Cultural conservative activist and icon Phyllis Schlafly died Monday at her home in St. Louis, according to a spokesman for the Eagle Forum political group she founded.
She was 92.
Schlafly rose to prominence and influence among conservative Republicans beginning in the early 1960s through her focus on promoting conservative family values, namely her opposition to feminism and abortion rights.
In fact Schlafly was opposed not only to equal rights for women and their right to choose, she was also against marriage equality and immigration reform.
She believed that a woman's primary role in life was as a wife and mother, and that all other things such as employment, education, and self actualization were secondary.
Essentially Schlafly opposed every human rights advance in the last four decades, and of course she used Christianity and the Bible as her excuse for doing so.
That might lead one to ask, in this age of enlightenment who could possibly still respect this repellent human being?
Funny you should ask.
Courtesy of the Facebook page for the president of the Wasilla chapter of the self loathing club for women:
She Went Down Swinging! - Phyllis Schlafly.
May she rest in peace.
Iconic. Heroic. No one can fill her sensible high heeled shoes. She opened my eyes to the rights and wrongs in worldly government back in my college days as she spoke about the Reagan era and all that Reagan's pro-America efforts were doing for our great country. Many of us owe our political awakening to Phyllis Schlafly.
Our friend is now in the arms of her Lord, rooting for all of us - and expecting us! - to do the right thing.
- Sarah Palin
Of course Palin was a huge fan, how could she not be?
What a great week its been! Sy-Phyllis croaked, Gretchen Carlson won her lawsuit against fat ass Roger, and Greta Van Suck is out at Fuck News.
ReplyDeleteWow. I missed those last two.
DeleteI've been busy.
It will be interesting to hear sp's response to gvs leaving. She could offer her a job as pr person.
DeleteIt will be interesting to hear sp's response to gvs leaving. She could offer her a job as pr person.
DeleteJobs require money to pay the employee. Last I heard, $arah has none.
DeleteWhy did she work if she was against women being employed. Oh, that's right. IOKIYAR
ReplyDelete....And as the mother of a gay son, she was against any lgbt equal rights, of course. I hope she's enjoying the heat with her new roommie, mother teresa.
DeleteThe bitch lived her life exactly the opposite of what she denied all other women through her efforts. Moved in the conservative political world with power akin to the males, spent her entire adult life in the public eye making money. Who knows who was the "mother" figure to her offspring but she sure as hell was never home - on the stump for a Congressional seat - lost twice - wrote over two dozen books - latest due out today trumpeting Drumpf - and on and on. Yuuugest barrier to women's rights. Glad she can't cast a vote this fall.
ReplyDeleteAnd by all reports was a really shitty mother to her kids - all show, no homemade cookies or quality time (or ANY time)... reminds me of someone else....
DeleteI woke up with Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in my head this morning, Gryphen, and couldn't figure out why…until I saw this post. I'd heard about her death last night, and it brought up all kinds of distasteful memories. My guess is I said those words to myself, and here's the ear worm of the day!
ReplyDeleteShe had her head up her arse her entire life.
ReplyDeleteand Sarah also
DeleteThe devil has a new handmaiden.
ReplyDeleteShe spent her life trying to keep other women second class citizens while she did whatever she wanted (and made lots of money) in the public arena. She was a *itch all right.
ReplyDeleteThat's the Republican way.
DeleteThey are all secret Fascists.
Good riddance. Seal her tomb with garlic and crucifixes and make sure she stays dead for good.
ReplyDeletePhyllis Schlafly on rape:
ReplyDelete"By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape."
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Could you clarify some of the statements that you made in Maine last year about martial rape?
I think that when you get married you have consented to sex. That's what marriage is all about, I don't know if maybe these girls missed sex ed. That doesn't mean the husband can beat you up, we have plenty of laws against assault and battery. If there is any violence or mistreatment that can be dealt with by criminal prosecution, by divorce or in various ways. When it gets down to calling it rape though, it isn't rape, it's a he said-she said where it's just too easy to lie about it.
Was the way in which your statement was portrayed correct?
Yes. Feminists, if they get tired of a husband or if they want to fight over child custody, they can make an accusation of marital rape and they want that to be there, available to them.
So you see this as more of a tool used by people to get out of marriages than as legitimate-
Yes, I certainly do."
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/schlafly-reiterates-view-married-women-cannot-be-raped-husbands
Ahem. Did Ivana Trump not do that very thing -- accuse Donnie of rape -- in her divorce deposition? And then backpedal as time passed? I completely believe it happened but she was bought off.
DeleteGood riddance to bad rubbish.
ReplyDeleteYep. Wonder if it will be a public burial - I know a heck of a lot of people who will want to deliver a little Liquid tribute.
