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okasha

(11,573 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:50 PM Dec 2014

"Militant" [View all]

I am a militant Native American.

I am a militant feminist.

I am a militant environmentalist.

I am a militant lesbian.

Yet the last act of interpersonal violence I ever committed happened when I was eight years old. I bloodied the nose of a nasty little bully a couple years older who had hit me first.

I'm also militantly anti-war.

I consider "militant" a badge of honor and a declaration of commitment to causes that benefit society as a whole.

I will not be told otherwise by someone with no history of advocacy who has just discovered dictionaries and primary colors.

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"Militant" [View all] okasha Dec 2014 OP

Brava! rug Dec 2014 #1

That, too. okasha Dec 2014 #3

I had to look that up. rug Dec 2014 #5

Really? LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #12

You can not have it both ways. TM99 Dec 2014 #15

What was inappropriate about my manner? Honestly I don't see it LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #17

Really? cbayer Dec 2014 #18

Good post. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #2

Great! okasha Dec 2014 #6

No i am a marshmallow. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #8

"Moving water wears away stone." Lao Tse okasha Dec 2014 #9

And if you told someone that you consider a word a slur against you LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #14

And that is how you use the adjective "militant" kentauros Dec 2014 #4

Please go ahead and post it. okasha Dec 2014 #7

Well, I may have to rewrite it a bit, kentauros Dec 2014 #10

I am Asexual LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #13

"Religionista" is a made-up word, kentauros Dec 2014 #20

The rest of the world is mostly theist LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #21

Okay, now you've confused me. kentauros Dec 2014 #22

I am giving you an example of a word LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #23

We're not going to agree, kentauros Dec 2014 #24

Very well LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #25

Yes... LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #11

Let's start at the beginning okasha Dec 2014 #26

Okay LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #27

You know, I think you are probably a nice person IRL. cbayer Dec 2014 #28

Cbayer (long post) LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #32

I appreciate your post and have read it carefully. cbayer Dec 2014 #36

Alright LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #38

I think you can PM the hosts with your suggestions. cbayer Dec 2014 #39

Here's some militant Christians. stone space Dec 2014 #29

Militantly praying. okasha Dec 2014 #30

They aren't the only militants in the Berrigan family. Check out Frida's profile: stone space Dec 2014 #34

... LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #33

What if atheists were defined by their actions? stone space Dec 2014 #40

These are the people I was raised by and with. cbayer Dec 2014 #37

That's understandable - being neighborly means avoiding using terms that offend others el_bryanto Dec 2014 #41

Militant atheist here. stone space Dec 2014 #16

Haven't you been instructed? okasha Dec 2014 #31

I should have listened to the National Review. stone space Dec 2014 #35

You can be whatever you choose to be and you do it well. cbayer Dec 2014 #19