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2016 Postmortem

Fast Walker 52

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20. yes... thanks

Reply to Donald Ian Rankin (Reply #18)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 04:03 PM

Feb 2016

I know there was some controversy about the Kosovo bombing, but the country seems to have done well since then.

The 2011 Libya bombing was also supposed to prevent ethnic cleansing, but that didn't wok out well at all.

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Is supporting wars a feminist position? [View all] Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 OP

War is terrible for any living thing. onecaliberal Feb 2016 #1

Can't think of one. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 #2

No. It is not. nt LWolf Feb 2016 #3

Is voting against the Brady Bill a progressive position? nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #4

good question-- probably not Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #6

Tell that to inner city youth and the victims of mass shootings. nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #9

Is Hillary's vote for the Iraq war defensible? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #10

Hillary is a die-hard neocon gyroscope Feb 2016 #5

It depends on the war mythology Feb 2016 #7

If you had a better understanding of what a "feminist" is, you wouldn't need to ask. procon Feb 2016 #8

Hillary is drenched in blood. I think she's just truly a war hawk Arazi Feb 2016 #11

Yes. And I say that closeupready Feb 2016 #12

"Wars" is a vague term firebrand80 Feb 2016 #13

you are right... I was being overly broad Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #21

Hmmm... one_voice Feb 2016 #14

well, I was framing it in the context of feminism Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #16

Depends entirely on the war. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2016 #15

why 20 years? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #17

Kosovo. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2016 #18

yes... thanks Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #20

Bell Hooks gives the best definition of "feminism" (Not the incorrect Sheryl Sandberg version). TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #19

thanks Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #22

I Disagree With hooks About Feminism DrFunkenstein Feb 2016 #24

What you define was prevalent beginning in the early 1970s. TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #25

If you're a despearte Noecom Oligarch...... why yes Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #23

Let's ask Henry Kissinger! earthside Feb 2016 #26