DeleteSarah wrote this to sway attention away from the write-ups of the 'second anniversary of the Palin family brawl that included drunken behavior by them, physical violence, Bristol peeing on the pavement (caught on camera), Bristol's kid put in the Palin vehicle outside the residence of the party while it was going on, cops called, Anchorage police actually publically reported the brawl to the public and also provided the audio of their crude vocabulary responses to the police questions!
ReplyDeleteThe Palins are a despicable bunch of white trash and Alaskans have been thoroughly disgusted with the lot of them for years!
I agree. Why else would she preface her post with the Freudian "She went down swinging!"
Delete"She went down swinging!"
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A journalist she ain't. Should have been "She went out swinging"
Dumbshit.
Sarah Palin continually shows herself to be illiterate - it's just amazing!
Delete"Down swinging", huh? To Hell perhaps!
First Lady of Hypocrisy; Phyllis Schafly, condemned women who worked outside of the home, while she worked outside of the home.
ReplyDeleteShe was an evil woman; so unhappy with herself, that she had to make other women suffer.
Yep, Ding Dong the witch is dead.
I know one of her sons. Totally screwed up. He actually got someone to marry him, but of course it didn't last.
ReplyDeleteSarah, Sarah, Sarah. She has reached The Summit of her Whistling Wind Way with her ode to The Schafly.
ReplyDeleteHey Sarah, get your Facebook reporter's nasty claws ready to rant about this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.people.com/article/barack-michelle-obama-potential-lucrative-book-deals-post-presidency
Sarah Palin has never (and will never) measure up to First Lady Michelle Obama and she knows it.
DeleteOur First Lady is loved and respected by Americans and folks around the world. She has been a treasure to all of us.
Racist Sarah is pure ugliness and evil - a side Alaskans and Americans do not support in any way.
In addition to her evil rantings against PBO and Dems in general, palin also has a 'backwoods' mentality which prevents her from seeing the big picture or relating to others who don't live in such a small bubble as she does.
DeleteHer brand of jingoism and hatred seemed to work in Alaska for a while but even those poor isolated folks finally got the message about who she is and what she is. She is the classic big fish in a very small pond phenom. She couldn't hack it in the lower 48 because she wasn't all that to begin with but she fooled herself into thinking she was due to the red-neck yokel vote she conned for a few years.
I have to say when Sarah got elected here in Alaska, I was not paying attention that year. I saw someone in the local rag compare her to a Tina Fey look a like. Didn't know who Tina Fey was at that time either. Then in news at the RNC they announced that she was the VP pick. I then started to pay attention. She seemed alright. Then it was like being on a date with Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Geez. What a nightmare. I was at the Pioneer Park when she made her quitter speech. Lots a hoopla 'bout nothing. Parnell took over and now we are in a couple billion dollar debt. Wish we had serious people who ran for office, and actually really cared for our states and country. Instead we have interest and agenda based people with a bad moral compass running for offices. The one thing about Sarah and Trump is that no matter how much evil they conjure up in their talk, they have made me care about our country. I realize that we are always going to have to be vigilant of the evil doers or suffer the consequence.
DeletePeople died because of what she said and did. If there is a hell, may she rot forever in it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a HORRIBLE person she was.She was the supreme hypocrite: traveling the world telling women to stay home.They actually have a chapter on her in one of my college Women's Studies textbooks. They call it the Queen Bee syndrome .She hurt so many people with her hateful viewpoint.Fuck her and all her ilk.
ReplyDeleteYes. Too bad she lived as long as she did. I know I'm "awful" to say that, but it's what I feel and I'm glad she's finally gone. I'm 68 and Schlafly's hypocrisy always disgusted me.
DeleteFunny that Palin's bitch, Todd, carries her purse. LOLOLOLOLOLOL
ReplyDeleteOh noes!!
ReplyDeleteI don't care that PS was 92 - it was the Palin CURSE!
bwahahaha!
If Sarah Palin comes out in support of a politician or candidate, they are assured to lose their race! (Factual and provable!)
DeleteNow, she has shown us her 'kiss of death' support of this evil old woman!
Stay away from Sarah folks! She truly is the devil incarnate!
The only message I ever heard from her was "women have the babies so let men support us" which is a fine message for some but for others of us we neither want the babies nor the support of anyone other than ourselves.
ReplyDeleteWhen Palin passes (sooner than later based on the way she abuses speed and starves herself) my Facebook post will go like this:
ReplyDeleteIronic. Demonic. Her sky-high CFM "hills" were filled with bullshit.
I can hardly wait to read all the commentary posted on Facebook and blogs when Sarah finally kicks the bucket.
