Yikes! Just learned that the cow in the blue and white dress who accused Dems of enjoying their

[allegorical oracle]

popcorn and alcohol is my U. S. Rep., Kat Cammack. (I voted for her D opponent.) She's former deputy chief of staff for former Rep. Ted Yoho and co-chairs the House anti-abortion caucus, altho she does say she would permit abortions in the case of rape, incest (if reported to law enforcement) or mother's life. Also voted to overturn the 2020 election.

[Zorro]

1. She's an asshole

But then, they’re all assholes. They revel in being assholes.

[SheltieLover]

2. This!👆

[a kennedy]

56. Got that right, and then she goes, "the house is not in order" after her smug statement

about popcorn blankets and alcohol. 🤬

[malaise]

3. She's an asshole but don't call her a cow

please

[WheelWalker]

4. I couldn't agree with you more, comrade.

[secondwind]

5. Thank you. I started to post, but decided to pass on this.

[elleng]

7. DITTO!

[Tree-Hugger]

9. Thank you nt

[Ms. Toad]

12. Thank you. n/t

[JoeOtterbein]

14. Thank you! nt

[nolabear]

16. Yes, thanks malaise.

[spanone]

21. K&R

[pamdb]

25. asshole

That's an insult to cows.

[Bev54]

27. Agree!

[housecat]

45. Insult to cows

[48656c6c6f20]

52. I prefer slack jowl yokel.

[Cracklin Charlie]

64. Cows are so cool.

Republicans wish they were as cool as cows.

[Tickle]

65. Thank you for standing up Malaise NT

[Chautauquas]

75. Agreed

[Happy Hoosier]

96. 100%. NT

[Ilsa]

105. Beat me to it. nt

[splat]

6. Cow is unkind n/t

[Better Days Ahoy]

32. Agree 100%

[Cha]

8. Apologies to Cows.. they're exponentially

Smarter than the magat POSs.

[qazplm135]

10. No fat shaming

Intelligence and class/dignity shaming is just fine as she has none of those things.

[Conjuay]

29. I wouldn't want

to arm wrestle the B*tch,

There’s that too…

[Fullduplexxx]

30. Someone alerted on this

[judesedit]

49. lol

[Tarc]

59. She can and should be shamed with any ammo that can be grabbed

No free passes.

[pnwmom]

62. Not any ammo that can hit innocent bystanders, like fat shaming women. nt

[qazplm135]

66. Got so

Racial, sexist and other slurs are fair game then right?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

68. Can we call her the n-word?

[Goodheart]

84. OK... this I don't understand.

You can shame someone's intelligence, which they're born with and have no control over, but not someone's weight, which for the most part IS a matter of control?

I'm not for fat-shaming, but this seems inconsistent to me.

[qazplm135]

86. Plenty of people

Don't have full control over their weight. And people do have some control over their intelligence, it's called education and learning.

It's not as if people like her are incapable of understanding, if they were they wouldn't be able to function in Congress.

They are unwilling to learn, or they abandon curiosity for the safety of dogmas and prejudice.

[BannonsLiver]

87. There's no consistency to it really

For example in a thread with 71 recs by a crowd favorite they implored DUers to “get off their blubbery asses”.

That’s not directed at a fascist Republican who would put us all in gulags if she had the chance, it’s directed at DUers!

But nary an objection from those complaining loudest in this thread.

To your point about the slobfather references, I think it’s not unlike office or middle school politics. If you’re in the cool kids mutual admiration society, you get a wide berth. If not, you don’t.

[ecstatic]

94. +1. Lol. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Do better.

[Ms. Toad]

13. How about expressing your distate for her without fat shaming, please. n/t

[Better Days Ahoy]

33. Agree! DU members are better than a tired misogynist trope

[Polly Hennessey]

35. If I am called a cow does that mean I am fat.

[Ms. Toad]

42. Don't play dumb. n/t

[Disaffected]

47. No, but it may mean

you're a bovine.

[Ziggysmom]

15. She should take note that the real chaos is coming from inside HER PARTY the GQP.

They are the joke, the entertainment.

[AkFemDem]

17. I'm still confused as to why that was a bad thing for her to say

I mean, I am enjoying my popcorn and champagne very much, thank you 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Yonnie3]

18. Cow?

That is a poor choice of a word.

