Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki Called Out for 'Homophobic' Tweet Mocking Lindsey Graham as 'Lady G'

[Solly Mack]

101. My guess is she will apologize and then check herself going forward. She seems a decent sort.

Republicans feigning outrage have motives that have nothing to do with doing with what is right and decent. They don't give a flying fuck about being homophobic or using slurs of any kind.

Searching out old tweets and old facebook comments is what people do - on both sides. We can pretend that isn't true but then we would be lying. It should come as absolutely no surprise that republicans are doing it hard and heavy.

Yes, republicans are hypocrites. It's pretty much the default for them.

I'm more than a little disappointed at some of the excuses for the slur used. Not surprised, really - but disappointed. It is a slur. It is a homophobic slur. Just because everyone says it or most people say it or a lot of people say it doesn't make it right. That's the same excuse people give/gave for using racial slurs - everyone does it or did it - it was what people said at the time - usually followed by - but they learned better.

Well, learn better now.

But that Jen Psaki will do the right thing, of that I have no doubt. I don't think her homophobic. I think her careless and insensitive in her choice of using the slur at that time. She'll do the right thing and everyone can all move on. Republicans won't, but then they're hypocrites.

I hold Graham in contempt and can find all kinds of colorful ways to express that that don't involve calling him "Lady G". I don't care what some sex worker said. Unless you have personal experience - with receipts - or Graham saying it - it is all speculation, innuendo, and gossip.

There's nothing wrong or bad or weak about being gay. There's nothing wrong or bad or weak about being a woman.

Who gives a fuck if Graham is gay or not? Yes, if he is then he's an even bigger hypocrite. And if he isn't then it is a big ball of ugly homophobia being thrown at him as a means of attack - because people know other people will think less of him for being gay. And how sad is that? To know people will think less of someone for being gay? And then to play on that bigotry?

There is something wrong with suggesting gay (LBTQ) people play a male/female dynamic when engaged in sexual activity - the whole "Who's the woman/man?" bigoted ignorance or suggesting that a gay man is somehow not masculine or a real man. Meaning, more like a woman - which suggests there is something lacking/less about being a woman. Same as saying a lesbian is somehow not a real woman if she doesn't conform to other people's views on what femininity means. And as there does exist a spectrum, this point extrapolates throughout.

This has nothing to do with role playing between partners, so let's not pretend it does.

There is something wrong in suggesting a man who doesn't fit your idea of masculinity is gay simply because of your limited and narrow definition of what it means to be a man. Or a limited and narrow view of what it means to be a woman, for that matter.

There's a spectrum, we all exist on it somewhere. It's part of who we are as a person and not a part we ought to attack in others.

Not even an obsequious piece of shit like Graham. He is a piss poor excuse for a human. His views and actions have caused harm for decades. I can't think of a single nice thing to say about him. Not that I've ever thought about it long enough to even try. Would be a waste of time.