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This is why we can't engage in such crap. We are supposed to be the good guys. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #1
And we are always at a disadvantage on hypocrisy Still Sensible Feb 2021 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #139
Band aid underpants Feb 2021 #2
If, by rip it off, you mean learn from it, apologize, and move on Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #163
Yep. Most tweeting are R's. The Reagan Battalion? Reagan was horrific to the LGBTQ community. TheBlackAdder Feb 2021 #199
Let him or her who is without sin grumpyduck Feb 2021 #3
Better yet: she says she was wrong, a bit insensitve, apologize and then never does it again ... marble falls Feb 2021 #12
Apologize and move on. Beakybird Feb 2021 #4
This. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2021 #7
Yes elleng Feb 2021 #16
Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #18
+1 demmiblue Feb 2021 #81
Yes. n/t ornotna Feb 2021 #113
Or better still, just move on. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #140
Yes, enough time has passed. No reason to freshen the mild transgression in people's memories. Beakybird Feb 2021 #146
Post removed Post removed Feb 2021 #5
No she is great. She doesn't have to go. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #10
Are you joking? Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #11
Nope. Not even a little. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #17
Um...OK. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #33
And if this was Trumps Press secretary? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #39
Were ifs and buts, candies and nuts, what a party it would be. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #56
uh huh. Sure. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #59
Nope. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #62
How about not cutting the damn nose in the first place? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #65
She hasn't cut off her nose. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #67
No I am asking for a press secretary that doesn't use homophobic slurs. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #70
An actual apology should suffice. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #74
For you? Ok. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #77
You've not been paying attention to DU. I've lost count how many people use that slur here. cwydro Feb 2021 #111
Skewer. +1. bullimiami Feb 2021 #38
And if it were Trumps PS calling Pete Lady B? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #42
No. I would think it was stupid, tonedeaf and insensitive and if they apologized bullimiami Feb 2021 #49
He's called LadyG for his faux outrage 'vapors' blm Feb 2021 #57
I don't care why he is called it. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #63
Nah, it's not. blm Feb 2021 #71
Yes it is. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #165
actually no that isn't why he is called that dsc Feb 2021 #94
This GoneOffShore Feb 2021 #98
Wow. Even some of our best - like Obama - Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #164
Seriously? StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #25
I didn't call myself perfect in the slightest. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #37
If she was a republican and apologized it would be the same reality. bullimiami Feb 2021 #40
Uh hub. Sure. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #45
And kudos to you as well... LanternWaste Feb 2021 #102
If she was a republican, she would have doubled down and would have refused to apologized. smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #121
+1. Who is their next target in the purification drive? dalton99a Feb 2021 #136
She said it in August - Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #166
I don't know because I have never seen a Republican Bettie Feb 2021 #167
NO. Jen is not "the devil," for fuck's sake. She was referring to current events. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #43
Oh I see. Because others say it. It's cool. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #48
No, she was referring to the nickname given to the hypocrite by male sex workers. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #61
Public figures can't sue for defamation. former9thward Feb 2021 #122
Public figures can indeed sue for defamation, they just have a higher burden of proof. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #124
It was a figure of speech. former9thward Feb 2021 #131
Jesse Ventura. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #152
Except he didn't. former9thward Feb 2021 #158
Except he did. Only the "unjust enrichment" claim was thrown out, not defamation. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #159
Not true. former9thward Feb 2021 #175
No, what is not true is your claim that "Public figures can't sue for defamation." SunSeeker Feb 2021 #183
You are making up everything. former9thward Feb 2021 #185
I did not make up your wrong claim that "Public figures can't sue for defamation." SunSeeker Feb 2021 #186
I deal in the real world, not in the world where you look up the law on google. former9thward Feb 2021 #189
No, you misstate the law. You said, "Public figures can't sue for defamation." SunSeeker Feb 2021 #190
Any lawyer would laugh at your post. former9thward Feb 2021 #201
no uponit7771 Feb 2021 #47
Disagree. JDC Feb 2021 #69
Oh please..the Republicans want her to go. Just as they wanted helpisontheway Feb 2021 #76
Totally different scenario. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #78
