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Women to be counted as 3/5ths of a person (Original Post)
Stardust Mirror
12 hrs ago
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Srkdqltr
(7,848 posts)1. Don't be silly.
Stardust Mirror
(642 posts)2. Don't be silly?
Why break with tradition? (ie., being silly)
Srkdqltr
(7,848 posts)5. Of course
mercuryblues
(15,359 posts)14. Don't be silly
ranks right up there with- don't worry your pretty little head about it.
MontanaMama
(24,127 posts)3. Are we actually 3/5 of a person?
I was thinking it was less than that.
CousinIT
(10,651 posts)4. Would anyone be really suprised if they did that?
The "Christian" Taliban consider women and girls breeding livestock, not human beings so who'd be surprised?
onenote
(44,874 posts)6. Yes, I would be surprised
But i'm no longer surprised at such nonsense being posted on DU
Orrex
(64,435 posts)7. Good point
Henceforth all posts on DU must contain only 100% objective fact with multiple citations and cross-references, avoiding at all costs any hyperbole or figurative language for rhetorical effect.
Only this way, through pedantic adherence to a pointless standard of no value , can we hope to save the nation.
JoseBalow
(5,969 posts)9. That does it, I'm moving to TikTok
Oh wait
Wifes husband
(150 posts)10. Well said
Skittles
(160,815 posts)8. how is that not already the case
cannot make our own decisions, cannot have a female president
milestogo
(18,578 posts)11. Do I get a patch of land and a mule too?
Stardust Mirror
(642 posts)12. you get the promise
and that'll be all
Mossfern
(3,343 posts)13. We have been reduced to
a concept of a woman.