Womens Rights are Human Rights - Hillary Clinton

[Texas Hill Country]

This is one of the most important speeches on human rights in modern times.

This is a speech that should not only be studied in high schools and colleges, but should be read or heard by everyone on the planet.

Read here:

http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Hillary-Clinton/



Thank you, Hillary, for everything.

[Hepburn]

1. OMFG.......................

.........You mean......it took you a speech from HilLIARy to figure out women are human???

ROFPIMPLMAO!!!!! :rofl:

[MannyGoldstein]

3. They Are?

Crap. I'd better unchain my wife.

[Hepburn]

16. Well, yeah, Manny.....you should, unless...

...she likes it! :evilgrin:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. I hope you don't choke to death on your hate

[Faygo Kid]

20. Yeah. Go here and feel the love.

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=5482

I have no doubt I'm on your "ignore" list, but others may want to feel the love.

[AllentownJake]

24. New strategy

If we can direct them there...we won't have to deal with them here.

[KAZ]

30. From your keyboard to God's inbox.

[Faygo Kid]

36. Amen. Can I get an amen?

I believe many of our tombstoned Hillary "Goddess of Peace" posters make up the board over there.

[AllentownJake]

We need to promote the hell out of that place

The more of them there...the more they organize Pot and Pan fun days in more cities.

[Faygo Kid]

43. Can't wait for the video tomorrow of the "big" protest.

This is going to be hilarious, and they won't even understand why.

[AllentownJake]

47. No matter what its a win win for us

If they have a poor turn-out...funny

If 1000 of them show up banging pots in pans...it makes the news and the comedy shows..banging pots and pans to get the head of Chris Matthews...lol John Stewart, Colbert, Leno, Conan, etc...

[Faygo Kid]

52. Oh please oh please let it be the latter . . .

Pots and pans and complaining about the fact that the Goddess of Peace actually has to compete for the nomination.

Get the popcorn.

[AllentownJake]

56. The chants they created are mainly

For the head of Matthews and Olberman....banging pots and pans in the street for the head of a cable news commentator.

[Symarip]

74. Don't forget, in doing so

Those people they are protesting will profit with headlines and, you guessed it, higher ratings.

Go Team!

Might I add that wok's make the most obnoxious banging noise of them all.

[KAZ]

49. I'm hitting the sack early just to be up in time (which means..

.. no under the influence posts from me tonight).

[Faygo Kid]

51. Damn! I'll have an extra glass of cabernet in your honor.

They aren't gathering until 8 a.m., so it's not that bad. I leave for work then, unfortunately, but will count on DUers to post the video.

Cheers.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

42. I don't have an ignore list like so many of the O short bus riders

[Faygo Kid]

54. Glad to hear it. Me neither.

I ignore nobody. More fun that way.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

83. ahaha wonderful pic....so glad you like too

[azmouse]

46. That's a scary place.

:scared: But at least I can see where the goddess supporters get their talking points. Interesting....

[madrchsod]

55. noooo...... larry sinclair

[Faygo Kid]

61. You found that too, eh? A "live" thread this evening.

For those who enjoy insane entertainment, enjoy: http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=5482

What a great site. I can't add to what is already there. You have to surf it on your own to get the full flavor.

[madrchsod]

84. i did

they get about 4500 views a month...:rofl:

[Political Heretic]

34. Can you possibly not be a total asshole? Please?

[GarbagemanLB]

2. Just words. According to Hillary, speeches are useless.

[azmouse]

17. Was the speech delivered in a state that matters or doesn't matter?

'Cause that could help me decide if it's important or not... ;)

[AllentownJake]

29. No China

The goddess of peace set them straight...they've been human rights abusing free since 1995.

[rodeodance]

60. You really come across Foolish with that smear question!!

Was the speech delivered in a state that matters or doesn't matter?
Posted by azmouse


'Cause that could help me decide if it's important or not... ;)

[CakeGrrl]

4. What...HRC is getting credit for pointing out that "women are people too"?

Meh. I figured that out long before she decided to state the obvious.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. Yes, And the OP is touting its historical merit.

:rofl:

[Texas Hill Country]

7. OMG - you have no idea what a milestone this speech was. This was the "I have a dream" for women

around the world...

[AllentownJake]

9. WTF?

Till this campaign and she brought it up...I never heard of it...and I heard "I have a dream"

Are they teaching this and playing this in schools?