Absolutely wrong. She stays!!!! LiberalFighter Feb 2021 #95
ok. Let me know which one of us actually decides. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #99
Hence, the irrelevancy of all our opinions. LanternWaste Feb 2021 #103
Well I will drink to that. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #106
HELL NO. You know what I find more offensive? The incessant and relentless LIES Vivienne235729 Feb 2021 #107
She is doing an amazing job which is why Bettie Feb 2021 #169
EXACTLY! This is why I get so mad when I hear democrats repeating RW talking points Vivienne235729 Feb 2021 #178
And when there are mountains on the other side Bettie Feb 2021 #179
YES! That double standard infuriates me to no end, too. The media Vivienne235729 Feb 2021 #180
The double standard right now, with regard to Unity Bettie Feb 2021 #181
Lol. Yea. Unreal,huh? I just have 2 words: Screw. That. Vivienne235729 Feb 2021 #182
This is where the derision for "cancel culture" comes from. Silent3 Feb 2021 #109
Intentionally misgendering gay men is an insult that is as old as dirt. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #168
But it isn't just misgendering here Silent3 Feb 2021 #172
Using a homophobic/transphobic/sexist slur to point out hypocrisy Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #173
And everyone who doesn't go along with your Pronouncement from on High... Silent3 Feb 2021 #174
You obviously have not read my comments in this thread - Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #177
Nope. We already lost Al Franken over this bullshit SoonerPride Feb 2021 #114
No, she doesn't. kcr Feb 2021 #128
She shouldn't have done it, unless she is bi or a lesbian. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #6
That's my point. She's not homophobic that I can see. She was going after Lindsey's goat ... marble falls Feb 2021 #19
Exactly! There is a difference between being a homophobe and saying/doing something homophobic. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #29
Graham called himself Lady G online, before anyone else did Clash City Rocker Feb 2021 #8
Do you have a source for that? TwilightZone Feb 2021 #14
When did Lindsey ever call himself "MissG". He has explicitly denied being gay ... marble falls Feb 2021 #27
I believe someone said that Graham called himself Lady G online LeftInTX Feb 2021 #36
Well bdamomma Feb 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author BlueLucy Feb 2021 #13
1. Yes, it was way bad. 2. If a Republican had done this, what would they do? Stinky The Clown Feb 2021 #15
Absolutely. And maybe a few of us on DU need to pay attention to that. marble falls Feb 2021 #30
Or if a republican had done it... SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #31
And no matter what we said, they would ignore it. Stinky The Clown Feb 2021 #60
Offensive statements are so much the norm for Qs Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #91
That's disappointing. I thought better of her. crickets Feb 2021 #21
She'd been excellent working as press seretary. marble falls Feb 2021 #35
Rise up in outrage and "Franken" her! JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #22
She's not being Frankened by anybody. Not even all the crocodile teared GOPers tweeting ... marble falls Feb 2021 #51
That's a perfect analogy. Franken. Exactly. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #55
The OP seems to be really invested in this particular issue. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #142
Three or four OP's and a poll to boot... I think your observations are right on target. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #151
Apologize and move on ... StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #23
exactly-- it's not complicated LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #153
Nobody was mocking his sexuality. At least not me. Lunabell Feb 2021 #24
It's pretty clearly a shot at his sexuality. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #41
Absolutely she should apologize. Lunabell Feb 2021 #54
This. cwydro Feb 2021 #205
It is not OK to call him Lady G. She should apologize and stop doing it. nt gollygee Feb 2021 #26
Meh. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #28
Just call it a term of endearment and move on kiranon Feb 2021 #32
Meh, 450,000 dead. Some of ye would want to get over yourselves. OnDoutside Feb 2021 #34
She did NOT call him that arlyellowdog Feb 2021 #44
OMG - our side MUST BE PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW. Meanwhile, back in Trumpville, they'll Vinca Feb 2021 #46
Thank you. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #50
Thank YOU, Vinca! smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #125
She should just call him "Piece of shit Graham" and be done with it. dem4decades Feb 2021 #52
Or "Dirty Money" ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #108
I think foreign money is more likely to be the case JonLP24 Feb 2021 #188
Enough bpj62 Feb 2021 #53
OK, then. A six-day-old hit-piece story about Jen Psaki, MineralMan Feb 2021 #58
I saw this article on a queer site 7 days ago! Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #64
It was a thoroughly regrettable comment at the time. MineralMan Feb 2021 #73
I know Marble Falls is HIGHLY unlikely to be trolling. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #79
I don't excuse the use of that nickname at all. MineralMan Feb 2021 #84
To be very clear... Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #86
There are problems and then there are PROBLEMS. MineralMan Feb 2021 #88
No, we are not in opposition. Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #92
I get it. The whole thing was avoidable, frankly. MineralMan Feb 2021 #93
