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betsuni

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33. I knew it. People are so stupid. She didn't call anyone a cockroach.

Thu Nov 3, 2022, 09:10 PM

Nov 2022

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President Obama's "lipstick on a pig" comment turned into OMG HE CALLED SARAH PALIN A PIG. Saying something is like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders isn't calling anyone a literal chicken. Ugh.

Reminds me of what Bill Bryson said about Americans: "Their approach to everyday encounters is trusting, straightforward, almost touchingly literal. They don't expect any verbal sleight of hand in conversations, so it tends to throw them when you employ it."

Touchingly literal. Really annoying when people don't understand idioms and so on. Like how people said Hillary was the lesser of two evils in 2016 and then denied they were calling Hillary evil. No, no, no, they'd say. Yes, yes, yes, that's what the fucking idiom means, TWO EVIL THINGS.

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"Women voting for Republicans is like roaches voting for RAID" [View all] kpete Nov 2022 OP

Old men on Social Security and Medicare -- The same. whathehell Nov 2022 #1

Women who vote Republican are FUCKING IDIOTS!!! Plain and simple. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #2

I agree with your statement but I will remind you that women walkingman Nov 2022 #4

Yet black women vote D. Same with Native American women Kaleva Nov 2022 #7

That is interesting - so I read a few more articles about it. Maybe this... walkingman Nov 2022 #15

+1 Kaleva Nov 2022 #21

More White women than White men vote D whathehell Nov 2022 #16

Republicans couldn't stand a chance if white women voted D Kaleva Nov 2022 #20

They'd stand even LESS of a chance if whathehell Nov 2022 #23

White people, men and women, have to own it Kaleva Nov 2022 #27

Yes, and many are... whathehell Nov 2022 #28

Nailed it republianmushroom Nov 2022 #3

Or Chickens voting for colonel Sanders Beachnutt Nov 2022 #5

And the purpose of a comment like this? brooklynite Nov 2022 #6

My guess is that the purpose was humor, given the context. BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #8

Lines like this tend to get out to the larger audience. brooklynite Nov 2022 #10

Yeah, you're confusing a network morning show with a GOTV rally BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #13

I'm considering the network morning show that reports on the rally. brooklynite Nov 2022 #14

Exactly! Baggies Nov 2022 #22

Yes, exactly 🙁 nt Raine Nov 2022 #34

"BuT It DOeSnT cOnViNcE aNyOne!11" BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #9

White women play a huge role in upholding white supremacy, and their voting patterns are one tactic. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #11

.A MUCH lesser role in it than White Men.. whathehell Nov 2022 #24

I don't think it's misogyny to try to answer the question "why do women vote Republican," which I WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #26

economics and some social issues Amishman Nov 2022 #12

Crime seems to be center stage jimfields33 Nov 2022 #17

ooof, just looked that one up. Hadn't caught it before. That doesn't help. Amishman Nov 2022 #18

White women benefit from white supremacy and will vote to maintain it in a bid to retain their own Solly Mack Nov 2022 #19

..And Black men benefit from Male Supremacy whathehell Nov 2022 #25

Christian religion on male dominance.... Duppers Nov 2022 #37

And on "white male dominant structure" Duppers Nov 2022 #38

Johnson understood about the hierarchy. Solly Mack Nov 2022 #39

Comparing women ForgedCrank Nov 2022 #29

It IS offensive.. whathehell Nov 2022 #30

Yet the Same Aepps22 Nov 2022 #31

Yes, very offensive. nt Raine Nov 2022 #35

They got it from a Latino comedian LeftInTX Nov 2022 #32

It's okay. Duppers Nov 2022 #36

I knew it. People are so stupid. She didn't call anyone a cockroach. betsuni Nov 2022 #33