[Hepburn]

18. Oh, please.....

....Hillary is a freaking dream alright ~~ a NIGHTMARE! :rofl:

[Windy]

35. You know, I am a 50 year old white woman and I find all this female rabid hrc support in light of

the evidence of her lack of judgment, failure to stand up to bush on Iraq and Iran, the FACT that her husband is a lobbyist to Colombia (as well as Ickes, Wolfson and Penn) and god knows to how many other countries extremely disturbing.

Its not misogyny to have a different opinion than HRC and to find that she is a flawed candidate and not right for this country.

I went to that hillaryforum website today and the blind loyalty of the people over there frankly turned my stomach and called to mind the bush supporters who continue to support him no matter what evil he perpetrates.

What the hell is wrong with some HRC supporters!

[rodeodance]

62. what the hell is wrong with you!!--just come on here and smear her-- Its all about you and smears!

You know, I am a 50 year old white woman and I find all this female rabid hrc support in light of
Posted by Windy


the evidence of her lack of judgment, failure to stand up to bush on Iraq and Iran, the FACT that her husband is a lobbyist to Colombia (as well as Ickes, Wolfson and Penn) and god knows to how many other countries extremely disturbing.

Its not misogyny to have a different opinion than HRC and to find that she is a flawed candidate and not right for this country.

I went to that hillaryforum website today and the blind loyalty of the people over there frankly turned my stomach and called to mind the bush supporters who continue to support him no matter what evil he perpetrates.

What the hell is wrong with some HRC supporters!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

65. I feel the same way.

A lot of women have lost their damn minds over Hillary. Including some of my lifelong feminist icons. WTF happened to Gloria Steinem? When did warmongering become acceptable to feminists?

[Windy]

73. Amazing isn't it? Aren't some of these women mothers? Do they have kids in the military?

Have they ever served or do they know someone who's served? Have the been effected by outsourcing? i have here in Michigan!

I am so damn amazed at the ignorance of some women!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

76. They are projecting themselves onto her.

They talk as if elevating this one elite and incredibly privileged woman to the Presidency will miraculously transform the lives of women the world over. I'd like to try whatever it is they're smoking.

[Symarip]

79. I'm not a woman, so I can't play up or down what effect

Hillary has. All I can do is see what I see. She sent people I know to die. It was a concerted effort with many people involved but she was part of it. If I have a little bit of a choice, I'll go with the person who didn't have anything to do with it.

Sorry I'm not as thankful as others.

[JoFerret]

87. That sweetie Obama will NEVER do that

(Sometimes I wonder how you are all going to cope if and when BO becomes president. Oh the excuses we will hear.)

[Asgaya Dihi]

40. It probably was

The reaction you're getting isn't as much to the speech, what it means, or what it meant in the past. It's more to the idea of "and he's got a speech". She can't have it both ways and unfortunately in the heat of the campaign I don't think her supporters can either so it'll be disregarded with the same ease she disregards the speech of others. It isn't fair to others but that's the way things run when tempers and emotions are high.

That said personally I think the campaign has done some damage to womens rights. Prison reform and racial issues are something I deal with more but I've seen the same thing happen there. Racism and sexism are certainly real enough but sometimes we assume when it didn't happen and sometimes it's real enough but not the most important thing to deal with at the moment. Fair or not if we complain too much or often eventually it becomes a boy who cried wolf situation and they stop caring, or worse start giving the complainers a hard time and baiting them. I've seen it happen with racial complaints when people got tired of them and it looked an awful lot like what we're seeing here as well. The accusation just lost power with use, and as they got tired of it they lost patience with the issue in general.

Just need to give it time and let the conflicts of the campaign die out, it'll be back to normal eventually. Here at least, public at large will probably take a bit longer depending on how long this stuff drags out. I don't think it's anti women so much as sick of the issue for the moment.

[AllentownJake]

5. HMMM

Is this the one she made in Beijing in 1995. She set those Chinese straight! No problems with them since this "historic" speach.
We aren't having any problems with them and human rights since than. You GO GIRL!


By definition something has to happen to make a speach historic...

FDR's Pearl harbor speach...historic

JFK's inaguration speach...historic

Abe Lincoln's Gettysburg Address...historic

MLK I have a dream...historic.