This is not a hit piece. It would never take any attention from the impeachment trial ... marble falls Feb 2021 #83
Well, I don't care what Graham's sexuality is. MineralMan Feb 2021 #87
I noticed. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #68
Yes. Well, I'm pleased to see that this thread is not getting recced. MineralMan Feb 2021 #75
You are not alone in that observation. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #82
Thank you for pointing that out... tonedevil Feb 2021 #197
Moving along rurallib Feb 2021 #66
I know! Weird, huh? NurseJackie Feb 2021 #105
I don't like it either. KentuckyWoman Feb 2021 #72
Gosh, from the headline I thought she'd said it from the WH podium just today.... Hekate Feb 2021 #80
But Graham is straight. If anything this is just a tease for him being a wimp Buckeyeblue Feb 2021 #85
Maybe give her a show on MSNBC redstateblues Feb 2021 #89
I've heard some women say that their husbands sometimes tavernier Feb 2021 #90
You mean, five months before she became press secretary? mac56 Feb 2021 #96
Indeed. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #97
The OP has proven to be extremely interested in this particular subject. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #144
She should say "I regret some people got upset at my choice of words". And move on. Autumn Feb 2021 #100
Works for me. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #104
Yes!!! Vivienne235729 Feb 2021 #110
She should not apologize. She's nicer and more civil than anyone Trump ever had working for him. Autumn Feb 2021 #112
She should delete the verbiage in question dalton99a Feb 2021 #137
Exactly! Remember Al Franken and go fuck themselves Autumn Feb 2021 #147
+1 dalton99a Feb 2021 #134
My guess is she will apologize and then check herself going forward. She seems a decent sort. Solly Mack Feb 2021 #101
And once again... Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 #123
... Solly Mack Feb 2021 #126
Very well said MustLoveBeagles Feb 2021 #127
You're welcome. Solly Mack Feb 2021 #130
I cannot believe the people here that think she should resign. JanMichael Feb 2021 #115
Purification helps Republicans, not Democrats dalton99a Feb 2021 #145
oh, so someone who goes by "Reverend Doctor Jill Biden Derek Hunter" is offended? uncle ray Feb 2021 #116
For the record this is why liberals shouldn't say crap like this dsc Feb 2021 #117
I really don't care do you?? Callado119 Feb 2021 #118
I wouldn't mind hearing this apology from her Zorro Feb 2021 #119
Let us all take a moment canetoad Feb 2021 #120
+1. Jen Psaki is a friend of the LGBT community and does not deserve this kind of swiftboating. dalton99a Feb 2021 #141
She should apologize and move on MustLoveBeagles Feb 2021 #129
She should issue an apology. Marrah_Goodman Feb 2021 #132
Psaki is not a homophobe, and she is doing an absolutely outstanding job for Democrats. dalton99a Feb 2021 #133
Unfortunate, but hardly in the realm of the typical RW bullshit. Apologize and move on...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #135
Boo hoo. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #138
I linked this thread to my son... NurseJackie Feb 2021 #154
My son is gay and he makes these kind of jokes about Graham Sugarcoated Feb 2021 #143
I don't see this as homophobic BruceWane Feb 2021 #148
To add to my own post..... BruceWane Feb 2021 #149
+1 nsd Feb 2021 #150
No BGBD Feb 2021 #157
Wrong TuskMoar Feb 2021 #196
Some in the LGBT community use this term as well... Happy Hoosier Feb 2021 #155
If I were going to be offended Marthe48 Feb 2021 #156
Lady G has more to do with him being a client of escorts MoonlitKnight Feb 2021 #160
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #161
Good. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #162
Are the gay sex workers who came up with the Lindsey nickname "Lady G" homophobes? SunSeeker Feb 2021 #170
First of all - Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #176
The link was made. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #184
I'm saying that is second hand rumor. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #187
Feminine pet names gay men give each other does not equate to the n-word. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #191
The principle is identical. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #192
No, it's not. And if Harding says he heard sex workers call Graham Lady G, how is that hearsay? SunSeeker Feb 2021 #193
He is reporting on what someone else said. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #194
No, he is asserting that he heard specific sex workers call Lindsay Graham Lady G. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #195
What they were DOING was speaking. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #198
The words are not introduced for the truth of the matter asserted. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #200
If you want to prove that a specific sex worker called Graham, Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #203
It's admissible if Graham sued Harding for defamation for saying sex workers called Lindsey Lady G. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #207
Why the hell should we believe what this guy says? cwydro Feb 2021 #206
Why would you believe Lindsey? We KNOW that guy lies. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #208
Apologize for nothing and use that Republican freedom of speech JCMach1 Feb 2021 #171
it's 'fairly viewed' that way, but not widely. mopinko Feb 2021 #202
As I've stated before, people use that as a slur all the time in posts here. cwydro Feb 2021 #204
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