'bernie bro' has misandrist connotations (Reply #174)

In the discussion thread: If you think the term 'Bernie Bro' is funny, would you find the term 'Hillary Hag' funny too? [View all]

Response to Katashi_itto (Reply #106)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 05:47 PM

redruddyred (1,615 posts)

174. 'bernie bro' has misandrist connotations

women have faced centuries of oppression, sure, but if you're going to call us 'sexists' at the drop of a hat, it's a cinch that you're not too concerned with women's rights.

she remarks wistfully as the clinton campaign destroys her credibility as a feminist

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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
Give them a break, we're not dealing with deep thinkers here.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#1
Yup, a couple proved it today	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2016	#20
Every time I think they've typed it all...	Desert805	Apr 2016	#30
Right? It's only a matter of time before they want to see his grocery receipts.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#31
And all this because they fear he might stand between Hill	senz	Apr 2016	#44
Tax Returns do not equal Grocery Receipts. I want to know how $50,000 in deductions	KittyWampus	Apr 2016	#252
I WANNA KNOW WHAT BRAND OF LAUNDRY SOAP HE USES!!!	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#268
If they say that, I've started responding that I believe their	Fawke Em	Apr 2016	#37
It IS insane. Something seriously wrong with this Vatican obsession.	senz	Apr 2016	#43
He's getting to Rome by giving money to the fossil fuel industry.	Nyan	Apr 2016	#60
Haha!!	Else You Are Mad	Apr 2016	#130
LOL. That one is pretty funny.	tabasco	Apr 2016	#108
'Zactly.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#38
Remember when the class bully used to call the smart kids names?	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#42
Nice explanation but I still loathe each and every	senz	Apr 2016	#45
Well we can feel sorry for them and still think they're assholes.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#46
Yeah that's one of the differences I've noticed.	senz	Apr 2016	#56
My sister has stopped posting positive	unapatriciated	Apr 2016	#154
...	senz	Apr 2016	#156
She has found other ways	unapatriciated	Apr 2016	#157
Friends of 9 years	Bjornsdotter	Apr 2016	#176
It took me far too long to figure that out.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#49
Is that the guy who claims he's a neurologist who constantly "diagnoses" Bernie?	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#51
I can't keep track of the Transparency Page All-Star Team.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#53
I guess my question here is...	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2016	#101
Im not.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#160
Sure you are...	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2016	#161
If you followed the context of the conversation you're jumping into	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#162
If this were the only one	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2016	#164
Well it is awfully 'gossipy meta' of you, to pay that much attention, isn't it?	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#165
Oh brother	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2016	#166
You dont see it, i get it.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#167
Not even close.	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2016	#180
I could go through the list of some of these hides on the pages im talking about	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#184
Drop in the bucket	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2016	#187
It's classic bully behavior to play the victim and blame the target.	KittyWampus	Apr 2016	#256
Oh indeed, your posts in this thread are definitely the perfect illustration of this behaviour.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#269
A 'deep thinker' would realize "hag" is a derogative, term for females	KittyWampus	Apr 2016	#254
A deep thinker would have gotten the point of the op.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#267
Hill chic?	Downwinder	Apr 2016	#2
The term is stupid	mythology	Apr 2016	#3
It is indeed:	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#6
someones muscles are showing	restorefreedom	Apr 2016	#12
I love that calendar and the pics that were uploaded.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#15
I liked the guy in the upper left corner. He looked like fun.	senz	Apr 2016	#48
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
The Babes for Bernie one is really sweet. Makes me proud.	senz	Apr 2016	#47
Their Facebook page would make you cry.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#57
That's beautiful	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#87
Fair is fair	Politicalboi	Apr 2016	#4
If you think the term 'Princess Weathervane' is funny, how about 'Comrade Bernie"?	brooklynite	Apr 2016	#5
Its "camp weathervane"	JackInGreen	Apr 2016	#7
I've seen both.	brooklynite	Apr 2016	#9
I've never seen princess	JackInGreen	Apr 2016	#14
do a search for Princess Weathervane in the search box above...	brooklynite	Apr 2016	#16
Of course as Americans we (most of us) have a strong anti-royalist bent, and mocking our officials	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2016	#100
I'm OK with this	Cheese Sandwich	Apr 2016	#11
"Weathervane" is inaccurate	mindwalker_i	Apr 2016	#33
That ^^^	Go Vols	Apr 2016	#135
I prefer the Red Queen.	Kalidurga	Apr 2016	#34
Republicans call him	apcalc	Apr 2016	#228
Hill billys	dana_b	Apr 2016	#8
Hillbullys - which is an actual hash tag	Zira	Apr 2016	#59
That's how I'm going to respond next time I see "Cool story, Bro."	femmedem	Apr 2016	#62
I thought Hillbully was one of the nicer suggestions and kind of cute,	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#248
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2016	#10
What about Hillbots?	oberliner	Apr 2016	#13
Hag is a much more derogatory term and this reeks of the men's rights crap.	Zynx	Apr 2016	#17
Yep	imaginary girl	Apr 2016	#18
ive heard so many men say BRO to each other	artyteacher	Apr 2016	#19
No. BernieBro has been defined and it is used as a slur to paint Bernie supporters as misogynistic	cui bono	Apr 2016	#27
