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THIS...Exactly this. (Original Post) Soph0571 May 2019 OP
AOC tells it like it is. Aussie105 May 2019 #1
k&r n/t lordsummerisle May 2019 #2
All professional women know this. It's constant. yardwork May 2019 #3
My wife and my sisters and my mom have suffered this shit all their professional lives. hunter May 2019 #18
Change is slow. Good for you for recognizing the problem! yardwork May 2019 #20
This young woman and people like her give me hope RoadMan May 2019 #4
Me too seta1950 May 2019 #5
Welcome to DU! burrowowl May 2019 #23
The nail that stands tallest gets the hammer IronLionZion May 2019 #6
Excellent use of old Japanese proverb pandr32 May 2019 #15
One good reason it's good that there are lots of Dems running for Pres. Doitnow May 2019 #22
Someone needs to take away the hammer ProudLib72 May 2019 #27
Dang, she is a badass! jmbar2 May 2019 #7
Seems like every time I see something like this, the thought that arises is "I love her" pdsimdars May 2019 #8
K&R smirkymonkey May 2019 #9
Maybe.... Brainfodder May 2019 #10
Amen. moreland01 May 2019 #11
Welcome to DU lunatica May 2019 #17
For one so young...... dawnie51 May 2019 #12
Even other women in power use it to silence other women. lindysalsagal May 2019 #13
My, Oh, My, I Wish You Were Wrong! corbettkroehler May 2019 #14
You, too? That was a discouraging realization to come to. calimary May 2019 #25
I look forward to the day we can say President Ocasio-Cortez. colorado_ufo May 2019 #16
I really like her. shockey80 May 2019 #19
LOVES ME SOME AOC!!! yuiyoshida May 2019 #21
She just oozes self-confidence. llmart May 2019 #24
She says a lot of wise/true stuff. Hoyt May 2019 #26
Yeah this is what RW FOX calls our ''radical left" Sooooooo radical huh? YOHABLO May 2019 #28
This young lady came at just the right time! Hulk Jun 2019 #29
Preach! nolabear Jun 2019 #30
Cheers Cetacea Jun 2019 #31

Aussie105

(5,380 posts)
1. AOC tells it like it is.
Fri May 31, 2019, 08:21 AM
May 2019

She also has the strength of personality to bring this out in the open, call BS on it, and slap a bit of sense into a lot of Old Entitled White Males.

Hell, I'm one of those OEWMs myself. But I see that what she says and does, can only bring some honesty and light into a lot of fossilized male brains.

Listening, GOP? Listening, Trump?

hunter

(38,310 posts)
18. My wife and my sisters and my mom have suffered this shit all their professional lives.
Fri May 31, 2019, 03:08 PM
May 2019

They have to work harder, be tougher, be smarter, be faster... etc., than any white guy, and then they are criticized for that too.

It's the 21st century, damn it!

Weren't we supposed to be over that?

IronLionZion

(45,427 posts)
6. The nail that stands tallest gets the hammer
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:00 AM
May 2019

but if enough nails stand up publicly, they can't all get hammered.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
10. Maybe....
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:29 AM
May 2019

The problem is too many humans and using a bell shaped curve it would mean that a ton of humans walking this earth are below average, and if you give all opinions an equal say and an equal chance to make up their own minds with that equal say, we might wind up this way?

Of course there are voting standards, but just 18 years old & citizen is that really enough? Vote in a representative for you, but forgetting that ultimately they really represent us all!

Add to that people who want to keep the status quo, no matter how awful it is for others.

Add to that... we could go on and on and on, but the loudest most obnoxious is winning?

Now what?

Roy Moore again? Sharon Angell again? Other piss poor excuses for candidates, because the process itself scars/scares many who might otherwise consider it?

Yeah, some of us have noticed, I'm "shirley" not alone in this?

A retired brain surgeon is running H.U.D. ffs and everything I have seen points to the man being impaired.

Silver lining, the flaws in our system have been exposed, now wth are we the people going to do about it?

I'll never live another 50 years to see the real outcome, that's how slow we are, meanwhile you OK with that many old folks deciding the future they won't have to endure?

Still worried about abortions; that should have been settled never to be unsettled again law, you don't like it, don't have one, you don't give 2 cents about us once born, in America, you are now on your own at 1 sec old, oh lucky, this one has caring parents with healthcare, oops sorry you don't, you might not get the care you need to see day 2.

Our world, just like this post, a mess, good luck, we need it.


dawnie51

(959 posts)
12. For one so young......
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:49 AM
May 2019

this lady is incredibly wise. An old soul in many ways. I am always struck by how composed and smart she is.

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
14. My, Oh, My, I Wish You Were Wrong!
Fri May 31, 2019, 11:09 AM
May 2019

It's difficult to pinpoint to saddest aspect of this antediluvian reality but women who enable the subjugation might place first.

More power to AOC and all who speak truth to patriarchy!

llmart

(15,536 posts)
24. She just oozes self-confidence.
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:05 PM
May 2019

I just can't get enough of listening to her speak. I see Presidential qualities in her at such a young age.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
29. This young lady came at just the right time!
Sat Jun 1, 2019, 12:41 AM
Jun 2019

Our country needs her intelligent and patriotic voice more than ever!

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