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« on: September 06, 2017, 10:25:57 AM »

SJWs will be the death of the Democratic party I swear. (no I'm not talking about people who simply believe in equal rights). I'm talking about the extreme leftists who will shout you down if you say anything that they disagree with

Can people please shut up about this term or acting like the people described by it have any influence in the party or electoral politics? I have never heard of a Democratic politician or activist rant about how people who won't have sex with trans people are transphobic, complain about white people wearing Native American Halloween costumes, or dreadlocks or hoop earrings, or lecture people about appropriate use of pronouns. There are no actual SJWs of any influence whatsoever. All they do is engage in circle jerks on Tumblr and put out whiny newsletters at silly liberal arts colleges.
BRTD, you're missing the point. It doesn't matter if those are issues or not, it's the fact that Atlas has once again taken a complete detour and decided to chasing a shiny red ball that talks about an issue very few people rate as a top priority.
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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2017, 02:31:52 PM »

I am legitimately curious if anyone outside of Atlas will care enough to change their vote
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2017, 03:54:16 PM »

SJWs will be the death of the Democratic party I swear. (no I'm not talking about people who simply believe in equal rights). I'm talking about the extreme leftists who will shout you down if you say anything that they disagree with
What's funny is that in retaliation for you saying this, they treated you the exact way you described.
The only poster who responded to his post was BRTD!
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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2017, 04:01:52 PM »


He was lionized by Italian-Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because after decades of being told "you're not real Americans, you don't belong here" they could respond "The first European in the New World was an Italian Catholic, we're as American as anyone else!" See the Italian-Americans naming their civic organization the Knights of Columbus, Italian-Americans treating Columbus Day as their answer to St. Patrick's Day, etc.
Ironically they'd have been better off basing it off the real discoverer of America, Amerigo Vespucci, who was also Italian.
True, but Vespucci never had his life and exploits romanticized by Washington Irving.
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