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Mrs. Betty Bowers on John Fetterman (Original Post) red dog 1 17 hrs ago OP
;-{) Shopping Around Goonch 17 hrs ago #1
Putting him in a dress! Tom Dyer 15 hrs ago #2
Because being trans is meant to be an insult? QueerDuck 15 hrs ago #3
I don't like that either MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #6
It has nothing to do with trans Submariner 14 hrs ago #8
Exactly correct. AZ8theist 14 hrs ago #9
Doesn't matter who you claim it is. That's no excuse! They are using gender as an attack and a way to ridicule him. QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #11
it's not gender, they are comparing him to Sinema. Jbraybarten 44 min ago #12
He's a professional contrarian. Just says the opposite of what anyone else says/anticipates. ToxMarz 15 hrs ago #4
This is a Democrat angrychair 14 hrs ago #5
Did you forget the sarcasm tag? Intractable 14 hrs ago #7
I agree completely with both of those. FoxNewsSucks 14 hrs ago #10

MustLoveBeagles

(16,124 posts)
6. I don't like that either
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:06 PM
14 hrs ago

Telling the truth about him is sufficient. It didn't need to go THERE.

Submariner

(13,356 posts)
8. It has nothing to do with trans
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:14 PM
14 hrs ago

If you look closely, whoever did the cartoon put Fetterman in Kirsten Sinema’s weird yellow dress that DU posters made fun of at that time. She was known as a fashion catastrophe and Fetterman is being targeted for adopting her right wing bullshit.

AZ8theist

(7,314 posts)
9. Exactly correct.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:27 PM
14 hrs ago

It has nothing to do with transphobia.

It is a mock of another Democratic turncoat, Kyrsten Sinema.

And she was much more than a fashion catastrophe, she was an opportunist who stabbed our party in the back. I know, I worked on her campaign. And I worked even harder to get rid of her after her abysmal behaviour in the Senate.

I have a lot of sympathy for Fetterman for his health issues, but not a bit of sympathy for his betrayal of our principles.

Sinema was a circus clown. Fetterman is now in that zone.

QueerDuck

(1,648 posts)
11. Doesn't matter who you claim it is. That's no excuse! They are using gender as an attack and a way to ridicule him.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:44 AM
4 hrs ago

There are many other ways to make the point without stooping to the "she-male" trope and insult.

ToxMarz

(2,908 posts)
4. He's a professional contrarian. Just says the opposite of what anyone else says/anticipates.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:59 PM
15 hrs ago

Makes it easy, doesn't require any brain capacity (his has never been the same since ...) and always raises an eyebrow. Poof, everyone's paying attention to you and treating you as if you're thoughtful and your opinion should be considered (why else would he say it).

angrychair

(12,231 posts)
5. This is a Democrat
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:02 PM
14 hrs ago

That is a duly elected senator from Pennsylvania. We need to listen to him and our big tent no matter what.

Elected Democrats are always right and we should not be speaking poorly of them or support people that do.

Intractable

(2,020 posts)
7. Did you forget the sarcasm tag?
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:12 PM
14 hrs ago

As a free-thinking liberal, I disagree with your words as stated.

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