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What I Wish Rachel Maddow Would Say to David Vitter

Started by Butterfly, July 19, 2010, 05:04:55 PM

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July 19, 2010, 05:04:55 PM
What I Wish Rachel Maddow Would Say to David Vitter
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by Shelby Knox
16 July, 2010


http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/07/16/what-i-wish-rachel-maddow-would-say-to-david-vitter/


Senator Vitter, I'm not addressing you personally tonight because I was offended by your joke. I'm addressing you because your type of hate impacts the lives of thousands of Americans who do not, without regard to their sexual orientation or gender identity, fit into capricious standards of what it means to look "male" or "female." It's time to toss these standards out the window because they are meaningless, destructive and sometimes, deadly. Moreover, it's time to legislate against the hate bred by these standards by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act...
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