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AkFemDem

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9. These women are centrists who are all veterans or former national security...

Reply to EffieBlack (Original post)

Sun Sep 29, 2019, 08:20 PM

Sep 2019

The whole point of this is a shout out to centrists of both parties, oh hey look it’s not just the Uber liberal anymore- these moderates with lifetime backgrounds in national service have sounded the alarm.

Like it or not, a moderated voice reaches far further than a liberals when you’re trying to get both the right and left to listen.

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One reason black folk be staying mad all the time ... [View all] EffieBlack Sep 2019 OP

One group is celebrated, one group gets death threats. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2019 #1

Maybe not . ..... Iliyah Sep 2019 #4

DAMN! elleng Sep 2019 #2

+1 leftstreet Sep 2019 #3

I get that Bettie Sep 2019 #5

It is not as simple as you make it out to be. Blue_true Sep 2019 #6

Perhaps because the women shown have national security backgrounds. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2019 #7

Yeah, some of the last ones to get the courage to come out for impeachment and they get praised. brush Sep 2019 #8

It's not about "praise" AkFemDem Sep 2019 #10

Do you not get the premise of the OP? They're the last to have courage to come out while the many brush Sep 2019 #11

These women are centrists who are all veterans or former national security... AkFemDem Sep 2019 #9

Mr Rather lunasun Sep 2019 #12

Seems to me that, if you're a POC and make a fuss over the obvious, you're labelled "radical" ProudLib72 Sep 2019 #13