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BlueMTexpat

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32. I'm with both you and JHB on that!

Reply to tenderfoot (Reply #18)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 03:40 AM

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We're Living in Phyllis Schlafly's America [View all] BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 OP

They say only the good die young Freddie Jul 2020 #1

She was in her early 90s, BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #2

Precisely. There is no "Trumpism", this attitude is baked into the conservative core JHB Jul 2020 #7

Yes it is. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #8

Slightly OT: I was too young when The Firing Line originally aired.. tenderfoot Jul 2020 #18

That was my assessment as well. JHB Jul 2020 #22

I'm with both you and JHB on that! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #32

How I despised her smug hypocratic face! She was everywhere, lecturing women 'stay home and STFU'!!! bobbieinok Jul 2020 #3

Her 1964 book A Choice Not An Echo claimed liberalism had taken over the GOP bobbieinok Jul 2020 #4

You must have intuited my response BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #6

She was awful. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #5

It is with no joy North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #9

Ugh, you must have been traumatized just being around her. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #10

You have all my sympathy! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #12

My mother is against women's rights and has the same mentality. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #20

Thank you for posting this. I had a number of encounters with her over the years, none of niyad Jul 2020 #11

I remember seeing some BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #13

Oooh... her. I worked at a small publishing company... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #14

... BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #17

Awww, thanks! It was a looong time ago! ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #26

I don't normally suggest people turn on the boob tube for Hortensis Jul 2020 #15

This may be one of the very few BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #16

:) I agree that inimical RW forces have gained dangerous power Hortensis Jul 2020 #21

I can heartily endorse this BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #23

Hi I still think there are more of them... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #28

Well, there are a lot who've been voting with the far right Hortensis Jul 2020 #30

Oh, ha! Now's that's some This vs That! LOL! :D electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #31

Hi I'd have to also partly disagree about back then... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #27

In light of the Schlafly inspiration, BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #33

Oh! ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #34

Margaret Atwood is a consultant BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #37

Oh I had forgotten about the "The Testaments"... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #38

Almost all women are like her, where I live. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #19

Even though it may not seem like it, BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #24

Thank you. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #25

Yikes! Stay safe! From what I've seen since ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #29

As you might notice in the final episode of Mrs. America... AntiFascist Jul 2020 #35

I still haven't seen BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #36