Excuse me? First, the article is wrong. She was born in Oak Park. Graduated from Naperville High School. That is NORTHERN Illinois. I was born and raised in Southern Illinois. Still live here. It is not a desolate hellscape by any means.
I find it doubtful she (or anyone here, really) has even made it down to the parts of the 618 that she represents to say otherwise.
That said, folks from the Chicago suburbs consider anything south of Kankakee to be Southern Illinois, so this isn't an especially new misunderstanding of geography.
I lived and worked in Harrisburg for a number of years. Some of my most leftist friends are there. There are backwards folks, for sure (and sadly they’re sometimes the loudest) but far from “hellscape.” The jerks are outweighed by the good folks who will do anything to help someone who needs it. 💜
I grew up at Vandalia, which is sort of Southern Illinois-lite, and I would dispute this. It's not the South; it's the Bible Belt. The South is in the Bible Belt, but the two are not the same.
For the record, Miller's district contains more than Southern Illinois. I'm at the edge of her district in the 217, and virtually every town I've ever lived in (none of them truly in So. Ill.) is within the confines of her district. (The gerrymandering of districts here is WILD.)
Honestly, I've driven all over the country and always say that Southern Illinois is the bleakest place that I've been. Not the people, but the landscape. Although if they vote for her . . .
Unfortunately, I live here. I just posted about this hateful slur against representative McBride. I will also go to her email site and phone call her about this. She calls herself a Christian.
It's been a hard time getting it all figured out, moving is so hard. 😔
I always kinda liked Lexington, but everyone in the state government kind of sucks outside of Beshear, so I feel you. I'm from the other side, and I grew up in Owensboro until I came out and moved immediately.
As someone who just left Chicago to an area not too far from your congressional region in Central IL, I'm curious to know what (if any) organizing looks like in Springfield and Downstate. The most I hear is the call for secession.
The "New Illinois" folks have been quiet since the election.
These are people who are too frightened to visit the beautiful city of Chicago. Every time we go, I post pictures of how I got unalived on the mean streets.
I read that they were attempting to join Indiana's ranks.
W/ the rise of displacement/gentrification, it sounds bad, but I want Chicago to be as scary as possible to those people & everyone else who trashed us. I was told that Peoria was just as bad, but it's the opposite. Needs more $$$ though.
The whole western side of the district was once represented by Dick Durbin and later the late Lane Evans. A well funded candidate who appeals to community, agriculture, and real rural issues could beat neo - nazi Mary .
It's about getting a Democrat for the first time in over 30 years. Fighting through the so-called mainstream media (read corporate like Sinclair) took extra effort.
Sucks, but the GOP sure isn't going to stop gerrymandering. It would be stupid to unilaterally disarm and give them bigger majorities. We need to fight as dirty as they do or it will be permanent Trump. Failure to do so is why we're roasting in the current dumpster fire.
That’s my district, IL 13th, gerrymandered by the Democrats, all the college towns and bigger central Illinois cities. Theoretically, I am opposed to gerrymandering but we got D-Nikki Budzinski after the recent redistricting. Until the evil GOP winds shift, Dems must use every opportunity to win.
Where is Effingham?
My car broke down in Effingham long ago, and it made me re-evaluate my opinion of white people. before that, I thought all were racist or prejudiced, but Effingham showed me, besides hippies, some were actually neither racist nor prejudiced.
Source: Me, someone in Western IL who is repped by her and hates every second of it and will be contacting her about this because I will not let her rest.
Based on being half way through the book 1924: The Year That Made Hitler, it seems to me like the Bavarian legal system was 89% at fault for giving him a show trial and coddling him - with his co-conspirators - in a cushy, low-security prison where he write Mein Kampf and ate bonbons all day..
#MaryMiller refuses to meet with her own constituents but has time to sneak in town to meet with the #FarmBureau to fill their ears with lies! We are holding our own town hall in #Illinois without her! Please spread the word! #MAGA #lies
The Illinois map is one of the few in the country drawn *by Democrats* to maximize Democratic seats. And its pretty damn good at it, 14-3 D-R delegation to Congress. Miller's district is one of the three R vote sinks.
