He said he disagreed with opening certain facilities. Not with opening the state of Georgia.
Naturally CNN ran a dishonest headline.
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Driving is an activity licensed by the state.
Working and social gathering are Constitutional rights.
You wouldn’t be getting much pushback if the virus had lived up to the hype. Polio was worse.
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All you self-proclaimed experts should have read the introduction to the damn book.
Like you did before posting the thread?
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No, I didn’t read any of it before I posted the thread. It very clearly states I watched the first 7 episodes.
I have now read the first 10 chapters of the book, and the introduction. Which it appears you have not read.
Funny how none of my “expert” critics mentioned religion being attacked.
Small thinking is killing intelligence. White male libs will destroy the country.
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Indeed
No. White male libs, like the fella in my avatar, helped moved people like me out of shackles. While cons fought a war against it.
Your blanket statement is silly
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Should have read the introduction.
White male liberals did.
White male libs will destroy this country. Malcolm warned us.
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What is the difference?
Where is the quote from Malcolm X that says “Watch our for white male libs”. Lib or liberal? Makes no difference.
Margaret Attwood has said numerous times her novel was about religion being used to justify a totalitarian state. It is about those who abuse religion not an attack on religion.
Let’s take the Authors words, shall we?
“In the novel the population is shrinking due to a toxic environment, and the ability to have viable babies is at a premium. (In today’s real world, studies are now showing a sharp fertility decline in Chinese men.) Under totalitarianisms — or indeed in any sharply hierarchical society — the ruling class monopolizes valuable things, so the elite of the regime arrange to have fertile females assigned to them as Handmaids. The biblical precedent is the story of Jacob and his two wives, Rachel and Leah, and their two handmaids. One man, four women, 12 sons — but the handmaids could not claim the sons. They belonged to the respective wives.“
“The second question that comes up frequently: Is “The Handmaid’s Tale” antireligion? Again, it depends what you may mean by that. True, a group of authoritarian men seize control and attempt to restore an extreme version of the patriarchy, in which women (like 19th-century American slaves) are forbidden to read. Further, they can’t control money or have jobs outside the home, unlike some women in the Bible. The regime uses biblical symbols, as any authoritarian regime taking over America doubtless would: They wouldn’t be Communists or Muslims.“
“So the book is not “antireligion.” It is against the use of religion as a front for tyranny; which is a different thing altogether.”
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Between liberals and libs? Night and day.
Liberals were honest. Malcolm was actually warning about libs, he just didn’t have the terminology.
All the difference in the world.
Should have read the introduction.
Policy difference examples?
Exactly. And what did I say?
What historical context does she use for the process?
Authoritarianism.
Not sure where you are going… but I posted from the horse mouth what the book was about.
You said something about white male libs but the author stated that it was about religion and it use to take over women. Doesn’t sound like a white male liberal to me (using religion).
That sound exactly like what slave owners used to keep black people in shackles.
Ok, but lets say abortion, how would a liberal and lib policy be different? No one is forcing anyone to have an abortion.