DeleteShe assuredly will not be missed by many in Alaska! No longer hearing or seeing her will be a HUGE wonderful change to our every day life!
The door is open in Hell awaiting her arrival. Remember? She loves, loves, loves 'open' doors! We all know she has led a very evil life of untruths, breaking laws, being a horrid mother and wife, awful daughter to her parents and - - - - and - - - !
With the demise of that vicious harridan, schlafly, sarah can relegated to the greatest enemy of womankind.
ReplyDeleteIf Palin loves Phyllis so much, why won't she take her advice and stay home? She never did and her kids are screwed up. With a mother like that, it was probably better she was away. She was not the dutiful little wife Schlafly glorified was she? Stay home now and keep your mouth shut like a wife should and make sure you do whatever your husband wants you to. Maybe you can get into the housewives hall of fame.
ReplyDeleteSchlafly had SIX children, taken care of by a full-time housekeeper, who undoubtedly also cleaned, got the groceries, cooked, etc. etc. Yet she preached that women should stay home? What a hypocrite!
ReplyDeleteGood riddance to bad rubbish!!
ReplyDeletePhyllis is another woman that took women back at least 100 years. It doesn't surprise me that Sarah is a fan, she hasn't done anything for women either.
If they give her an enema, the could bury her in a matchbox.
ReplyDeletetoo me a while...but I got it!
DeleteI watched one very famous successful woman today. Senator Clinton, Secretary of State, First Lady, Mother, Grandmother, sister, daughter, friend, Attorney, and USA President of the United States of America 2017, tell the world just what kind of person and republican candidate DJT is. She laid it out, threw it out and sounded very blunt and direct. Watch out!!! the sisters are stiring the rump roast party.
ReplyDeleteLet's see. Phyllis left her hearth and home seeking fame and fortune so she could tell the rest of us to get back in the kitchen. Phyllis never did see the kitchen, she had "people for that". She never raised her own kids, she had "people for that".
ReplyDeleteYet, she wants the rest of us to do what she herself never did. She wants all but herself to stay out of college and the workforce. Women are to be barefoot and pregnant at all times.
It is a rare thing for me to be glad someone is dead, but yes, I am glad the old witch is dead. I hope she is enjoying her time in hell.
I saw a news report that summed her up quite well: she did a lot of writing and work outside the home to make sure other women couldn't do the same.
ReplyDelete11:56, someone nailed it on that one. There is nothing so annoying than a lack of self reflection. Palin and Schlafly excel in this regard.
DeleteCan't remember where I saw this wonderful comment (sorry):
ReplyDeleteNow Phyllis Schlafly is dead on the outside too.
When I saw her on TV @ the Republican convention, I told my husband that I hope she died before the election...Guess wishes do come true...
ReplyDeleteoh, was that harsh? Sorry, not sorry.
Seen on Twitter this morning, a quote attributed to Schlafly. "A woman will become president over my dead body." Funny. Anyone know if she really said it?
ReplyDeleteLOL.
DeleteSelf fulfilling prophecy?
DeleteQuick... Sarah...
DeleteHillary will be elected as POTUS just as Schlafly wished, over her cold, dead body.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good one.
Deletelmfao Sarah,
ReplyDeleteUm at which of your five colleges in 6 years did you listen to Phyllis?? Huh?
You are pathetic, as always.
I met Shafley in the 70s when she was doing her anti-ERA tour. The ERA was a redundant bill. What was bad about it was that many women at the time were stay at home mothers and many did not have the education nor ability to get into the workforce. Once marriages were/are over, women's quality of lives are reduced significantly. My father loved it because it gave him an opportunity to screw my mom who was a stay-at-home. Hey, we still don't get equal pay.
Deletemay she dance with the devil... i believe in an afterlife, I hope this wicked woman and Strom Thurmond, the only two peoples' passing that gave me relief vs grief, learn what lousy humans they were. Two deaths to celebrate, I hope karma kicks their asses.
ReplyDeleteTwo entirely two-faced women who made their nut telling other women how to conduct their lives. Gee, I’m all ears.
ReplyDeleteShe died at home at 92 years of age? Did they find the spent shell? And like clockwork, the second a Laverne dies, There's a photo of Shirley next to her with a post about how much they admired each other. So, Sarah, do tell the detells of how she kicked and screamed on the way out. What an idjit.
ReplyDeleteSarah's statement is a oxymoronic as Palin is moronic. "Sensible high heeled shoes" WTF is that? And $arah is pretty stupid to remind everyone of the FUGLY and ill-fitting CFMP's she's worn on her thickened and fungused, snaggle-nailed hooves.
ReplyDeletesarah went down with her tail between her legs...ran away half term..what would she know about fighting till the end?
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