What the hell happened or what was accomplished here that made this speach historic?

[maddiejoan]

15. It's spelled

Speech.


You're welcome.

[AllentownJake]

21. Sorry

I'm the spell check generation...and an accoutant. English is my second language to numbers.

[maddiejoan]

22. It's spelled

accountant.


You're welcome.

[AllentownJake]

25. Oh

Go fuck yourself :-) That was said with love

Thank you

[maddiejoan]

31. It's spelled

myself


You're welcome.

[AllentownJake]

33. I like you

Seriously... No Sarcasm...you have a sense of humor.

[maddiejoan]

37. Thanks!

:hi:

[Political Heretic]

39. Ok....maddiejoan.... you rock.

:rofl:

:hi:

I look forward to teaming up after we have a nominee.

[maddiejoan]

45. right back 'atcha!

:hi:

[KAZ]

53. That was pretty darn good! Thank you.

[goldcanyonaz]

8. That Bejing speech should be seen and read by every woman around the world.

Brava!

[Texas Hill Country]

10. thank you. and the replies in this thread make me sad, but it sure helped me fill up my ignore list

:)

[goldcanyonaz]

11. Women have always helped to keep other women back. Sometimes we're our own worse enemies.

[Texas Hill Country]

14. sad isnt it... illustration inside

[Hepburn]

23. Shit.....

...I burned enough bras....I am Hillary's age. She is a total joke!

Women's rights?

What the hell independent, strong woman in her own right stays with a man who fucks around on her and publicly embarrasses her? And, then....rides his fucking coattails and whines when she does not get what she demands the minute when she demands it?

GMAFB......! She is a very pale caricature of what being truly female and strong is all about.

Sheesh.....:eyes:

[AllentownJake]

27. Oh know you didn't

Say that! She's the goddess of peace...you are facing eternal damnation if you don't retract your hate...the goddess of peace will not stand for it!

[rodeodance]

67. so true--so many do not know nor appretiate the work of past women and the rights they gained for

them

[AllentownJake]

69. WTF

Did Hillary (on her own..no Bill) ever do for the women's right movement?

[rodeodance]

85. Her work for women's causes have been posted many times--easily googled

[TahitiNut]

57. Ahhh... the inevitable "ignore list" paraded proudly by the staunchly loyal and

... open-minded "Democrats" in the "Big Tent" where they "win the hearts and minds" and use their "experience" to change the world.

Yup. The ol' Ignore List sure is a measure of the power of reason and "leadership."

Bravo.

:applause:

[Symarip]

71. Y'know, this is a conversation I'd take seriously if someone

Wanted to have it. The real question is, are someone's prior large accomplishments, especially as a woman, diminished when one chooses to make large mistakes in the more recent history?

But no. Just ignore us. We're all drunk on kool-aid and promises of ponies.

[Texas Hill Country]

86. i choose not to give racists and sexists a voice. it extends legitimacy to their platform....

I prefer to marginalize those with intolerable and unacceptable opinions because I refuse to give their arguments legitimacy.

[emilyg]

12. Thank you. Look at all the clowns who

just had to jump in.

[Hepburn]

28. Clowns?

How HilLIARy of you to say so....:eyes:

[AllentownJake]

32. Clowns?

That was tame...man are you guys losing it...come on "Pod People", "Children of the Corn", "Kool-aid drinkers" "Red Bull drinking young ins"

Clowns...I'm kind of insulted they didn't use their A game insults :cry:

[Symarip]

66. Better than mimes

No one likes mimes. No offense to the mimes who post on DU. Granted, no one likes you so I don't know why I'm apologizing.

[AllentownJake]

70. No one likes me?

:-(

[Symarip]

72. Sorry. The last mime tolerance day was in like, 1983.

You've had your run.

[emilyg]

78. Did you take speed-typing?

You're all over the place.

[AllentownJake]

80. No

I had a computer since I was 5. My dad worked for AT&T (which became Lucent) when they were making computers in the early 80s and he got me one. I learned to type before I learned to write :-)

[emilyg]

82. Thanks. Wasn't asking you but enjoyed the info.

I'm a senior - got a computer very late in life.

[Symarip]

64. Jump in and what?

Call out a warmonger.

Call 'em as I see 'em.

[Whisp]

19. Hillary: cluster bombing humans - damn rights.

all shapes, sizes and ages. We get them all.

