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In reply to the discussion: If you think the term 'Bernie Bro' is funny, would you find the term 'Hillary Hag' funny too? [View all]Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)58. It's not the same thing.
Bro has never been a derogatory term for a man.
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If you think the term 'Bernie Bro' is funny, would you find the term 'Hillary Hag' funny too? [View all]
reformist2
Apr 2016
OP
Right? It's only a matter of time before they want to see his grocery receipts.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#31
Tax Returns do not equal Grocery Receipts. I want to know how $50,000 in deductions
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#252
Is that the guy who claims he's a neurologist who constantly "diagnoses" Bernie?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#51
Well it is awfully 'gossipy meta' of you, to pay that much attention, isn't it?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#165
I could go through the list of some of these hides on the pages im talking about
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#184
Oh indeed, your posts in this thread are definitely the perfect illustration of this behaviour.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#269
If you do an image search there are a lot of funny guys, and a lot of hotties.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#55
If you think the term 'Princess Weathervane' is funny, how about 'Comrade Bernie"?
brooklynite
Apr 2016
#5
Of course as Americans we (most of us) have a strong anti-royalist bent, and mocking our officials
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#100
No. BernieBro has been defined and it is used as a slur to paint Bernie supporters as misogynistic
cui bono
Apr 2016
#27
Wow. They are the most immature and mean bunch of people I've ever encountered. n/t
cui bono
Apr 2016
#28
I agree and it actually fits how they operate. But there must be something better
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#90
Actually, when you make up an insult, you should expect to be repaid in kind, and then some.
reformist2
Apr 2016
#200
Hillary's people seem to desperately want this campaign to be about anything EXCEPT actual policy.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#50
Come to think of it, you're probably right, I can't even remember . . . . . you get so involved in
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#91
Context is the thing that makes words of love into words of hate. That's how language works.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#103
From the position of an outsider whose sick and tired of all this Clinton and Sanders catfighting.
Bad Dog
Apr 2016
#163
A large group of white Americans were incredibly rude to the Mexicans at the hotel.
Bad Dog
Apr 2016
#203
My only comment for you is that you may want to look up the definition of "acronym."
merrily
Apr 2016
#68
What have I not understood? "tt nt" either means something or it does not.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#75
You didn't understand the definition of acronym--*and* you didn't understand my post
merrily
Apr 2016
#92
You don't need to warn me that you may continue not to understand. I got that.
merrily
Apr 2016
#118
Obdurate insistence that these lexical elements are commensurate in their derogatory impact
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#208
Merci bien pour le compliment. Mais, désolée. Je n'ai pas de chien--et même plus un chat.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#223
Et, si vous n'aimez pas le locution 'pauvre con', vous n'avez pas à prononcer l'insulte 'chienne'.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#233
You do know there are females voting for Bernie who are offended being called Bro?
B Calm
Apr 2016
#105
can we please shift the discussion to actual experiences of sexist discrimination
redruddyred
Apr 2016
#172
Yes. They are proud but then they think it makes them all that instead of pathetic.
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#84
Please, I'm of the female gender. And, as for being a gentleman, you might take your own
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#152
Thanks for the heads up, Sid. I presume you were on the jury? Did I call it
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#113
"Funny" doesn't enter the equation, though. Sanders himself identified the "bros" as a problem
Tarc
Apr 2016
#102
Where, in your links, does Bernie SPECIFICALLY address Bernie bros or use that TERMINOLOGY?
frylock
Apr 2016
#141
poor bernie, unfortunately, is too busy making speeches to spend much time on the internets
redruddyred
Apr 2016
#205
I'm iffy about using "Hillary Hag" I feels like it has mysoginitic overtones. I don't mind calling
Katashi_itto
Apr 2016
#106
I don't find it to be funny. I find it to be an overall accurate descriptor.
NCTraveler
Apr 2016
#123
In American English, "Bro" is a positive term and "Hag" is negative. As far as alliteration goes,
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2016
#126
Unless 'Hag' was formerly a positive reference and then twisted into a negative...
MerryBlooms
Apr 2016
#168
How is 'bro' in any way analogous to 'hag'? Perhaps I'm missing something...nt
jonno99
Apr 2016
#177