^^^THAT^^^	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#32
ok...	artyteacher	Apr 2016	#76
LOL	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#169
I call my sister HAG	Silver_Witch	Apr 2016	#104
Totally irrelevant in this context. It's meant as a slur, much like	merrily	Apr 2016	#151
Well what do you think BernieBro is a reference to? Men's rights crap.	cui bono	Apr 2016	#26
False equivalency is dangerous. However,	Nyan	Apr 2016	#36
I'd nominate Tammy Baldwin.	Fuddnik	Apr 2016	#73
The term "Bernie Bros & Hos" is a thing now on Facebook	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2016	#21
And "Bernie bitches" too.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#23
It's been an ugly campaign on both sides	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2016	#24
Yep, right from the moment Bernie announced.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#25
I've been on DU since 2004	Bettie	Apr 2016	#97
I don't think you can make that equivalency. Bernie has been above the board	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#88
I'm not talking about the candidates themselves	LadyHawkAZ	Apr 2016	#89
Wow. They are the most immature and mean bunch of people I've ever encountered. n/t	cui bono	Apr 2016	#28
And the biggest hypocrites too.	beam me up scottie	Apr 2016	#29
I think HillBullies is pretty good	rachacha	Apr 2016	#22
Oh I haven't seen that one	Kalidurga	Apr 2016	#35
I agree and it actually fits how they operate. But there must be something better	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#90
"Personality Cultists" works too. [n/t]	Maedhros	Apr 2016	#155
The Hill Folk think "Bernie Bro" is the height of wit	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#39
DU is filmed in front of a live studio audience	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2016	#188
There is no equivalency between bros and hag ...	Onlooker	Apr 2016	#40
Actually, when you make up an insult, you should expect to be repaid in kind, and then some.	reformist2	Apr 2016	#200
10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man	TomCADem	Apr 2016	#41
Hillary's people seem to desperately want this campaign to be about anything EXCEPT actual policy.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#50
Thought The OP Was Pro-Bernie. Guess I Was Wrong	TomCADem	Apr 2016	#52
Probably.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2016	#54
Come to think of it, you're probably right, I can't even remember . . . . . you get so involved in	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#91
It's not the same thing.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#58
In this context 'bro' is derogatory.	smiley	Apr 2016	#69
If so it's the only context in which it is.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#79
Context is the thing that makes words of love into words of hate. That's how language works.	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2016	#103
Then there's verbosity.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#107
I think you're "unqualified" to make that statment.	smiley	Apr 2016	#171
Do you now.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#182
meh...	smiley	Apr 2016	#183
That wouldn't be fair.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#190
Who me?...	smiley	Apr 2016	#199
You first.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#201
and isn't "hag" a term of endearment in the gay community?	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#93
And black people use the N word.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#98
You are wrong...	tonedevil	Apr 2016	#132
It still seems like you're being way too touchy.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#158
From where do you...	tonedevil	Apr 2016	#159
From the position of an outsider whose sick and tired of all this Clinton and Sanders catfighting.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#163
"supposed to be fighting the republicans"	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#170
People like you are why people outside America	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#185
people like you	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#189
No, that's all down to you.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#191
NO U	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#197
No it's a rude American thing.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#198
i'm not there	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#202
A large group of white Americans were incredibly rude to the Mexicans at the hotel.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#203
they treat white americans they consider "beneath them" much the same	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#204
You were the one who changed the topic.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#210
i open my house to couchsurfers	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#211
I'm sure you're a saint.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#213
neither cruz nor trump will ever become president	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#215
People said Hitler would never become chancellor.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#219
"isn't stupid" that's a relief	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#222
You're full of assumptions and ignorance.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#225
your lack of insight into the american psyche	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#229
Considering you thought I was American	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#234
mexicans are objectively racist af	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#236
I think there's quite a lot of words you don't use.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#238
is that why you're supporting the candidate who wants to make us work	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#239
I don't support either candidate.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#241
"bro" vs "hag" has clear partisan connotations in this context	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#242
You can't complain that America got the raw end of the deal.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#243
