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yellow dahlia

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27. Agreed. Important to remember that this is serious - deadly serious.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:40 PM

Dec 2024

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.

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A plea to Du'ers. While we are having all kinds of fun with the sick, [View all] niyad Dec 2024 OP

it's done so casually Skittles Dec 2024 #1

Yes, the casual sexism is pervasive, and there are days that it has to be niyad Dec 2024 #2

sometimes when I point it out Skittles Dec 2024 #7

I know. I get the same sort of thing. niyad Dec 2024 #9

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2024 #3

Thank you. I have seen so many truly clever, vicious, comments about niyad Dec 2024 #5

I am one of the strongest and most outspoken, fierce, supporters of women's rights here. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #4

I believe calling him First Gentleman would be just as effective. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #8

Thank you. niyad Dec 2024 #10

I am tired of the word police when we are in the fight for our lives and democracy. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #12

Woman vet here keepthemhonestO Dec 2024 #24

Agreed. Important to remember that this is serious - deadly serious. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #27

The ball I have my eyes on is the progressive unprejudiced non-sexist caring thoughtful future that Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2024 #32

Right Cirsium Dec 2024 #23

thank you. this pearl clutching has to stop Red Raider 85 Dec 2024 #26

Review the TOS. Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #37

Some of this could also be seen, rightfully, as homophobic and/or gender bashing. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #6

Sadly true. niyad Dec 2024 #11

Folks, just avoid the sexism: call Little Donnie the Vice President elect. More effective than naming Eelon anything. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2024 #13

That works. niyad Dec 2024 #18

I'm determined to refer to 45 only as "IT". LoisB Dec 2024 #14

That works. . .but then there is "It" from the Addams family! niyad Dec 2024 #17

No offense to the Addams Family's "It" intended. LoisB Dec 2024 #28

I do know you meant It no offense. niyad Dec 2024 #33

I've referred to him as the lap dog BigmanPigman Dec 2024 #15

Understood.Sadly, comparing him to almost anything sentient, normal, useful, niyad Dec 2024 #16

Since 2016 my vocabulary has shrunk.... BigmanPigman Dec 2024 #19

There are always the lists of Shakespearean/Elizabethan insults. niyad Dec 2024 #20

I have a Shakespearean Insults Coffee Mug, Abolishinist Dec 2024 #40

Does it come in a travel mug? niyad Dec 2024 #41

Not sure of that, but this is really weird. Abolishinist Dec 2024 #42

Now that is funny! niyad Dec 2024 #44

100% but I am not having any fun. mahina Dec 2024 #21

You are correct. There is nothing funny about those two. niyad Dec 2024 #22

I have thick skin. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #25

+1 CrispyQ Dec 2024 #29

I am so stealing "crime minister"!!! niyad Dec 2024 #34

Quite right Tweedy Dec 2024 #30

Just a factoid. Musk has completely flipped out over his trans daughter. usonian Dec 2024 #31

I disagree. carpetbagger Dec 2024 #35

It is black and white on DU. Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #39

And trans-hostile. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2024 #36

Yes. niyad Dec 2024 #38

Assigning all the detrimental attributes to men is also sexist bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #43

We don't assign those attributes, CrispyQ Dec 2024 #45