History of Feminism

angrychair

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15. all due respect

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 05:21 PM

Feb 2015

A room full of millionaires is not going to fix the problem...they are the problem. There is little difference in that room of millionaires and the one that Rmoney made his 47% comment in a couple of years ago. Don't quote me how this person or that person gives or does this thing or that. A lot of people do. I would suspect that while neither of us can give charity "X" $50,000 we still give a representative amount in money and/or time in relationship to our means. Doesn't make us special.
In short, a millionaire, who got a swag bag last night worth more than I'll make in a year, trying to talk about income inequality is hard to take serious.

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One Perfect Tweet Shows Just How Ridiculous Everything Is [View all] BainsBane Feb 2015 OP

Exactly ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #1

not sure I want to know. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #3

really? and the same ole telling us the reason why the male gets so much more money? seabeyond Feb 2015 #5

Seems like we are ALWAYS starting at Ground Zero. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #2

people are flipping out? because women want same pay as their counter male playing a role? seabeyond Feb 2015 #4

^^^ this^^^ BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #35

The people freaking out are fake news, i.e., so called Christians aka GOP party and their Iliyah Feb 2015 #6

People are losing their shit over this? sheshe2 Feb 2015 #7

When Patricia said that, I knew the gop squawking heads would be popping like geysers. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #8

They hate Women so what they think is irrelevant. randys1 Feb 2015 #27

Like another McCarthyist celebrity round-up, that could be coming again. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #32

You know... malthaussen Feb 2015 #9

Yeah, what a radical notion. riqster Feb 2015 #10

Thanks to Patricia Arquette. We are women. We matter, and it's our turn. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #11

don't get me wrong angrychair Feb 2015 #12

The thing about Hollywood celebs BainsBane Feb 2015 #13

Don't shoot the messenger, listen to the message. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #14

all due respect angrychair Feb 2015 #15

There is a huge difference BainsBane Feb 2015 #16

Not to mention, Arquette didn't claim the the "room full of millionaires" Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2015 #18

we have a failure to communicate angrychair Feb 2015 #21

Again, the issue was not income equality BainsBane Feb 2015 #31

again, really? angrychair Feb 2015 #36

I did not call you a misogynist BainsBane Feb 2015 #38

That would be mercuryblues Feb 2015 #28

her opinion isn't at issue angrychair Feb 2015 #29

So anything said by a wealthy person can be dismissed? That makes no sense. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2015 #17

not what I said angrychair Feb 2015 #25

By that reasoning, white people should not have spoken out or participated in the Civil Rights Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2015 #30

she didn't ask you to feel sorry for her. She was initiating a discussion on pay equity magical thyme Feb 2015 #33

millionaires dont run shit. mopinko Feb 2015 #22

Bitterness isn't going to change anything. Speaking out does. n/t cui bono Feb 2015 #24

one of the differences would be that the hollywood room full of millionaires actually DID something, niyad Feb 2015 #34

she was speaking to the millions watching as well... Phentex Feb 2015 #19

the sony hack mopinko Feb 2015 #20

So what is the appropriate salary amount where it would be okay to demand equality? cui bono Feb 2015 #23

talking about it is great angrychair Feb 2015 #26

How precisely, is her dialog regarding equal pay insensitive at best? LanternWaste Feb 2015 #37