This is just an observation. Make of it what you will.

A few commenters have mentioned that it is disingenuous for two women to be debating the issue of male circumcision, and these commenters have a very good point.

When women talk of reproductive freedom, we often hear many of them say that men need to stay out of the issue because it is not their uterus or lives at stake.

But, really, men have more at stake when it comes to abortion than women do when it comes to male circumcision.

But let's be honest, if the person is on your side of the issue, you don't really complain about the validity of their opinion. It's only when they are the opposition that we tell others to keep out of it. In fact, with these gender-sensitive issues, when the opposite gender speaks up and agrees, we say, "Finally a ____ who understands!"

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And if people want to assume I'm an anti-semite, that's your prerogative to litter the field with red herrings. I don't particularly give a fuck about anyone's religion, that's your addiction, not mine.

Well said. There's been a lot of research about infant abuse and how it severely damages the psyche. It leads to all sorts of attachment issues, inability to trust, anger management problems, etc.

You're right.

Grammar Nazis

Please, go suck on some colons, will ya? Thank you.

Who is picking these questions? No actual liberal would ask any of the questions the WingNut is "answering". I bet my bleeding heart on it. "When is it safe to vote Republican again?" REALLY?

How's about a live chat? That would be perhaps a little more productive. And entertaining. And honest.

How utterly pathetic you sound? Clearly you don't. You are the embodiment of everything that is wrong with todays Republicans.

Avoiding the actual questions, instead relying on the grade-school recess taunt of "I know you are, but what am I?" Are you able to understand that finding fault with your own guy, learning from it, and moving forward is what rational thinking adults do?

If the questions are too hard for you to understand, maybe you could ask a 4th grader to help you out.

My god, you so totally suck. Aren't you embarrassed? Oh - right, you are of course embarrassed, or else you would reveal your actual identity.

It begs repeating: My god, you so totally suck.

I hope that helps.

We know it's not only it's virginity that culture is obsessed with, it's everything the vagina does, ever. I'd like the legal right to sell rides on mine.

Sigh. I've spent the last day or so reading through the blog on "No Longer Quivering" - which details the experiences of some women who left an oppressive patriarchal religious movement... (there was an article here on Salon a couple of months ago about Vyckie, one of the gals who posts there - sorry no link handy) and the whole situation just disgusts me... the obsession with purity in that movement... the general ideology that most religions espouse... crap, sometimes it's just all too much.

You included all of most ridiculous myths in your post:

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You'll have to have sex with anyone who offers you money.

You'll have to do exactly what they say.

You'll have no right to demand a condom.

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Sex work is not sex slavery, the ignorant often confuse the two. As another poster said, you really have NO idea what you are talking about.

This article (also in sig): http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lu_pulls_plug_on_democratic_club/16172/ says :

"Liberty University has revoked its recognition of the campus Democratic Party club, saying “we are unable to lend support to a club whose parent organization stands against the moral principles held by” the university."

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Still sucks, but not quite as provocative as letting everyone think they flat out banned dems from attending at all.

Also: the Dem club was just founded this past October, the Republican club has been around for years...

And I also wonder why any Democrat would want to go there in the first place. They must like a challenge...

Was this part :

"Some posts need little explanation"

supposed to be ironic?

Or was this a test to see how lazy the readers are? - to see if we'd actually trace the links back through 2 blogs to the original source?

I guess a lot of us are. Ahem.

But at least we have the excuse that it's not our job to find information and then provide sources and citations to support it. It is supposed to be Koppelman's job though.

Grrrr.

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and I say this as someone who thinks Biblical Legalists are ENEMY #1

Cheney Death Squad!

(should be the name of a band)

Stole my joke.

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And this is all I need, I will never hear the end of it from my man now. God he better not start trying to make me pay 250 bucks.

Gives us the illusion of participation, We pop online, read the news, and post our screeds about the topics we find. We voice our discontent, but to whom?

If it weren't so easy to get online and complain about the uppity-ups and the biggity-bigs, would our frustration and our need to be heard spur us into actual action?

During all these events, I'd bet we all feel like we strenuously objected to them (or agreed as the case may be), but most of us only got online and bitched at each other.