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By: MG

MG — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:38:30 +0000

Jon Swift’s BB Post of 2008 led me here! Great post! Nice that there are others who feel this way! I voted for the guy, (of course-who else was there?!) but it was with some trepidation, as I know Obama is not a raving liberal. (which I think would be great-it would reverse a lot of the damage that has been done to this country!) It is so ironic that the far right of the Rep’s has demonized Obama as a “socialist” when he is actually (compared to Kucinich,Sanders, etc) pretty moderate or even a centrist to conservative Demo.
I think progressive people need to keep on Obama to do what’s right-he’s gonna do what he feels he needs to do but if the progressives in the Demos can influence him in any way, that would be great.I am holding out hope for some real Democrat-like decision making.
Ironically-the Rick Warren Inauguration thing is not a good sign.

By: MsFeasance

MsFeasance — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:23:21 +0000

A commenter chewed me out that she’d rather be a Palin-FLL-type feminist than a sex-pos third-wave type (like these are the only options) and now none of my comments there ever show up.

Ouch. I’m sorry that happened, wiggles. (FWIW, I think I have a fairly accurate idea which commenter it was.)

By: wiggles

wiggles — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:18:06 +0000

Not exactly. Violet has said in comments, several times in the past few days, that it’s not about “adoring” Palin, but about buying into memes about her that turned out to be untrue.

There was recently a post of a video there of Palin talking about feminism. She said, “I consider myself a feminist, whatever that means” and touted her membership with Feminists For Life. I commented that it sounds like Palin isn’t clear on what feminism is. A commenter chewed me out that she’d rather be a Palin-FLL-type feminist than a sex-pos third-wave type (like these are the only options) and now none of my comments there ever show up.

By: MsFeasance

MsFeasance — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:29:21 +0000

A bit late to this party, but huz-fuckin’-zah.

Someone, in the Shakesville comments in recent weeks, pointed out that Richard Nixon was more liberal than the current incoming administration. Sad, but true. (Nixon signed the ADEA into law, among other things, although one could argue that it was in his own self-interest.) And yet there’s not been much scrutiny of the fact that Obama’s employment application policies make him seem more paranoid than Tricky Dick.

If you’re not as enamored with Palin there as the ‘bots are with Obama, you must be pro-porn.

Not exactly. Violet has said in comments, several times in the past few days, that it’s not about “adoring” Palin, but about buying into memes about her that turned out to be untrue.

By: RKMK

RKMK — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:33 +0000

Or accused of holding a “personal grudge” if you happen to be upset that your human and civil rights have been subjugated over the last year for a candidate’s political gain.

By: Toonces

Toonces — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:51:20 +0000

Oh that sucks. I saw a few of those posts but I haven’t been reading there too long. It was just nice to find somewhere where the Obama-skeptical can hang out without being accused of being bad people, etc.

By: wiggles

wiggles — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:32:12 +0000

Yeah I don’t know so much about that Reclusive Leftist either. It’s refreshing to get a perspective other than ‘Rah Rah Obama,’ but just try suggesting over there that an organization whose main mission is to advocate for full citizenship rights for fetuses probably isn’t really a feminist one. Really, it’s getting ridiculous. If you’re not as enamored with Palin there as the ‘bots are with Obama, you must be pro-porn.

By: Toonces

Toonces — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:24:35 +0000

Rachel, you may want to google Reclusive Leftist.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:37:52 +0000

*Cries*

Thank you. I mean, thank you.

I’m a non-American progressive and I’ve felt so alone these past few weeks, as all my friends think Obama is wonderful, and I’m still hurt over the way he used sexism in his campaign. And I’m skeptical. And I feel like such a bad person because of it, like some sort of Scrooge. The only other sites that are skeptical are republicans who think he’s going to be some scary socialist who will usher in a huge new wave of gay accepting abortion allowing health care providing progressiveness. I wish!

So, thank you. I now know I’m not alone.