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obamanut2012

(29,197 posts) Thu Aug 3, 2023, 02:02 PM Aug 2023

Andrea Mitchell's name is Andrea Mitchell [View all]

Is is not Mrs. Greenspan.

I cannot stand her, but this is so gross and sexist and it continues to be a problem on here. It should not be a problem on here.

Her name is Andrea Mitchell.

And, I am not debating this. Sexism/racism/homophobia against one is bigotry against all and normalizes it, and everyone on this board needs to be against it and call it out.

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Andrea Mitchell's name is Andrea Mitchell [View all] obamanut2012 Aug 2023 OP

I agree with your point, obamanut2020. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #1

I agree with you, Mama Deuxcents Aug 2023 #4

Yup, lots of perfectly good non-sexist names to call her! obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #21

So be nice to people who crap on Democrats. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #2

It's simple Sympthsical Aug 2023 #7

Rhetorically, that is not the issue. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #10

So sexist epithets are "argumentation" Sympthsical Aug 2023 #12

So, where did I say any of that? Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #17

Your response to the OP Sympthsical Aug 2023 #20

No, the OP was directing me to refer to Andrea Mitchell as Andrea Mitchell. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #28

No, the OP was about A.M. being referred to as "Mrs. Greenspan" but Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #46

No, you are replying to what I wrote in reply to that. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #59

Is "pre-censoring" what you call following DU rules? whathehell Aug 2023 #165

No, I will chose my own words to describe Andrea Mitchell or Alan Greenspan. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #170

Lol..If you break any DU rules whathehell Aug 2023 #173

Is Andrea Mitchell a Republican? brooklynite Aug 2023 #49

She certainly reports like one. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #56

I am pretty sure she is Republican. BigDemVoter Aug 2023 #81

"I am pretty sure...."; definitely a smoking gun. brooklynite Aug 2023 #87

She generally favors conservative republican causes & candidates with her reporting and BigDemVoter Aug 2023 #107

Are racist epithets "argumentation"? whathehell Aug 2023 #76

Exactly obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #22

Exactly.. whathehell Aug 2023 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #102

lol I said nothing of the sort obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #23

You demand I refer to someone who considers me and my politics as inferiors with respect. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #36

No. The demand was to not refer to her as an appendage of her husband Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #51

I know she is hard on Hillary treestar Aug 2023 #131

The point isn't her feelings. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #132

her feeling don't matter, good treestar Aug 2023 #138

That isn't even close to what the OP said mcar Aug 2023 #55

And that's not what I wrote. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #57

Yes, using 'gender neutral' insults isn't hard. whathehell Aug 2023 #72

It really is that easy mcar Aug 2023 #74

Yes, thank you.. whathehell Aug 2023 #84

a very low bar for that treestar Aug 2023 #139

So "mildly" racist and sexist terms are ok with you? whathehell Aug 2023 #146

then you will be scolding a lot of people treestar Aug 2023 #157

That's fine. whathehell Aug 2023 #158

others could read it treestar Aug 2023 #169

That's not my problem. I stand by my statements, whathehell Aug 2023 #174

Yeah, we don't even have to attach her to that piece of shit spouse of hers. BigDemVoter Aug 2023 #82

Right? mcar Aug 2023 #89

With your logic it would be acceptable to call Justice Thomas "Sambo" or Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #37

That is not what I said. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #43

To be fair, I have seen several "Uncle Tom" posts over the years AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2023 #103

It is not nearly that bad, come on treestar Aug 2023 #129

That is not the issue we can do it Aug 2023 #108

So be polite to the people who crap on us. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #109

Sexism is never correct we can do it Aug 2023 #110

I never said it was. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #111

This is one example, and I have been here that long. Tenure is no excuse. we can do it Aug 2023 #112

Excuse for what? Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #113

I avoid her hour on MSNBC like the plague. Disgusted to see her on the round table. Switched to Comfortably_Numb Aug 2023 #3

