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Gabi Hayes

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37. Whoa.....people don't like reality except in very tiny doses

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 03:41 PM

Jul 2017

Eh, EW?

Hope we can dig out before it's too late

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Rick Wilson: This whole thing will burn to the ground before the leadership (Repubs) will man up [View all] MelissaB Jul 2017 OP

And forever tar anyone with an (R) next to their name ghostsinthemachine Jul 2017 #1

They said the same thing after Watergate Wednesdays Jul 2017 #55

I've said the same thing Bettie Jul 2017 #2

Same here. Duppers Jul 2017 #20

I have been saying all along and this includes justice. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #3

NO. NOT HELPFUL. That's the attitude Putin and the GOP WANT us to have. pnwmom Jul 2017 #7

I know, but I do those ON PURPOSE to show my ANGER at the people who Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #42

Your frequent defeatist surrender posts ("it is over") are NOT helpful to Democrats or progressives. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #30

Whoa.....people don't like reality except in very tiny doses Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #37

I agree. Until we can fire Putin.... workinclasszero Jul 2017 #45

Thank you , and my point is this was ALL AVOIDABLE but for...oops, cant say it Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #46

I detest the expression "man up" Skittles Jul 2017 #4

No, it doesn't, it's the difference between being a boy and having the maturity of a man OnDoutside Jul 2017 #5

exactly how is that different from just being an ADULT? Skittles Jul 2017 #6

Why don't you start using the term Adult Up ? Maybe it will catch on ! OnDoutside Jul 2017 #10

so sorry you cannot admit I am correct Skittles Jul 2017 #13

Only because you are wrong. It's a common saying. There's nothing stopping you from OnDoutside Jul 2017 #15

LOLOL Skittles Jul 2017 #16

Common is no excuse. "Mighty white of you" used to be common. Using "gay" as negative still common. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #25

+1 flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #38

Yes. That expression does not malign indians Hulk Smash II Jul 2017 #43

Think again. It does malign and they are not "Indians" which maligns them a second way. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #44

In fairness, that's just being silly. If I'm talking to a male OnDoutside Jul 2017 #50

Sexism is sexism even when it is two men talking together. Like for racism, that's no excuse either. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #51

I completely disagree with you. This goes to ridiculous lengths, it's no wonder people recoil OnDoutside Jul 2017 #52

It's easy to purge sexist language. In RETAINING it, you're the one going to ridiculous lengths Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #53

In YOUR opinion ! If you want to see sexism in everything, off you go, but please stop trying to OnDoutside Jul 2017 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #24

Not a bad idea. maddiemom Jul 2017 #39

It's funny, I've used that term recently, a couple of times, for the the first time in as OnDoutside Jul 2017 #41

And DU is liberal, can you imagine what the rightwing sites are like? Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #47

Here's three minutes of spoken word Nevernose Jul 2017 #8

wow - does he ever get it Skittles Jul 2017 #11

More.... loyalsister Jul 2017 #18

+1. That was unexpectedly excellent and spot on point. Thank you! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #26

Awesome (and so's Kipling) Hekate Jul 2017 #29

He's great--thank you for posting. spooky3 Jul 2017 #40

It is sexist to assume that a politician has to be male gender. Period. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #23

you're wrong. she's right. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #28

Yes, it's archaic sexist BS. nt Maven Jul 2017 #19

Best response I've seen so far: Fortify! Saviolo Jul 2017 #21

It also perpetuates the sense that men run congress--clearly a big part of the problem flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #31

Ryan and McConnell are on Russia's payroll too, I wouldn't be shocked or surprised if they are uponit7771 Jul 2017 #9

of course they are Skittles Jul 2017 #12

RussiaPlublican party should all be going to jail, there's no "...its in the past.." with this shit uponit7771 Jul 2017 #14

Your point needs to be screamed from the rooftops daily TeapotInATempest Jul 2017 #34

The leadership is malaise Jul 2017 #17

Nunes, Chaffetz, Rohrabacher and more, too. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #48

"man up"? Why the sexist phrase? (Wilson, not MelissaB) Is Nancy Pelosi ever required to "man up"? Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #22

The Republican betrayal of America is epic skuzz Achilleaze Jul 2017 #27

That's an awe-inspiring comment Hekate Jul 2017 #32

Yep. nt SunSeeker Jul 2017 #33

And he means "American democracy" by "This whole thing" sharedvalues Jul 2017 #35

Please define "this whole thing" bucolic_frolic Jul 2017 #36

Rick leaves out that he's one of the people who made his party what it is. JHB Jul 2017 #49

That's their objective: DESTROY the US Gov't. They said so. SHitler & Bannon. n/t CousinIT Jul 2017 #56