have the fracas but don't get in a bunch if someone tosses back what you tossed using the cunning Rubber / Glue akido.

The Obama Roolz double-standard is like a vertical rock-climbing cliff here.

I'm sympathetic to the case of watchdogging language, including one's own, but tend to be slovenly about the social chore of continually mopping up the slime trails behind other people's messy brains.

Sticking their noses in it does have cumulative value though, since we all have to share the planetary confines. I've had my own nose stuck in my words and actions plenty of times.

Sometimes it's tolerable and others, I really really didn't want to go back there. Everyone smells at some point or other in every material, linguistic and figurative sense. Setting reasonable standards for toxic emissions isn't unreasonable, just the expectation that some people get to do all the spewing "balanced" by a separate caste indentured to perpetual cleanup.

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