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imanamerican63

(13,795 posts) Thu May 31, 2018, 10:56 AM May 2018

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You know the derogatory name calling is getting pretty pathetic!

The tweets, the shows and media just need to stop! No matter from right or left, it is getting ridiculous and down right mean!

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You know the derogatory name calling is getting pretty pathetic! (Original Post) imanamerican63 May 2018 OP

People are going to have to toughen up JustAnotherGen May 2018 #1

It is more than "toughen up". imanamerican63 May 2018 #3

This is probably one of the responses I hate the most... cynatnite May 2018 #9

For some people JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #16

I'm less concerned about name calling than I am about this, Skidmore May 2018 #2

Plus 10000000 JustAnotherGen May 2018 #5

REC THIS! Cha May 2018 #7

+1000! mcar May 2018 #12

That is scary. brer cat May 2018 #15

if dealing with a liar it is wrong to call them a liar? dembotoz May 2018 #4

I agree, but the crudeness of the name calling is what I am saying! imanamerican63 May 2018 #6

Never read Mark Twain then. LanternWaste May 2018 #11

I always want to call a certain someone "Melanoma". Kittycow May 2018 #8

It is childish. Tipperary May 2018 #10

Guess I am just young at heart dembotoz May 2018 #13

Liar, racist, bigot.... NCTraveler May 2018 #14

I agree. Trump has opened a deluge. Blue_true Jun 2018 #17

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)

1. People are going to have to toughen up

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 10:59 AM

May 2018

On BOTH sides.

imanamerican63

(13,795 posts)

3. It is more than "toughen up".

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #1)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:04 AM

May 2018

It is that fact that the media runs with it and then the other side thinks they can respond too! I get where you're coming from.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

9. This is probably one of the responses I hate the most...

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #1)

Thu May 31, 2018, 12:37 PM

May 2018

Calling it out is not a sign of weakness.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)

16. For some people

Reply to cynatnite (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 08:39 AM

Jun 2018

Other people get patted on the head and told - all feelings matter.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

2. I'm less concerned about name calling than I am about this,

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:01 AM

May 2018

the attempt institutionalization toxic white nationalism.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-supremacists-running-for-office-2018_us_5a7da926e4b0c6726e1285c1

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)

5. Plus 10000000

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:09 AM

May 2018

And I have to add - if being called a name on 'twitter' by a subset of 'tweeters' is worse than this for a lot of folks?

I can't help them. We aren't one movement. We are many. They can do them and I'll do me and mine.

Cha

(297,230 posts)

7. REC THIS!

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:17 AM

May 2018

Mahalo, Skidmore

mcar

(42,331 posts)

12. +1000!

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 01:19 PM

May 2018

brer cat

(24,565 posts)

15. That is scary.

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:20 PM

May 2018

Thanks for the link, Skidmore.

dembotoz

(16,804 posts)

4. if dealing with a liar it is wrong to call them a liar?

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:06 AM

May 2018

imanamerican63

(13,795 posts)

6. I agree, but the crudeness of the name calling is what I am saying!

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #4)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:14 AM

May 2018

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

11. Never read Mark Twain then.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Reply #6)

Thu May 31, 2018, 12:49 PM

May 2018

Never read Mark Twain then. His satire, being much more colorful in both its vulgarity and its usage of colloquial language as dialog, would certainly vex the pharisaic and pious.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

8. I always want to call a certain someone "Melanoma".

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:20 AM

May 2018

But I listened to my mean old lady mother say "Moose-chelle" for eight years so I mostly don't.

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

10. It is childish.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 12:40 PM

May 2018

Period.

dembotoz

(16,804 posts)

13. Guess I am just young at heart

Reply to Tipperary (Reply #10)

Thu May 31, 2018, 01:46 PM

May 2018

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

14. Liar, racist, bigot....

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 01:50 PM

May 2018

They are out there. I have no issue calling Trump and his supporters asshole deplorables, either.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

17. I agree. Trump has opened a deluge.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 09:10 AM

Jun 2018

People need to step back. Trump is a moral and ethical sewer, but the rest of us don't have to be.

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