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In response to "you missed this morning's thread about women protesting against equal rights in Mali. -- (link)" by loosilu

HA! I had just left home. -- nm

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Aug 24 '09, 16:24

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I love how it's only the "educated" women who are in favor, and that's derogatory. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 16:24 23
- "The poor and illiterate women of this country - the real Muslims - are against it" - David Aug 24, 16:29 12
  - Sarah Palin has found her constituency though. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:33
  - it's the appeal to "regular" folks. The Sarah Palin crowd of Mali. - loosilu Aug 24, 16:33 4
    - I love that they are in every way possible kindred spirits to the Low Right here yet neither group would admit it due to religious conflicts. -- nm - David Aug 24, 16:35 1
      - The international community should find a way to exploit that, to shame Mali into equal rights. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:36
    - jinx! -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:33 1
      - you, my friend, are clearly a genius. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 16:35
  - exhibit A in how religion can drive people insane. -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 16:31 5
    - or rather "peoples" - znufrii Aug 24, 16:32 4
      - Mob mentality is definitely an under-studied aspect of human psychology. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 24, 16:33 3
        
        There have been studies done. And, of course, people have learned how to harness the power of mobs for their own nefarious ends. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:35 1
        
        Examples: Obama, Al Gore, Toyota (Prius/Synergy hybrid drive). - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:41
        
        "We've found a witch, may we burn 'er?" -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 16:35
- Damn east (?) coast Malian elitists! -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:26 3
  - west coast, I guess, for them. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 16:27 2
    - though really it's landlocked. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:28 1
      - technicalities! I had to check that just now. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 16:32
- tangentially appropriate is the facebook status of a friend of mine from earlier today... - znufrii Aug 24, 16:25 5
  - you might ask why she objects to being called a feminist. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 16:26 4
    - I don't think that's where her objection lies. -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 16:29
    - Yeah, I always went by the bumpersticker that says "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." - Dr.Vermin Aug 24, 16:29 2
      - As recently as 1929 it was decided law in Canada that they were not. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:36
      - I think she is baffled that an idea as common-sensical as treating women as people is even deserving of a label. -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 16:30

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