I also detest the reference to BALLS as some indicator of courage - sooooo fucking sexist

pointed out numerous times.

they insist it's OK - it's just a "saying" for example

You make valid points. And I'll add that I am convinced that forum members are fully capable of making jokes -- aimed at the same targets -- in the darkest of humor. And I respect that.

those two sickos that never once veered into sexism, making the ones that do that much more disappointing.

I speak out in the most graphic and gobsmacking ways on behalf of women almost every day here.

I don't use the terms you mention, but I am not offended in the least by them.
And I don't see why calling him First Lady is offensive.
He might as well occupy that role with his constant side by side presence.

We are in the fight of our lives to save our democracy, freedom, and the lives of Americans.
I am in it to win it.

If a few feathers get ruffled so be it.
We didn't win WWII by acting like we were drinking tea with the church pastor.

And with all due respect I am getting tired of the lectures about how to think, act, feel.

I am furious, heart broken, and scared like everyone else.

We need some breathing room for god's sake.

Our country will soon be ruled by a bona fide fascist crime syndicate.

People here are scared, terrified, facing many possible losses and dangers.

Grieving the loss of freedom and our democracy.

Worried about our children and grandchildren too.

Parsing words in meaningless ways seems counter productive to me.
First Lady, First Gentleman, seems the same thing to me and an obscure minor point
when we are in the fight for our lives and way of life.

I come from a military family.
You keep your eye on the ball and achieve your mission.
Not squabbling about minutia and splitting hairs.
We are in it to win it. Not horse around.

As I said, I am one of the most fierce advocates for women on this forum.
I don't need lectures on how to fight the good fight.
I don't need lessons on how to act if someday I am having tea with the King
and need to watch every word to make sure I follow palace protocol.

Totally concur with this sentiment.

I try to avoid sophmoric jokes and digression. Some that I see are funny....BUT! Nothing about what is going on is funny. We shouldn't get distracted from the serious nature. We need our attention to be on the reality - as painful as it is.

We all need some breathing room. Sexist remarks deny that breathing room to others.

You don't see why calling him First Lady is offensive? It is intended as a insult to Musk, of course. It is also intended to be humorous. Why is calling someone a lady an insult and why would that be humorous?

With all due respect, aren't you lecturing the OP about how to think, act, feel with your post?

FIGHT these GOP mfrs with EVERYTHING we got. Eff this “we go high” BS.

Misgendering someone is a violation of the TOS for DU because it is trans-hostile.

Per EarlG:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215969127
https://www.democraticunderground.com/101312142

when I rant in the privacy of my own kitchen. Then I immediately feel guilty and hypocritical since I love dogs and I follow my rant with a, "sorry to all lap dogs and non lap dogs out there".

is pretty much an insult to them. We apparently have to expand our vocabularies.

Now, about 75% of my rants at home include all of George Carlin's 7 things you can't say on TV and Lenny Bruce's 9 dirty words. I throw a few Italian and French profanity as well. My Italian grandmom taught me a few.

purchased at our local Old Globe Theatre gift shop.

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I remember posting this earlier, so I did a search on DU to find the pic, and it popped up.

But the 'weird' part is, I posted it EXACTLY one year ago today, and YOU responded to my post(#7) !!!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218549065

President Musk & Crime Minister Trump. Someone on DU posted this & I love it!

Better we simply focus on the facts.
Elon Musk torpedoed a spending bill based on absolute malarkey.

Either Mr. Musk is stupid
Lazy
Or deliberately lying

I don’t know which one it is.
Could be a combo.

I do know the original bill Mr. Musk torpedoed had serious restrictions on China’s use of our (American’s invented/ patents) technologies.

It looks like more people should be asking representative Rosa de Laurio’s questions. Did Mr. Musk kill the deal to protect his Chinese facility (producing 50% of Teslas) ?

Representative DeLaurio wrote the following:

“It is particularly disturbing that Musk may have sought to upend this critical negotiated agreement to remove a bipartisan provision regulating U.S. investments in China in order to protect his wallet and the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of American workers, innovators, and businesses.”

https://delauro.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/delauro.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024.12.20%20Letter%20from%20RM%20DeLauro%20to%20Congressional%20Leadership.pdf

That is the important question.

Mr. Musk holding the GOP’s dear leaders puppet strings is a better way to describe that weird situation.

And he is violently anti-trans. His daughter plans to leave the country.

The Trump/Musk twins are motivated by greed, power, control of others, sexual domination and abuse.

Defending against them is asymmetric warfare.

We all know Musk and Trump aren't having an affair, so it's obvious sarcasm, not like the Buchanan-King memes, such as memes were in the 1850s.

The -ania is an allusion to Trump's wife. Why isn't she being the first lady? While I don't think very highly of her, that's completely on him.

So Trump is such an asshole his wife isn't really speaking to him and he's spending all of his time with this dude.

It's not black and white, and your caution is well-intended and should be well-considered.

Misgendering someone (referring to Musk using female labels or names) is a violation of the TOS, as EarlG made clear.

Per EarlG:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215969127
https://www.democraticunderground.com/101312142

Most men had nothing to do with the underlying.

we merely point out that there's a version of masculinity, which appears to be growing, that embraces the worst of human attributes & glorifies them. The reverse of that is to shame & humiliate what are traditionally considered feminine traits. And women aren't immune to these ways of thinking either but I do think you will find women who think this way are generally aligned with these types of men.