# I pit militants. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445 "2014-01-22T13:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/1 "2014-01-22T13:06:42Z")
Militants suck. Militant bicyclists block motor vehicle traffic. Militant islamists kill everyone around them. And now, [militant breast owners are insisting on punishing Victoria’s Secret for…what?](http://www.today.com/moms/victorias-secret-store-bans-mom-breastfeeding-2D11968546) Here’s what happened: one VS store employee refused a customer’s request to use a dressing room for breastfeeding purposes. customer followed up with VS corporate and received an official apology and a $150 store gift card. VS went even further: > [@MSNBC](#): > > Victoria’s Secret responded to requests for an interview with a previously-issued statement: “We take this issue very seriously. We have a longstanding policy permitting mothers to nurse their children in our stores and we are sorry that it was not followed in this case. We have apologized to Ms. Clawson, and we are taking actions to ensure all associates understand our policy that welcomes mothers to breastfeed in our stores.” Sounds like a nice denouement, yes? Company offiically apologizes, says “this shouldn’t have happened; here, have a $150 shopping spree on us,” and publicly affirms its already-extant pro-breastfeeding policy. But militant breast owners everywhere aren’t satisfied. > [@MSNBC](#): > > But Clawson doesn’t believe the company supports breastfeeding in stores. > > “It is hard to believe that Victoria Secret [has] this long-standing training,” she says. “None of them said ‘I think it is okay [for her to breastfeed in the store].’ ” > > Nursing advocates and moms groups from across the country—and the world—have contacted Clawson and want to stage a nurse-in at Victoria’s Secret stores. Clawson simply hopes that the company will make a donation to an organization that supports breastfeeding and make new moms feel welcome. > > “They have a huge demographic of new moms that they are missing out on,” Clawson says. “I feel that Victoria’s Secret doesn’t even care… [It’s] like, if you are a mom you don’t have a right to feel sexy.” :rolleyes: All this because one employee in one store mistakenly said “no.” The apology, gift certificate, and reaffirmation of corporate policy don’t seem to mean anything. So fuck militants for making a big, unforgiving deal out of every single infraction. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/2 "2014-01-22T13:34:30Z")
I think you’ve confused militant with asshole. > [@](#): > > adjective > adjective: militant > > ``` > 1. > combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods. > > ``` > > noun > noun: militant; plural noun: militants > > ``` > 1. > a militant person. > > ``` Your welcome ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/3 "2014-01-22T13:38:48Z")
Kill the militant extremists! ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/4 "2014-01-22T13:42:02Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I think you’ve confused militant with asshole. Some people are just militanty anti-militant. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/5 "2014-01-22T14:08:03Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Your welcome showed more enthusiasm than mine. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/6 "2014-01-22T14:21:14Z")
I thought it was well known that Frederick’s of Hollywood already has the nursing demographic sewn up. ---
**Author:** ![Falchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Falchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falchion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/7 "2014-01-22T14:33:09Z")
I’m just pleased that there’s a right to feel sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/8 "2014-01-22T14:39:59Z")
Does VS carry nursing bras? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/9 "2014-01-22T14:43:57Z")
> [@Falchion](#): > > I’m just pleased that there’s a right to feel sexy. It’s one of the rights reserved to the people under the Tenth Amendment. (You don’t see any enumerated power to feel sexy given to the Federal Government in the Constitution, do you?) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/10 "2014-01-22T14:44:44Z")
Oh, so VS means Victoria’s Secret now? Maybe I should rethink seeing Ecks VS Sever. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/11 "2014-01-22T14:46:47Z")
Militant pacifists are the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/12 "2014-01-22T14:54:13Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > It’s one of the rights reserved to the people under the Tenth Amendment. (You don’t see any enumerated power to feel sexy given to the Federal Government in the Constitution, do you?) It’s one of those penumbraic emanations. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/13 "2014-01-22T14:54:55Z")
I’m waiting for the militant milliners. Down with baseball caps! Or the militant millers. Flour power! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/14 "2014-01-22T14:56:40Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Or the militant millers. Flour power! I’m assuming they’ll make war on the cheesemakers. What’s so special about cheesemakers? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/15 "2014-01-22T15:16:13Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Your welcome Spelling police violation! :eek: It’s “you’re”. No, don’t thank me. [sub]Damned militant mis-spellers…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/16 "2014-01-22T15:18:38Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Militant pacifists are the worst. Oh yeah?? Well, peace to you! _And_ your mama! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/17 "2014-01-22T15:24:55Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I’m assuming they’ll make war on the cheesemakers. What’s so special about cheesemakers? Blessed are the cheesemakers for they were the first humans God made-Edam and Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/18 "2014-01-22T15:40:12Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I think you’ve confused militant with asshole. > > > [@](#): > > > > adjective > > adjective: militant > > > > 1. > > > > combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods. > > noun > > noun: militant; plural noun: militants > > > > 1. > > > > a militant person. > > Your welcome Definitely confrontational. Arguably extreme. I’d say it fits your definition. ---
**Author:** ![Falchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Falchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falchion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/19 "2014-01-22T16:18:30Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > It’s one of the rights reserved to the people under the Tenth Amendment. (You don’t see any enumerated power to feel sexy given to the Federal Government in the Constitution, do you?) Seems to me that it’s just an obvious application of the right to feel secure about my person. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445/20 "2014-01-22T16:32:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Spelling police violation! :eek: > > It’s “you’re”. > > No, don’t thank me. > > [sub]Damned militant mis-spellers…[/sub] Actually I was point out that **Machine Elf** owns a welcome. Whatever made you think that \*I \*would welcome anyone?:dubious: 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-militants/679445.md?page=2)