"america"	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#244
I've worked with people from all different cultures.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#245
that's not what we're discussing and you know it nt	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#246
It's hard to tell what we're discussing.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#249
ought i to defend myself	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#250
You can do what you want.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#253
clinton isn't a democrat	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#255
We've not established anything (that's all in your head.)	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#258
yeah, calling out racism	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#259
You were the one who had a go at the Mexicans.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#262
mexicans sure seem to enjoy going after me	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#264
Of course it's not a debate.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#270
it takes two to tango bb	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#273
Now you're projecting your own twisted desires.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#277
UMAD BRO	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#279
Wow, that's up to date.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#281
i try to respond in kind	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#284
You really are quite backwards.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#286
cameron is almost as awesome an awesome guy as hillary	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#288
It is true.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#290
at least our problems are reformable	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#293
You're too far gone for that.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#295
"doctor doolittle"	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#297
in the spirit of your own adhominem flinging	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#251
Like I said.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#257
"hag" shouldn't be a problem then nt	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#261
You can call me what you want.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#263
don't worry, i shall	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#265
That's because of your American arrogance.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#271
"american arrogance"	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#272
Yes	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#274
here's a novel solution	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#275
Not a very good leaf,	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#278
enzymes?	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#280
You're the one who's displayed signs of racism and sexism.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#282
moar british pride	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#283
American education is such	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#285
british tech savvy is such that	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#287
You really are a total muppet.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#289
i wouldn't be trumpeting that fact around if i were you	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#292
You've proven you're incapable of anytrhing.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#294
ass sphincter says what?	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#296
good point	pdsimdars	Apr 2016	#193
Thank you.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#194
Are you so linguistically challenged as to equate the	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#61
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2016	#63
Since I cannot reply to hidden posts	merrily	Apr 2016	#64
Judicious decision. Well done, jury.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#65
tt nt	merrily	Apr 2016	#66
Were you expecting some sort of reply? I'm afraid	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#67
My only comment for you is that you may want to look up the definition of "acronym."	merrily	Apr 2016	#68
What should one call a collection of random letters if not	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#70
I just assumed you would be able to understand the definition if you read it.	merrily	Apr 2016	#72
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
Your powers of communication fail you? Sad...	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#99
Yes, you nailed it: Your inability to understand is my Waterloo.	merrily	Apr 2016	#115
Enjoy...it's all downhill from here, once you admit you've met your:	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#117
You don't need to warn me that you may continue not to understand. I got that.	merrily	Apr 2016	#118
Berniebro:	Go Vols	Apr 2016	#140
from urban dictionary	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#206
Obdurate insistence that these lexical elements are commensurate in their derogatory impact	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#208
you forgot to include the second part of that definition	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#212
"Obdurate insistence reveals a manifestly simple mind."	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#214
not a bro, bro	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#216
Your attitudes and behavior reveal what you are.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#217
i agree	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#218
You see? There can always be a "terrain d'entente"...	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#220
moi aussi je suis bien contente	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#221
Merci bien pour le compliment. Mais, désolée. Je n'ai pas de chien--et même plus un chat.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#223
malheureusement je n'ai jamais t'appele une chienne	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#224
Et moi, je n'oserais jamais vous appeler un pauvre con.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#226