Well shit. There she is... Comfortably_Numb Aug 2023 #6

lol obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #25

Duly noted EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #5

I, as woman, find it more of an insult to Mr Greenspan. LakeArenal Aug 2023 #8

Well said, thx obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #27

Ok BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #9

Can't stand her chillfactor Aug 2023 #11

Been Saying That For Years ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #13

Thanks, you get it obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #29

I've Got One Hanging On The Wall ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #40

Well said! mcar Aug 2023 #58

How do you feel about all the posts that call Trump by everything Pathwalker Aug 2023 #14

Make your own OP obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #30

There have been attempts to police those as well. BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #38

This post is specifically about calling a woman by her husband's last name NYC Liberal Aug 2023 #52

The difference is, he's attacked for his character, or lack of such, whathehell Aug 2023 #147

Here's Andrea Mitchell sleeping on the job tenderfoot Aug 2023 #15

Wow XanaDUer2 Aug 2023 #143

If Biden dozed off in an interview like that, Andrea would spend all show talking about it. 40oz to Freedom Aug 2023 #148

Ms. Mitchell/Mrs. Greenspan is still the same Polly Hennessey Aug 2023 #16

Her Married Name Is Mitchell ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #41

She doesn't have a married name. delisen Aug 2023 #48

Excellent point. B.See Aug 2023 #101

Sure..Except we don't hear Alan Greenspan whathehell Aug 2023 #149

This message was self-deleted by its author Polly Hennessey Aug 2023 #18

Well, the lesson from this thread seems to be AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2023 #19

Your expectation is that we be pure of heart and mouth. Polly Hennessey Aug 2023 #26

I expect that of everyone AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2023 #35

No, our expectations are that, if warranted, whathehell Aug 2023 #151

Right, except then it makes us hypocrites whathehell Aug 2023 #167

As long as she still puts President in front of trump's name mountain grammy Aug 2023 #24

That is contemporary media practice. former9thward Aug 2023 #119

it's not required.. mountain grammy Aug 2023 #134

Nothing is required in life. former9thward Aug 2023 #135

Some people get really pissy when a woman doesn't take her husbands name. nt LexVegas Aug 2023 #31

Indeed obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #33

One poster said their posted agism was justified earlier in another thread. ZonkerHarris Aug 2023 #32

I saw that obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #34

wait, you actually think people call her that because they think women should change their last name prodigitalson Aug 2023 #39

Had the same reaction. BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #44

Ummm.... I didn't even imply that in any way obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #66

I think almost all who call her Mrs Greenspan are doing it to tie her to that RW POS and expose Celerity Aug 2023 #77

Agreed Red Mountain Aug 2023 #98

Thank you! Of course you are completely right. Judi Lynn Aug 2023 #144

lol when did I say that? obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #65

Lol never said you did BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #91

how is it sexist treestar Aug 2023 #140

I think most people's default is she took her husband's name in marriage but kept Mitchell intheflow Aug 2023 #93

"Misogyny is the last acceptable bigotry of the Left" whathehell Aug 2023 #168

+1 intheflow Aug 2023 #172

I don't believe anyone on DU has ever seen her official ID such as driver's license or passport, etc llmart Aug 2023 #42

Masking a woman merely an appendage of the man she married Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #60

Now some people upthread are saying I think a woman should change her name obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #68

a person's choice of life partner is an indication of their character prodigitalson Aug 2023 #104

To the extent it is relevant, it is sexist to make the connection Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #114

so if I were to say to Eva Braun...well well who do we have here, if it isn't prodigitalson Aug 2023 #115

Yes. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #116

should I apologize to her? prodigitalson Aug 2023 #117

It is far less about the specific person you are insulting using sexist comments Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #118

you do know Hitler was, right? prodigitalson Aug 2023 #120

This isn't about Hitler. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #123

But would it even be appropriate for Eva to complain about it (being called Mrs. Adolph Hitler) prodigitalson Aug 2023 #124

This isn't about Hitler, or Greenspan. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #125

yeah, but it is about Hitler prodigitalson Aug 2023 #126

There are those who DO choose to take the treestar Aug 2023 #127

Referring to someone as Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #133

I wasn't talking about me, but about women who choose to change to treestar Aug 2023 #137

Thank you..Why do these threads whathehell Aug 2023 #160

Misogyny has a couple of related bigotries that are still acceptable Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #161

I don't see it here on DU.. whathehell Aug 2023 #162

You're not looking then. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #163

Oh, I'm looking.. whathehell Aug 2023 #164

When has she ever professionally referred to herself as Andrea Greenspan? obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #67

and as if Andrea is terribly hurt by it treestar Aug 2023 #141

Lol..So now you're using Right Wing memes like whathehell Aug 2023 #152

are there no degrees of sexism? treestar Aug 2023 #156

I agree. Lunabell Aug 2023 #45

there does have to be some way to capture the southern gothic archetype that is Lindsey Graham prodigitalson Aug 2023 #130

Thank you. How many times have we had to do this? NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 #47

K&R demmiblue Aug 2023 #50

I posted a similar OP about a year ago mcar Aug 2023 #53

I actually remember that OP and think I agreed with you! obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #62

Thank you. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #54

Exactly obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #63

THANK YOU, I agree. elleng Aug 2023 #61

You are welcome! obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #64

THANK You!. As writer Katha Pollitt has said whathehell Aug 2023 #69

Is it still okay to call Trump Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #70

Mrs. Greenspan to me Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #71

Why? mcar Aug 2023 #78

because I always want to tie Alan Greenspan's cratering of global economy Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #86

I saw it as trying to remind people that she is married to a scumbag Repub Just_Vote_Dem Aug 2023 #73

She's bad enough without making her an appendage of her mcar Aug 2023 #79

True that n/t Just_Vote_Dem Aug 2023 #80

That is how I saw it edhopper Aug 2023 #83

I think that name is used to remind us who she is married to... SalviaBlue Aug 2023 #75

And is she responsible for Greenspan's policies? brooklynite Aug 2023 #90

I didn't say that. SalviaBlue Aug 2023 #92

You can do that without pretending she doesn't exist independent of her husband. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #94

Funny how nobody holds Ronald Reagan's policies against his son Ron... brooklynite Aug 2023 #95

I was trying not to get tangled up in whether it was even relevant. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #96

There are many political relatives that break away. SalviaBlue Aug 2023 #99

K&R betsuni Aug 2023 #88

Thank you for the reminder, Obamanut. Out of respect, by the same token, ... Hekate Aug 2023 #97

Nor, rightfully, do we whathehell Aug 2023 #153

Well your right in a way but it's actually Mrs. Allen Greenspan. ArnoldLayne Aug 2023 #105

Well your right in a way but it's actually Mrs. Allen Greenspan ArnoldLayne Aug 2023 #106

Out of all the problems in the world, this is not one of them! Emile Aug 2023 #121

Andrea Mitchell's husband destroyed the economy leftstreet Aug 2023 #122

Right wingers aren't snowflakes treestar Aug 2023 #128

She and her husband have done a lot of damage RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2023 #136

and her game is GOP whataboutism... 617Blue Aug 2023 #142

In my house her name is "mud" Jersey Devil Aug 2023 #145

I don't care what anybody calls Andrea Mitchell. Just don't call her a decent human being. Autumn Aug 2023 #150

Thank you, excellent point. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #154

I call her Andrea Mitchell but I think this OP is one opinion of many ecstatic Aug 2023 #155

No it's not it's actually Mrs. Allan Greenspan ArnoldLayne Aug 2023 #159

Nah, I think Alan is Mr. Andrea Mitchell. whathehell Aug 2023 #166

It's Mrs. Andrea Greenspan legally. ArnoldLayne Aug 2023 #171