[enough]

19. Stop calling women cows.

[Polly Hennessey]

38. I don't mind being called a cow. I have

seen some spectacularly gorgeous cows. I don’t know about your universe but in mine all animals are beautiful. Being compared to some humans I might take offense.

[Blue_playwright]

48. Reminded me of my Southern Aunt

She called everyone she hated a heifer. Lol. Thanks for the funny memories

[WarGamer]

54. 100%

This slur is 100% used against women, especially with those carrying a few extra pounds.

Never seen a man called a cow.

[Tarc]

60. Calling a spade a spade

This jackass gets everything that she deserves.

[BannonsLiver]

70. +10000

I once got a hide for calling Trump a fat fuck. This place tries too hard sometimes. 🙄

[The Grand Illuminist]

98. A lot of things said were worse during the Bush administration.

nt

[70sEraVet]

22. Yeah, your choice of words overrode your message.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

28. What the fuck is this shit right here.

[GreenWave]

24. I think OP got the message about the bovine reference.

In fact, there should be a 10 yard penalty for piling on. Give a human a chance to rectify.

[Beaverhausen]

26. the only piling on I see is other ignorant comments about her weight

The OP needs to fix the post. Now.

[pnwmom]

80. No, the OP clearly didn't. If the OP had, the word would have been deleted. nt

[Abolishinist]

31. Is it possible you meant to say

"that the person in the blue and white dress in the cow photo who accused Dems..."

[WarGamer]

55. no, the OP was dropping a nasty gendered slur/bomb and 30 DU'ers rec'd it.

[Sailingdiver]

34. I like to refer to her as the SEA WORD

Unfortunately, this individual is also my US Rep. Can't stand her.

As, everyone has posted she is an asshole of monumental proportions.

[MrsCoffee]

93. Are you kidding me?

If you want to refer to women using misogynistic crap like that, kindly do it elsewhere.

It's really not clever at all.

Is it really so hard just to say she's an asshole and leave it at that?

[Better Days Ahoy]

36. Cammack is a GQP jerk -- but we can do better here than a misogynistic trope

Try to use gender-neutral insults next time.
Aside from that, yeah, baby!

[Raine]

37. I thought Democrats were enjoying their popcorn 🍿

and alcohol.

[Polly Hennessey]

39. I am.

[BannonsLiver]

72. If they are not as much as I'm enjoying some responses in this thread.

[demmiblue]

40. JC this thread.

[msongs]

41. please do not insult blue and white dresses nt

[malaise]

43. It was actually black and white

😀

[Abolishinist]

46. Nope, it was blue and white. IF one looks at a still photo

it could appear to be black, but it was definitely a violet-blue. Close to RGB: (12,13,86)

[malaise]

50. OK😀 n/t

[Celerity]

71. pic

[malaise]

91. LOL

Blue and white

[keithbvadu2]

44. Names please, Kat. Which specific democrats?

[CoopersDad]

51. Maybe you could just edit your subject line to remove "the cow".

If you're around to read replies, it should be clear that it's offensive and there's an easy fix.

Just use the edit feature and then repost.

Pretty please.

[WarGamer]

53. Oh MAGNIFICENT...

Slurring an overweight WOMAN as a COW

If she was Jewish would you have dropped a "Jewish slur", too?

What website am I on?

Is the OP Andrew Tate?

Delete this crap.

[Behind the Aegis]

102. Since we are on the topic of slurs...

...using the word "Jew", a noun, as an adjective, as you did with "Jew slur", is, in fact, a slur in of itself. Had you said, "Jewish slur", that would not be a slur.

[WarGamer]

104. So you're OK with calling the woman a cow. Noted.

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And point taken re: grammar.

[Behind the Aegis]

106. Did I say that? Strawman noted.

[QED]

57. I feel your pain - mine if Andy Biggs

[Kennah]

58. I thought of Keith Olbermann while listening to her

Drunk, stupid, and racist is no way to go through life

[Tarc]

61. Moo

Just in case anyone wants to slather a face onto that name.

[obamanut2012]

73. Moo?! Wtf is wrong with you

[AkFemDem]

77. Share your picture so we can find superficial things

To jeer at.

[pnwmom]

63. 30+ DUers are offended by your word choice. How many have to express dismay with your fat shaming

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before you will edit your post to something less hurtful to others?