Being a voter in a state with maps like this one that are not competitive leads to low voter engagement and low turnout. We know that to be true. I agree that you have to play the game your opponent is playing, but we can also accept the reality that it’s bad for citizens.
Again, I get it. But gerrymandering to me is the easy way out. One thing that republicans/conservatives/fascists have done so much better than Dems/lefties is organize at a grassroots level and reach voters. I wish democrats out the same energy into that as they do drawing fucked up maps lol
I think a big part of it is that they don't *have* to do as intense organizing to attract their voting cohorts. They do best in rural areas where door-to-door organizing isn't cost-effective. For them a little goes a long way, and then they can rely on Fox/podcasts/social media to do the rest.
As long as Republicans are drawing hideous gerrymanders everywhere they can, maximizing their seats, Dems gotta do the same in the places they can. That map produced a 14 D, 3 R congressional delegation.
#MaryMiller refuses to meet with her own constituents but has time to sneak in town to meet with the #FarmBureau to fill their ears with lies! We are holding our own town hall in #Illinois without her! Please spread the word! #MAGA #lies
Multifaceted GOP attack on public education has a goal of the nazification of our children. GOP wants to teach our children WHAT they want them learn and not HOW to learn for a fulfilled life. Politically correct propaganda in its most basic, vile representation.
We are years down the road from rooting it out, I fear, if ever. We've known that yt supremacists have been in our LE agencies for years. Have we ever even attempted to root any of them out? Sorry, just I have very little hope for the near future. I don't know whether to scream or cry any more.
The hate will always be with us. it’s a one-on-one civil war; not for conversion, but to delegitimize the unacceptable precepts of that vocal minority among us. BLM protests served as an education for white America. Those protests were more diverse than tRump rallies. Our despair is a MAGA victory.
There is a perfectly good Aristotle quote that does about the same work, or, if she preferred, she could have credited the Jesuits with it. Why did she choose to do the Godwin self-own?
Congresswoman Sarah McBride has more courage, class, honesty, integrity and intelligence than all the House Republicans combined. I am proud to have Congresswoman McBride in the House. I cannot say that for any House Republican. Republicans are disgraceful. Every Republican must be voted out!
I love how some in the government have forgotten they have a vagina! How ANY woman can support maga is beyond me! Don’t get mad when they throw you back in the kitchen, cuz they are trying real hard to do that!
Come on Illinois, be better! She is a full POS. She also represents farmers who are getting screwed over in USAID cuts/freeze. Rural medical efforts are going to be strained big time. Don’t let her talk about crime and border security to a district that only watches Fox.
Unfortunate that Rep Mary Miller is part of the deliberate cruelty and juvenile hatred that characterizes the Musk/GOP administration. Don't know Miller but sure she is from some impoverished red state.
Who cares? Yes it's cruel, yes it's petty, yes it's unfair & biased. What do you expect from the imbeciles that were elected. She should be tough, do her best to not grant them power to affect her,& show them she is recognized. The payback for minions of the immorally inhumans will come.
If I was her I would completely ignore them and look around like they are talking to someone else. And I would not respond until they refer to me in the correct way. Fuck them fucking assholes!!! 🖕🏼
Will they ever get bored of this? Like hur hur you called a trans woman a man hur hur everyone clapped you’re so right you gottem there is no fooling such an astute observer the medal is in the mail honey what did you do today oh you saved the world wow what a hero dismissive jerking gesture
She could turn it on them give them true numbers! Say we understand you must hit the smallest Minority first before you can move to the Others?
Let them Live! Mind your own Damn Business!
Ya know what. im tired of playing nice and us taking high roads.. we need to get nasty too.. call them every name in the book to their face be as misogynistic as possible to women like her. They want the 1950s fine lets bring back the cruelty screamed at all women who dared to step out of home roles
Patrick, that is objectively the precisely correct clip...but the organization that posted it is horrific and awful, and I would really appreciate it if maybe you might find a different source to share instead?
