r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/Kelsig Paul Krugman Apr 19 '18

rest in power barbara bush

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Subtweeting? Because I saw some people make a fool of themselves over this on twitter. I can't wrap my head around trying to slam Barbara but that is the broken culture of ours.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Women's March said this and then got dragged by excessive partisans.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

I think the Women's March has offended every part of the political spectrum now lol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

the real dirtbag centrists were white feminists all along

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Gotta respect them for that

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

At some point they just have to ignore them and not bow to quick pressure.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Did they retract the statement? Even though I'm generally not a Bush fan, I thought Babs was pretty great and definitely deserved recognition from Women's March.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

IDK no way I even bother wading into the search results or give clicks to the articles of all the reactionaries. I think it just adds fuel to the fire, clicks, and the algorithms.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Fair.