But those uses of "all" don't imply representation. The ACLU perhaps only "represents" a certain liberal mentality, but it serves "all" American citizens, e.g. it has defended conservative Christians in court, based on the ideals it does represent. Every instance of "all" you citye can easily be followed by some form of "not just ours"/"not just us."
There have been many pro-OTW posts in the last week, as the result of a coordinated (if you can call it that) effort, but I was responding mainly to older posts from December, and to the conversation which took place in the comments of various otw_news posts. It seemed to me like there were very many voices accusing OTW of sexism or of excluding men.
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Date: 2008-01-12 08:01 pm (UTC)There have been many pro-OTW posts in the last week, as the result of a coordinated (if you can call it that) effort, but I was responding mainly to older posts from December, and to the conversation which took place in the comments of various otw_news posts. It seemed to me like there were very many voices accusing OTW of sexism or of excluding men.