I just want dems to start misgendering cis people. Just start saying "calm down sir" to nancy mace and just laughing when they have a nuclear meltdown. Yes, it's completely fine to misgender cis people.
Double down and tell cis males to "calm down ma'am" or triple down "Mrs. (wife's last name) stop being so hysterical just breathe and try to smile more"
Lateral violence, come on. I don't know how she's not constantly high just to deal with the amount of shit she gets from.everyone. Lateral Violence people. Kills minorities. Stop it
she's the first trans person to serve in congress. she has a national platform. everything she does or doesn't do is amplified. from DC to Gaza, Sarah McBride's complanency has shown she doesn't care about trans people. she does not speak for us. it's not "lateral violence" to call that out.
This all day long. I don't give two shits about who's in the stall next to me as long as they stay there. I'm more worried about creepy assed old white guys and Christian town criers. Other people's bits are none of my concern. FFS Just be a good human!
LMAO they are so pathetic, they can't govern, they can't problem solve and they can't lead...what can they do? Spiteful name-calling, literal toddler level. I'm surprised they can dress themselves.
She thinks she’s making some big stand, but this is no different than someone calling her Carrie Miller despite being corrected. It’s just a dick move that makes you seem petty and jealous.
How low can you sink as a human being? I'm just speechless at this cruelty and lack of decency. Nothing about this improves the lives of any American, and it demeans and belittles many vulnerable members of our society.
People keep calling this behavior "childish," which doesn't give enough credit to today's kids who KNOW THIS IS UNJUST AND CRUEL. It's explicitly hateful and transphobic behavior, and I certainly hope Rep. McBride finally stands up for herself because capitulating and deflecting has done nothing.
I’m not sure. What McBride effectively said to Miller was “you are nothing, I’m here to serve my constituents & you aren’t worth a second of my time.” What disgusted me was the silence of most of the others.
I don't care much for arguments over etymology but I have never used the word to have your meaning. I come by the word from a different place. Derision.
I guess I'm saying that in my vocabulary there isn't a "positive" case use for the word. I couldn't imagine my saying it in a "good" way.
As a cunt-haver who refers to their anatomy as such, I guarantee there are plenty of positive use cases for the word ;) That's all. She doesn't deserve such a title because cunts are more desirable than she is.
... This *is* how Christians act. Have you never heard of the Crusades, or the Inquisition, or pogroms against Jews, or residential schools for Native Americans and First Nations peoples, or the Nazi belt buckle that said "Gott mit uns" (God [is] with us)?
The exact form varies. When referring to each other, they sometimes say "the gentlewoman from ____, Congresswoman [First, Middle, Last name]", without a title like Miss or Mrs.
I can confirm that Mary referred to men in the exact form she used here for Sarah.
Well said. She apparently lives by the maxim "sticks and stones", and, being unhurt and completely unfazed by the attempt to insult her (note, ATTEMPT, because it completely failed to land), went on to represent her constituents. those rethuglican bozos are such 7th grade boys, honest to goddess.
Careful with the lateral violence. With all due respect she gets shit from all sides no matter what she does, including her own party. You think she's supposed to draw even more abuse/ death threats out there? She allowed to be human?
See, now dems need to refer to trump as the rapist, Johnson as the testicle gargler, mtg as the gym whore, Nancy mace is the three some chick, Boebert is the jerk off artist etc.
Time to get in the mud.
Well fuck your bigoted family and friends. Nowhere did I say “be nice” to Nazis. I said “don’t be a fucking bigot.” If you can’t see the difference between the two, you need to get better morals.
"The Floor recognizes the pussy from Oklahoma, and the pussy from Indiana, and the pussy from Alabama. The Floor recognizes a bunch of red states pussies.
