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OnDoutside

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

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 04:05 PM

Jul 2017

long as I can remember. I have a fantastic 11 year old son who is intelligent and kind, but cries rather easily. It's just that he's gentle, (and we don't want that to change), but there are lots of kids out there, that he will interact with, who would buy and sell him. In a couple of situations I have found myself asking him to "man up a little", not harshly or anything, but I explained what I mean. It's a handy shortcut, in getting across that it's not the end of the world if he has to eat a small bit of veg (!), or it's his responsibility to make sure he packs his Nintendo DS charger and then forgets.

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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