... have witnessed too many battles between members of marginalized groups and their professed allies to think otherwise. The disagreements are often raw, emotional and ultimately unsatisfying. Sometimes, I think ... it seems nonsensical to refuse to help even proven allies on their journey sometimes. Forgive. When they hurt us, we generally give some slack to our friends, family and others with whom ...

... for the South was trying to tell me I think - that it actually hurts less when it comes from people who openly hate you than it does when it comes from your friends and allies. A few years ago Donna at The Silence of Our ... kinds of things have happened to me at other times but this one was especially painful because I had been friends with this woman for 2+ years. I didn't see it coming. Can ...

... French get slighted by that worldview--Le Resistance did what it could with what it had. And of course, in the other theater, we had friends and useful allies against the Japanese in Southeast Asia and China who ... they trash the very qualities we use to identify and distinguish ourselves. Go figure. With friends like Mr. Joscelyn, in other words, who needs enemies? Thank you for your opinion, sir; ...

Friends And Allies by digby A good idea from CredoAction: Did 20 pro-choice Democrats forget what happens when women are denied access to abortion? Why did pro-choice Democrats vote to approve the Stupak Amendment, the most serious assault on abortion rights in a generation? According to FiveThirtyEight.com, 20 of the 64 Democrats who joined Republicans to pass the measure are ...

... Kingdom Ron Prossor was more than happy to share a platform at the Conservative Friends of Israel with Michal Kaminski of the Polish Justice and ... an earlier visit by Kaminski to Israel with the European Friends of Israel organization. It was Kaminski's first visit to a ... quot; Similarly in the UK, Kaminski's Zionist allies rushed to his defense last month. As the Jewish Chronicle reported ...

... Kingdom Ron Prossor was more than happy to share a platform at the Conservative Friends of Israel with Michal Kaminski of the Polish Justice and ... an earlier visit by Kaminski to Israel with the European Friends of Israel organization. It was Kaminski's first visit to a ... ;" Similarly in the UK, Kaminski's Zionist allies rushed to his defense last month. As the Jewish Chronicle reported ...