It's telling how far down the shit hole America's gone.......

[RandySF]

when half the country is angry that a Black, queer woman was released from a Russian gulag. It hits hard especially when I am old enough to remember the hostage crises in Iran and Lebanon.

[Solly Mack]

1. Says a lot.

[Kath2]

2. This country has been a shithole for marginalized people forever.

And they are so angry that we are trying to change that.

[Deuce]

22. I totally agree...

[a kennedy]

3. Don't make me cry.......is this really our country now?? 😢 😢 😢

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Except what is posted on DU, I am happily unaware what the RW braintrust thinks.

Makes my life a lot easier. If you ignore it, does it go away?

[GoCubsGo]

5. The problem ireally s that they haven't gone anywhere.

I'm watching a PBS documentary on WWI. Not much has changed for these assholes. They're the same ilk as the ones who pushed Jim Crow laws and had Suffragists attacked and arrested because they refused to stop fighting for women's rights because of the war. They're probably descendants of the same assholes who refused to mask up and take precautions during the flu epidemic at the end of that war. Some things never change, including the third of the country that are willfully ignorant, hateful knuckle-draggers.

[Kaleva]

6. My guess is the majority of adults either approve or don't care.

About 1/3 of adults voted R and it's safe to assume that at least some of them are not upset

[myohmy2]

8. +1...

...

[Skittles]

9. how did the word 'queer' make a comeback

there's nothing queer about Ms.Griner, or any other LGBTQ person

*edited to note that yes, I included the 'Q' because of current conventional usage but I don't agree with it....

[LuckyCharms]

10. I think the word has been adopted by the community as being favorable, but

it still makes me cringe because I remember when it was used as a derogatory term.

[Skittles]

11. I absolutely detest it

to me it would be like black folk adopting the n word, or women embracing the c word

[nightwing1240]

16. I never heard my mother or father using those words

so I never saw a need to nor any sense in saying them. They are all simply hurtful and mean

[WhiskeyGrinder]

29. It made a comeback as some younger members of the community felt it best described them.

[CloudWatcher]

12. "half the country is angry"

Is this true? Or is this just the outrage-de-jour headline of the right-wing propaganda machines?

Fyi, I don't believe most polls, let alone comments like this that have no links to sources. My sanity
depends on ignoring most MSM, it's a torrent of trash.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. First hand .. my RW inlaws think she's un-american. They said

that. It was a rude awakening . Seeing how deep racism runs ) Randy is right... Sad very, sad state of affairs

[CloudWatcher]

25. Of course some are....

I just don't believe the "half the country" part. It'd be interesting (maybe even useful) have a real number instead of such a wild estimate.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Understood. Hope it's not as many as it feels.

[NNadir]

13. It's not "half" the country. It's a lunatic fringe egged on by a right wing media propaganda...

...machine.

[IronLionZion]

14. yeah, well at least everywhere in America has electricity without issue

oh wait.... https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217453165

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

15. They are not angry "a Black, queer woman was released from a Russian gulag."

They are trying to win votes.
They want to foster dislike of President Biden and other Democrats.

So, they frame it by making it seem that President Biden chose to make a deal for her, because she was black and a lesbian, instead of using the same bargaining chip for a war hero.

I am not saying that any of that is true, I'm only pointing out how they are framing it to help win elections.
I do believe that some people think it is a shame to go out of the way to help a black lesbian, but those types would already vote in their favor anyway.

[peppertree]

18. +1

If Repugs were half as good at governance, as they are at scapegoat politics - what a country we would have.

[catchnrelease]

21. War hero?

I'll assume that is sarcasm or meant as how the right winger see him? He was far from that. He was court-martialed and received a bad conduct discharge from the Marines. Here's a bit from his Wikipedia entry:

After a court-martial conviction in January 2008 on multiple counts "related to larceny", he was sentenced to 60 days restriction, reduction to pay grade E-4, and a bad conduct discharge.[9][10] The specific charges against him included "attempted larceny, three specifications of dereliction of duty, making a false official statement, wrongfully using another’s social security number, and ten specifications of making and uttering checks without having sufficient funds in his account for payment."[11]

Also: He said in a deposition in 2013 that he holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and an MBA degree.[15] He took courses at Northern Michigan University from fall 1988 to fall 1990 without earning a degree.[13]

Of course these things might make him a hero to those that admire a criminal, twice impeached, failure like tfg.

I don't think he should be left in Russia by any means, but the guy is no saint.

[Tommymac]

17. Just remember who 'Those People' really are and then consider the source.

That's what I try to do, anyway.

Doesn't work so much anymore.

[NowISeetheLight]

19. Even Whelans Brother ...

Is calling BULLSHIT on Trumps comments…. Article on FOX NEWS no less.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/paul-whelans-brother-calls-donald-trumps-really-offensive-response-griner-bout-swap

[aggiesal]

20. I blame Fox & RW Radio. Enough said. n/t

[iluvtennis]

23. They hate Brittney Griner because she is a Black woman, a multi-millionaire, and one of the *top*

women's basketball players in the world.

Champion in High School, Champion in College, Champion in WNBA, Champion in Russia, Olympic Gold Medalist.

And she's a human being who cares about people. The star WNBA center has given back to the unhoused community since 2016. Even in her absence, the mission has grown to other basketball markets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittney_Griner

[argyl]

27. I think we'll come back. Maybe not 100% but maybe a good deal better.

And most of the world is very happy with the fact that militarily we're #1.
Even though a lot of the ones that benefit most just love to rag on us. Fuck 'em.
Particularly Western Europe. Surely they're not so dense as to see that we are, in effect, Western Europe
2.0. Guess they're just hoping everyone's forgotten about how ungodly terribly they treated their
"colonial subjects." Belgium, The Netherlands, and Portugal, percentage wise your crimes were much, much worse than ours.
How many Empires weren't built, more like floating on blood? And that's for the rest of the World over several millennium.
We're the most diverse country on earth but our Constitution was written exclusively by Englishmen, including the EC and 2 Senate seats, regardless of a state's size. Maybe we'll be able to shitcan them.Sop to slaveholding states. If Lincoln hadn't been assassinated maybe he'd have gotten around to trashing them. As it is they're firmly embedded, for now.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. It's never been any better in my lifetime

The '50s were way worse.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

30. Lol twas ever thus.

[eppur_se_muova]

31. while an old, white, ostensibly rich ra*ist steals classified material from the gov't and walks. nt

[Mr.Bill]

32. It's hilarious when I hear people say she hates America.

I ask them if she hates America, why did she return here when released?