ou meme les vrais francais	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#230
C'est du charabia complet. Vaut mieux laisser tomber.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#231
j'ai la meme croyance	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#232
Et, si vous n'aimez pas le locution 'pauvre con', vous n'avez pas à prononcer l'insulte 'chienne'.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#233
okay, mais ne te vexe pas si	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#235
Et moi, je continue avec le épithet "Bro" à votre égard. C'est convenu.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#237
je suis confuse	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#240
not equivalent as hag is more derogatory than bro	treestar	Apr 2016	#71
Bro and Hag are not equivalent.	gollygee	Apr 2016	#74
You do know there are females voting for Bernie who are offended being called Bro?	B Calm	Apr 2016	#105
So if I understand "Bernie Bro" right, it isn't about women supporters	gollygee	Apr 2016	#112
can we please shift the discussion to actual experiences of sexist discrimination	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#172
OK, you could make a thread on that	gollygee	Apr 2016	#175
no, it's topical so i'm bringing it up now	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#178
Who recommends this chit?	grossproffit	Apr 2016	#77
The BoB contingent, obviously. The pong of their BS is unmistakable.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#80
A misogynist post.	seabeyond	Apr 2016	#78
Quite mild by BoB brigade standards. Compared to the one that	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#83
Yes. They are proud but then they think it makes them all that instead of pathetic.	seabeyond	Apr 2016	#84
Locker room rubbish. That's all they're capable of.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#85
Yup. And I stand by my Yup. Lol. Nt	seabeyond	Apr 2016	#86
You are a...	Buddyblazon	Apr 2016	#94
No boasting about anything. Unless you have a wholely	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#96
Both you and seabeyond...	Buddyblazon	Apr 2016	#124
Don't like our "misandry"(c)? Trash thread is your friend.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#125
And there it is...	Buddyblazon	Apr 2016	#128
"misogonists"--if you're going to use big words that you don't know,	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#139
Spelling?	Buddyblazon	Apr 2016	#145
Awwww, here, have another. You seem genuinely wretched.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#149
Served you up...	Buddyblazon	Apr 2016	#150
Please, I'm of the female gender. And, as for being a gentleman, you might take your own	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#152
Then take getting served like a lady...	Buddyblazon	Apr 2016	#153
Not taking being called a Hag is being a misandrist? Lol. Bah hahahha.	seabeyond	Apr 2016	#114
Jury results...	SidDithers	Apr 2016	#110
Thanks for the heads up, Sid. I presume you were on the jury? Did I call it	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#113
Yup, I was 6...	SidDithers	Apr 2016	#116
Thanks, ole buddy. Wow, did you read the deranged rant of juror N°3?	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#120
Someone's feelings were hurt	Gothmog	Apr 2016	#81
Sticks and stones...	cwydro	Apr 2016	#82
How about Hillqaeda?	VulgarPoet	Apr 2016	#95
That might be a bit much.	Jester Messiah	Apr 2016	#121
Eh.	VulgarPoet	Apr 2016	#138
"Funny" doesn't enter the equation, though. Sanders himself identified the "bros" as a problem	Tarc	Apr 2016	#102
Where, specifically, does Bernie address Bernie bros or use that terminology?	frylock	Apr 2016	#129
See those links in there? They're clickable	Tarc	Apr 2016	#133
Where, in your links, does Bernie SPECIFICALLY address Bernie bros or use that TERMINOLOGY?	frylock	Apr 2016	#141
Not at all a relevant question	Tarc	Apr 2016	#142
No, Bernie bro is some bullshit made up by David "a little bit slutty" Brock.	frylock	Apr 2016	#143
No, it is an identified and undesirable subset of the Sanders camp	Tarc	Apr 2016	#144
Whatever you say, Hillbully.	frylock	Apr 2016	#146
"Hillbully", lol	Tarc	Apr 2016	#147
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2016	#148
poor bernie, unfortunately, is too busy making speeches to spend much time on the internets	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#205
i'd like to hear hillary call out her supporters	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#173
I'm iffy about using "Hillary Hag" I feels like it has mysoginitic overtones. I don't mind calling	Katashi_itto	Apr 2016	#106
'bernie bro' has misandrist connotations	redruddyred	Apr 2016	#174
"Bro" is a friendly expression. "Hag" is a pejorative term.	CBHagman	Apr 2016	#109
In the context Bro is used for Bernie supporters it is not friendly...	Punkingal	Apr 2016	#122
Bro is not...	tonedevil	Apr 2016	#136
And now the OP has been emboldened to suggest "Hos" is okay down thread.	bettyellen	Apr 2016	#266
No contest or comparison...	Mike Nelson	Apr 2016	#111
Cool story, bro	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2016	#192
BernieBro gets you an almost guaranteed Hide	itsrobert	Apr 2016	#119
Now that is a lie....	SocialLibFiscalCon	Apr 2016	#134
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
"Bro" and "Hag" don't equate	pandr32	Apr 2016	#127
So nobody has a derogatory term for Hillary supporters	MattP	Apr 2016	#131
Try harder than this, please....	Blue_Tires	Apr 2016	#137
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
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2016	#179
I use 'Hillbaggers'.	AZ Mike	Apr 2016	#181
I'm using it	d_b	Apr 2016	#186
Personally, I prefer calling them Hill-bullies. eom	Betty Karlson	Apr 2016	#195
bros before hos	mhatrw	Apr 2016	#196
"Supporters" doesn't offend anyone.	Demnorth	Apr 2016	#207
It's not like one is sexist and the other isn't	Arneoker	Apr 2016	#209
I prefer the term "Hillary Fascist",	John Poet	Apr 2016	#227
Hag has negative connotations	treestar	Apr 2016	#247
I was wondering this myself, except changing hag	ghostsinthemachine	Apr 2016	#260
People here are out of touch.	RedCappedBandit	Apr 2016	#276
The first category DOES sexism; the second term IS sexist.	Hekate	Apr 2016	#291
I don't find the term "Bernie Bro" funny.	johnp3907	Apr 2016	#298

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