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pnwmom

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

Thu Jan 5, 2023, 02:28 PM

Jan 2023

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?

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Yikes! Just learned that the cow in the blue and white dress who accused Dems of enjoying their [View all] allegorical oracle Jan 2023 OP

She's an asshole Zorro Jan 2023 #1

This!👆 SheltieLover Jan 2023 #2

Got that right, and then she goes, "the house is not in order" after her smug statement a kennedy Jan 2023 #56

She's an asshole but don't call her a cow malaise Jan 2023 #3

I couldn't agree with you more, comrade. WheelWalker Jan 2023 #4

Thank you. I started to post, but decided to pass on this. secondwind Jan 2023 #5

DITTO! elleng Jan 2023 #7

Thank you nt Tree-Hugger Jan 2023 #9

Thank you. n/t Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #12

Thank you! nt JoeOtterbein Jan 2023 #14

Yes, thanks malaise. nolabear Jan 2023 #16

K&R spanone Jan 2023 #21

asshole pamdb Jan 2023 #25

Agree! Bev54 Jan 2023 #27

Insult to cows housecat Jan 2023 #45

I prefer slack jowl yokel. 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #52

Cows are so cool. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2023 #64

Thank you for standing up Malaise NT Tickle Jan 2023 #65

Agreed Chautauquas Jan 2023 #75

100%. NT Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #96

Beat me to it. nt Ilsa Jan 2023 #105

Cow is unkind n/t splat Jan 2023 #6

Agree 100% Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #67

Apologies to Cows.. they're exponentially Cha Jan 2023 #8

No fat shaming qazplm135 Jan 2023 #10

I wouldn't want Conjuay Jan 2023 #29

Someone alerted on this Fullduplexxx Jan 2023 #30

lol judesedit Jan 2023 #49

She can and should be shamed with any ammo that can be grabbed Tarc Jan 2023 #59

Not any ammo that can hit innocent bystanders, like fat shaming women. nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #62

Got so qazplm135 Jan 2023 #66

Can we call her the n-word? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #68

OK... this I don't understand. Goodheart Jan 2023 #84

Plenty of people qazplm135 Jan 2023 #86

There's no consistency to it really BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #87

+1. Lol. nt ecstatic Jan 2023 #94

Do better. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #11

How about expressing your distate for her without fat shaming, please. n/t Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #13

Agree! DU members are better than a tired misogynist trope Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #33

If I am called a cow does that mean I am fat. Polly Hennessey Jan 2023 #35

Don't play dumb. n/t Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #42

No, but it may mean Disaffected Jan 2023 #47

She should take note that the real chaos is coming from inside HER PARTY the GQP. Ziggysmom Jan 2023 #15

I'm still confused as to why that was a bad thing for her to say AkFemDem Jan 2023 #17

Cow? Yonnie3 Jan 2023 #18

Stop calling women cows. enough Jan 2023 #19

I don't mind being called a cow. I have Polly Hennessey Jan 2023 #38

Reminded me of my Southern Aunt Blue_playwright Jan 2023 #48

100% WarGamer Jan 2023 #54

Calling a spade a spade Tarc Jan 2023 #60

+10000 BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #70

A lot of things said were worse during the Bush administration. The Grand Illuminist Jan 2023 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author enough Jan 2023 #20

Yeah, your choice of words overrode your message. 70sEraVet Jan 2023 #22

Post removed Post removed Jan 2023 #23

What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #28

I think OP got the message about the bovine reference. GreenWave Jan 2023 #24

the only piling on I see is other ignorant comments about her weight Beaverhausen Jan 2023 #26

No, the OP clearly didn't. If the OP had, the word would have been deleted. nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #80

Is it possible you meant to say Abolishinist Jan 2023 #31

no, the OP was dropping a nasty gendered slur/bomb and 30 DU'ers rec'd it. WarGamer Jan 2023 #55

I like to refer to her as the SEA WORD Sailingdiver Jan 2023 #34

Are you kidding me? MrsCoffee Jan 2023 #93

Cammack is a GQP jerk -- but we can do better here than a misogynistic trope Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #36

I thought Democrats were enjoying their popcorn 🍿 Raine Jan 2023 #37

I am. Polly Hennessey Jan 2023 #39

If they are not as much as I'm enjoying some responses in this thread. BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #72

JC this thread. demmiblue Jan 2023 #40

please do not insult blue and white dresses nt msongs Jan 2023 #41

It was actually black and white malaise Jan 2023 #43

Nope, it was blue and white. IF one looks at a still photo Abolishinist Jan 2023 #46

OK😀 n/t malaise Jan 2023 #50

pic Celerity Jan 2023 #71

LOL malaise Jan 2023 #91

Names please, Kat. Which specific democrats? keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #44

Maybe you could just edit your subject line to remove "the cow". CoopersDad Jan 2023 #51

Oh MAGNIFICENT... WarGamer Jan 2023 #53

Since we are on the topic of slurs... Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #102

So you're OK with calling the woman a cow. Noted. WarGamer Jan 2023 #104

Did I say that? Strawman noted. Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #106

I feel your pain - mine if Andy Biggs QED Jan 2023 #57

I thought of Keith Olbermann while listening to her Kennah Jan 2023 #58

Moo Tarc Jan 2023 #61

Moo?! Wtf is wrong with you obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #73

Share your picture so we can find superficial things AkFemDem Jan 2023 #77

30+ DUers are offended by your word choice. How many have to express dismay with your fat shaming pnwmom Jan 2023 #63

I agree, and thank you for your comment Chautauquas Jan 2023 #74

I had her down for former nail salon owner BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #69

Why not a term that's not exclusive to females? She could be called a monster, pnwmom Jan 2023 #76

I've seen trump called "slobfather" here a thousand times without objection because of his size Goodheart Jan 2023 #83

"Slob" doesn't refer to weight -- it refers to messiness. And the word "father" isn't a slur. pnwmom Jan 2023 #85

"cow"??? DU is supposed to be better than this. niyad Jan 2023 #78

No sympathy for her Mz Pip Jan 2023 #79

The deal is that the slur doesn't hurt her one bit. But it is hurtful for overweight and female pnwmom Jan 2023 #81

How do you know this is not hurtful to her? Has she so stated? Abolishinist Jan 2023 #88

Honestly, do you think she reads Democratic Underground? Which is more likely: pnwmom Jan 2023 #90

No, I HIGHLY doubt she reads DU, and I didn't at the time Abolishinist Jan 2023 #99

No, that wasn't the point I was making. When someone HERE uses that term pnwmom Jan 2023 #100

+1000 BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #82

I agree Tarc Jan 2023 #89

Popcorn hating BRAT. 🤬 nt Karma13612 Jan 2023 #92

Please be advised we are at war. The Grand Illuminist Jan 2023 #95

Which means we shouldn't be shooting our verbal ammunition carelessly, pnwmom Jan 2023 #101

Our words are often a mechanism Torchlight Jan 2023 #97

Oh look! All the poor men who feel slighted when they are asked Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #103