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Ritabert

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37. Sorry anybody who conveniently forgets their heritage

Reply to tritsofme (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:30 PM

Dec 2023

...and then ignores slavery is delusional or pandering to a racist audience. She deserves to be called Nimarata.

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So when does Nimrata [View all] Old Crank Dec 2023 OP

I just feel like we can criticize her without using a name she doesn't identify with as an insult. tritsofme Dec 2023 #1

Thank you. It's not quite "deadnaming" but we don't need racist dogwhistles in our party Bucky Dec 2023 #2

Just following her fellow GOP member Old Crank Dec 2023 #47

Well, you're following the wrong example Bucky Dec 2023 #52

Yeah because PCIntern Dec 2023 #79

You make a strong argument for acting like Republicans Bucky Jan 2024 #80

Do you know why? PCIntern Jan 2024 #81

I agree, sort of like the deliberate way they mispronounce Kamala Walleye Dec 2023 #3

If Nikkki wanted to be authentic IzzaNuDay Dec 2023 #6

. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #8

NH is code switching - Kamala didn't IzzaNuDay Dec 2023 #12

Are you saying people shouldn't code switch? Because that is also a crap take. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #17

I think it's more MurrayDelph Dec 2023 #29

Oh, has Haley spoken out against name preferences? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #36

Haley said the primary reason for teenage girls suicide mountain grammy Dec 2023 #68

Right but has she said anything about names WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #70

Right because that's really what's important here mountain grammy Dec 2023 #73

Not sure how objecting to weaponized bigotry makes her "my girl," but okay WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #75

And so are your Disaffected Dec 2023 #74

She wants to use her given middle name, she can use her given middle name. Igel Dec 2023 #16

Is Beau running for office. Old Crank Dec 2023 #48

She can call herself Eyeball_Kid Dec 2023 #76

Nikki is her name. Caliman73 Dec 2023 #19

Nikki is one of her given names. It's her middle name; it's Punjabi and not anglicized. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #27

Slightly surprised belpejic Dec 2023 #78

"If Nikkki wanted to be authentic Then she would be using her given name" Polybius Dec 2023 #31

Sorry, but you don't get to rationalize your dog whistles Bucky Dec 2023 #50

It's not Anglecized. It's a nickname or even regular name given to girls in India JI7 Dec 2023 #65

Nikki IS part of her real name: Nimrata Nikki Randhawa. It's her real middle name. tblue37 Dec 2023 #71

I agree, i hate seeing that kind of crap here in DU. nt Raine Dec 2023 #10

It's so sad that she's ashamed of her own heritage and finds the need to appease bigots tenderfoot Dec 2023 #13

How do we know she is ashamed of her heritage? Caliman73 Dec 2023 #20

Do you often lecture other immigrants about this? Sympthsical Dec 2023 #21

Not as often as you lecture everyone on this site about everything under the sun as if you're so above it all. tenderfoot Dec 2023 #22

I actually believe in my liberal principles Sympthsical Dec 2023 #25

"It results in remarkably consistent views, I find." tenderfoot Dec 2023 #28

I don't think defending immigrants is right of center Sympthsical Dec 2023 #32

Post removed Post removed Dec 2023 #34

That's the problem with paper activism Sympthsical Dec 2023 #38

I'm in ForgedCrank Dec 2023 #33

Sorry anybody who conveniently forgets their heritage Ritabert Dec 2023 #37

Why does she deserve to be called Nimrata? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2023 #42

Do you think she'd run as Nimarata for MAGAts? Ritabert Dec 2023 #44

Why should she? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2023 #45

Explain Rsphael Ted Cruz. Old Crank Dec 2023 #49

I don't think so either. Dulcinea Dec 2023 #72

I heard about her wanting to pardon stinky MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #4

Nimrata has one serious problem malaise Dec 2023 #5

I agree completely with you. Stinky The Clown Dec 2023 #14

I stole the part about the college from a tweet malaise Dec 2023 #18

+1 dalton99a Dec 2023 #15

CORRECT HAB911 Dec 2023 #24

They're all so despicable. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #51

Everything is about them malaise Dec 2023 #53

😲😲😲 did not know about her pops at am hbcu uponit7771 Dec 2023 #56

Lots of them use our institutions to climb up malaise Dec 2023 #57

This pisses me off to no end that she thinks pandering to the stupid 20% is needed uponit7771 Dec 2023 #61

And he used his African name malaise Dec 2023 #62

Wow! She said that?? She is really getting desperate. ecstatic Dec 2023 #7

Remember Barrack Hussein Obama? Stainless Dec 2023 #9

I think it matters because it shows she's not authentic ecstatic Dec 2023 #58

The name usage here says far more about you than Haley Blue_Adept Dec 2023 #11

When DUers use her first name HAB911 Dec 2023 #23

Her given middle name, Nikki, is Punjabi. It wasn't anglicized. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #35

We can also disagree about that, as well HAB911 Dec 2023 #43

I agree MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2023 #63

thank you HAB911 Dec 2023 #67

No, it is racist. ARandomPerson Dec 2023 #59

Weaponizing bigotry is still bigotry. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #60

To pretend otherwise, is racist in my opinion. NotVeryImportant Dec 2023 #69

How about using the name she uses instead of implicitly insulting her Ocelot II Dec 2023 #26

Agree. And on these pages it is often aimed at women question everything Dec 2023 #30

Because Mr. Emhoff never tried to screw over the American public Ritabert Dec 2023 #39

So you are holding women responsible for the acts of their spouse. How 50s and apparently question everything Dec 2023 #40

Actually boomer here Ritabert Dec 2023 #41

Why do you say she absorbed it from him ? It's more likely JI7 Dec 2023 #66

who is old enough to remember the gop wanted jimmy carter on the ballot as james dembotoz Dec 2023 #46

Am I the only one who thought "Nimrata" was RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #54

I think all the Republican candidates have openly Emile Dec 2023 #55

Nikki is a common nickname for Indian girls JI7 Dec 2023 #64

Don't give a shit what her name is. What I hate about her is her BS lying. In the lousy book Ziggysmom Dec 2023 #77