SHE won't be hurt by your slur, but some women and overweight people here will be.

Or do you just enjoy referring to women as cows?

[Chautauquas]

74. I agree, and thank you for your comment

There's several comments in this thread that are offensive. In fact, I just voted to hide one of them.

[BannonsLiver]

69. I had her down for former nail salon owner

🤷‍♂️

But yeah terrible human being. Certainly much worse than a cow. Is “hag” okay language police?

[pnwmom]

76. Why not a term that's not exclusive to females? She could be called a monster,

a creep, a toad, a disgusting or loathsome human being, or any number of other terms that aren't a way to insult women in particular.

Her gender has nothing to do with her repulsiveness. Neither does her size. But out of all the insults they could have chosen, the OP chose to insult her weight and her gender.

And with your own reference to "language police" you're demonstrating your own insensitivity.

[Goodheart]

83. I've seen trump called "slobfather" here a thousand times without objection because of his size

and appearance.

[pnwmom]

85. "Slob" doesn't refer to weight -- it refers to messiness. And the word "father" isn't a slur.

Go ahead and object to the term if it bothers you. However, some people consider it a compliment. Trump might even like it.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SlobFather

In fantasy football a SlobFather is someone who can’t be beat. They draft exquisitely, the get the better of all trades and are masters of the waiver wire.
Don’t put in a lineup, why bother? You ain’t got a chance, against the SlobFather!!!

On the other hand, dozens of DUers have expressed their dismay with a woman being referred to as a cow.

[niyad]

78. "cow"??? DU is supposed to be better than this.

[Mz Pip]

79. No sympathy for her

These are the folks who called Democrats Communists, pedophiles, baby killers. Now they’re offended by popcorn. Give me a break.

So she gets called a a name for a female bovine. BFD.

[pnwmom]

81. The deal is that the slur doesn't hurt her one bit. But it is hurtful for overweight and female

DUers to see it here.

[Abolishinist]

88. How do you know this is not hurtful to her? Has she so stated?

[pnwmom]

90. Honestly, do you think she reads Democratic Underground? Which is more likely:

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that she will see the post here, or that thousands of DU members will?

[Abolishinist]

99. No, I HIGHLY doubt she reads DU, and I didn't at the time

believe that you thought so either.

So with that as a frame of reference, when you said 'the slur doesn't hurt her one bit', the point I thought you were attempting to make was that IF someone referred to her as a COW (anywhere outside of DU), she would not be 'hurt' by said reference, as opposed to many on DU who are.

[pnwmom]

100. No, that wasn't the point I was making. When someone HERE uses that term

to refer to any overweight woman, even a detestable Republican, the only people it hurts are DU readers who are overweight and/or female.

So why is the OP stubbornly clinging to that wording, when dozens of DUers have expressed their unhappiness with the fat and female shaming?

[BannonsLiver]

82. +1000

[Tarc]

89. I agree

Some around here need the copium.

[Karma13612]

92. Popcorn hating BRAT. 🤬 nt

In all fairness, we really need to come up with an acceptable non-misogynistic word for a disagreeable person.

The ones I use in private are very satisfying because they begin with the letter B or F. Both letters seem to satisfy the urge to express pure frustration against unpleasant humans. Not sure why, maybe linguists can weigh in on this.

B, and F’ing B. There is one for each sex. They are not acceptable in polite conversation so I just say brat instead.

I am open to suggestions as to what to label unpleasant humans.

[The Grand Illuminist]

95. Please be advised we are at war.

She is an enemy pure and simple. Give the enemy no honor and give them no quarter. If someone wants to call her a cow, it is probably because she deserves to be called that and not at the broad range.

[pnwmom]

101. Which means we shouldn't be shooting our verbal ammunition carelessly,

in a way that harms people on our side.

Calling her a cow doesn't hurt her one bit, because she's never going to see the post. But it does hurt and divide DUers.

[Torchlight]

97. Our words are often a mechanism

for displaying the content of our character.

She displayed hers with her own words, as our reactions may often do the same.

[Scrivener7]

103. Oh look! All the poor men who feel slighted when they are asked

not to refer to women as livestock have shown up.

Look how cute they are when they fight for their right to show their disdain or women!