[Windy]

41. Precisely! She is WRONG on the issues and wrong for this country!

WE can't afford to have Clinton calling the shots in Washington.

[loveangelc]

26. good speech, too bad I believe she doesn't want to be pigeon-holed as a female candidate

or something and won't do this type of speech today, choosing to pose with a bunch of generals and military officials to give her a whole 'war hawk' aura....

[Willo]

38. THC, would you please answer this question, I ask of you:

Are you honestly unaffected by
1) Hillary's Bosnia lie,
2) her campaign's current financial status
3) her having two important people on her campaign (her husband and Penn) being involved with the Columbian Trade deal

I am not trying to trap you or anything like that.
I sincerely would like to know how you personally, feel about these three things and why.

Thanks for "listening."

[Windy]

44. The fact that Bill Clinton, Wolfson, Ickes and Penn are lobbyists for Colombia?

n/t

[Willo]

50. yes. n/t

[Willo]

75. Hi Windy, My response to you was brief

because I was hoping she would be willing to talk.


Hugs to you.

[Symarip]

48. Yeah. We should all get on our knees and thank her

Thank you, Hillary. You're a true inspiration.

Especially the way you voted like a lemming with all the Republicans and worthless Democrats for the IWR. Maybe one day we can all aspire to be that type of individual that does exactly what everyone else does when faced with a tough decision. Oh sure, you could have read into the subject at the time like others did, *cough* Wellstone, but who's got time for that when you're planning on being president someday!!! Well anyways, I could go on and on about this, like voting for using clusterbombs on civilians, but you've got sniper fire to dodge so I won't waste your time.

Oh by the way, I have friends missing limbs from being in Iraq. Not that you'd care or anything. Anyways, have fun running for president!!!!!

You go girl!

[hfojvt]

58. I guess the best part

is where she brags about how hard she has worked to help everybody

"Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children and families. Over the past two-and-a-half years, I have had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my own country and around the world.

I have met new mothers in Jojakarta, Indonesia, who come together regularly in their village to discuss nutrition, family planning, and baby care.

I have met working parents in Denmark who talk about the comfort they feel in knowing that their children can be cared for in creative, safe, and nurturing after-school centers.

I have met women in South Africa who helped lead the struggle to end apartheid and are now helping build a new democracy.

I have met with the leading women of the Western Hemisphere who are working every day to promote literacy and better health care for the children of their countries.

I have met women in India and Bangladesh who are taking out small loans to buy milk cows, rickshaws, thread and other materials to create a livelihood for themselves and their families.

I have met doctors and nurses in Belarus and Ukraine who are trying to keep children alive in the aftermath of Chernobyl."

I guess "meeting people" who are struggling to make their country better is almost the same as actually struggling. Just like meeting people who were actually shot at is almost the same as actually getting shot at.

Most of the speech seemed totally obvious, but maybe not to some other cultures. However, I don't agree with the notion that people can have as many kids as they want. That was what lead to China and India's problems in the first place IMO, and allowing it to continue in sort of a laissez-breed is a recipe for disaster.

[rodeodance]

59. It was an historic event. This of one of many of Hillary's proud accomplishments

et this Conference be our - and the world's - call to action.

And let us heed the call so that we can create a world in which every woman is treated with respect and dignity, every boy and girl is loved and cared for equally, and every family has the hope of a strong and stable future.

Thank you very much.

God's blessings on you, your work and all who will benefit from it.

[madrchsod]

68. we need her to speak to this-

http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/
Equal Rights Amendment

and we need obama to speak to this too.

three states left to go for my daughter`s and granddaughter`s future....

[jenmito]

63. SPEECHES? Speeches are "just words," remember?

:rofl:

[Bongo Prophet]

77. That certainly was a good speech, and I certainly praised her for it, for 13 years now.

I know that a cynical person would say that such speeches are "just words" but to them I would say that words DO matter.
At their best, they move people to action.

Anyone who disputes that ideas - communicated through words, usually - can have a motivating influence on history, should consider this speech, and know that it gave many who heard or read it a little bit of hope to continue in the long struggle for human rights.

Thank you for pointing this out, THC.
And thank you Hillary, for being an advocate for human rights, in the fine tradition of Eleanor Roosevelt and many others.

[VotesForWomen]

81. you'll probably get some disagreement about that from theO-ists. nt