Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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Why is it attacking men to point out that a world where female voices are routinely dismissed is a world that’s essentially unbalanced?
Meditate, pray, live for God. But moral outrage isn’t born of anger, It’s born of love. And Jesus did turn over the table of the money changers.A woman expressing passionate outrage at injustice doesn’t mean she is angry; it simply means she isn’t brain-dead.
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Criticizing the patriarchy is not attacking men! I have known very patriarchal women and very feminist men. The patriarchy itself is simply a worldview, ultimately benefit neither gender because of its imbalance and injustice.
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Nothing I ever expressed otherwise. But there’s a difference between transcendence and denial. Metaphysical understanding should not be used as a justification for not participating in serious problem- solving.
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The US gives a tiny amount of our discretionary spending to global humanitarian aid compared to other Western democracies. And the debt to which you refer was greatly exacerbated by unnecessary tax cuts to the richest Americans. Middle class ones were good, but the rest were not.
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Instead of spending more $ on military & cutting huge amounts from humanitarian diplomatic efforts that actually aid peace, it could be the other way around. Instead of building more prisons we could help our children. Instead of govt. serving its donors it could serve its people
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Not sure who came up with that platitude but it wasn’t Einstein. Is that how you’d want your oncologist to look at cancer? Or the fireman to look at your burning house? Isn’t that how some people looked at Jews being taken to concentration camps:”just don’t look at the negative”?
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If you prepare for war beyond what's necessary, then certain interests have a vested interest in "moving their product." And if you keep cutting money for humanitarian and diplomatic efforts that actually create peace, then you will always need more preparations for war.
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The patriarchy has run out of ideas - but everyone else has lots of them! Instead of fight or flight, let’s tend or mend. Instead of investing in wars, let’s invest in peace. Instead of harnessing fear, let’s harness love. Snowflake? You bet. And expect an avalanche in November.
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Modern economics predated women’s voices in public sphere; then a time lag between when we were allowed to speak & when we were truly heard. Here us now: everything critical happens in first 8 years of life. We need massive realignment of investment, from businesses to children.
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Read it and weep: bulletproof backpacks. (And March on Washington March 24!)
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Thank you. And I don’t feel like we’re fighting; we’re simply facing what’s happening and trying to rise to the occasion. Passivity isn’t always holy and assertiveness isn’t necessarily unloving.
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Passionate disagreement is not personal hate. I don’t understand your being okay with what’s going on anymore than you understand my not being okay with it. There’s nothing negative about yelling “Fire!” if the house is burning down.
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I have the same experience sometimes, but I try to remind myself it's simply a deeper lesson in acceptance and non-judgement than I had thought! You can say yes to a person's eternal innocence and still say no to what they're doing.
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Actually, you haven't mentioned one thing yet. You don't know where to start? Please try. I'm listening.
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Here are my tour dates scheduled so far... sistergiant.com/tour-dates/
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If you're anywhere near Oklahoma City, Milwaukee or Miami this week, join me for the Love America Tour. And check our progressive endorsements! sistergiant.com
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