I think her thought process is that they are trying to provoke her into saying something harsh and then accuse her of aggression. Like bullies do. And then play the “see, they’re all aggressive” card.
this is, incidentally, a perfect example why so many trans people think that mcbride is more a token trans representative that cis people will like, rather than one of our own
she will not even defend herself; she is celebrated by "allies" for being above it all
we're in an existential crisis, she's going to get accused of being an "aggressive male" no matter what, so she may as well go down metaphorically swinging
like it's fine and all, i'm sure she's doing great for delaware, yes this reflects poorly on republicans for the democratic audience, let's rack up those morality points
but tokens exist to get spent, and sooner or later she will be, given how the democratic caucus is running away from trans issues
#MaryMiller refuses to meet with her own constituents but has time to sneak in town to meet with the #FarmBureau to fill their ears with lies! We are holding our own town hall in #Illinois without her! Please spread the word! #MAGA #lies
After the misgendering, fellow Dem Nanette Barragán of California was next to talk on the floor after McBride. When Republican Mary Miller yielded, she said: 'Thank you, Mr. Speaker' to Miller.
I don't want to ever normalize misgendering. But at this point I'm not going to lecture someone who is willing to stand up for a trans woman on the chamber floor, either. That sort of education can come later when the timing is more appropriate.
Hoo boy. Here’s hoping that sparks a trend. If that Hitler fancier from southern Illinois wants a food fight on the house floor, let’s get the chocolate milkshakes ready for her.
I get it that returning the misgendering on the spiteful person who started it is not taking the high road. But you’re not gonna get her attention with a lecture either.
The woman thinks the Hitler Youth was a clever idea; she said so publicly. That’s the politics of naked dominance.
Sorry but I hate these people. How would Ms. Miller feel is she was introduced as the bigoted, ignorant gentlewoman from whatever rock she lives under?
Same. I need a new word to define my constant combined feeling of shock at their new low & irritation at myself for still being shocked. I can't quiet the voice in my head, "but how could they do THAT; that's just cruel".
Rinse, lather, repeat.
This is one of those situations where the only solution, imo, is for the person doing this to get punched right in the mouth. There’s no place for this and these scumbags need to be made afraid.
I was a state legislator and they did this to my trans colleague. the offender had to go out of their way to be vile, bc the House custom was to call us all “Representative”, gender neutral—it’d been that way for years. so to misgender with “gentleman” was that much more noticeable and nasty.
Despicable. But this is bait. And Rep McBride herself didn't take it. And we shouldn't take it. The more practical thing would be to flood her office with phone calls telling her that she's helping rip off consumers by supporting Trump's shut down of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
#MaryMiller refuses to meet with her own constituents but has time to sneak in town to meet with the #FarmBureau to fill their ears with lies! We are holding our own town hall in #Illinois without her! Please spread the word! #MAGA #lies
We should all start referring to Mary as “that petty bitch” because that’s where we’re at now-we can just call people what we want without their consideration or permission.
I like that she completely ignored the taunt and instead just ripped on the administration. All Miller did was make herself look petty and small.
Now I don’t know if others came to her defense but they should.
But McBride did the right thing by not reacting and that’s what a bully wants
I hope that’s not her intention. I guess time will tell if these things keep happening. But I think there is merit to both flat ignoring the taunt of a bully and attacking back. Personally I would think what needs to happen is for her colleagues to stand up and fight as well.
Hateful beliefs and behavior turns people into cruelty zombies, like their brains are rotted. I can’t imagine being this mean feeling good, but they seem to love it.
Back in the 80s when I was online on Compu$erve, I wrote and ran a chat room role-playing game in which I had coined an androgynous pronoun because often it doesn't, or it shouldn't matter what sex an individual was. I introduced the term to my art guild back then. I still use it. People are people!
#MaryMiller refuses to meet with her own constituents but has time to sneak in town to meet with the #FarmBureau to fill their ears with lies! We are holding our own town hall in #Illinois without her! Please spread the word! #MAGA #lies
God I fucking hate her. She's my Congressbigot now (by literally two blocks - I'm at the outskirts of her district) and she never has a credible challenger in this ruby red district. Just the absolute worst person.
Well this is a poor day to learn I'm represented by a transphobe Nazi sympathizer. At least I know if I call to complain at her that she's part of the major problems this country is facing, so won't feel guilty if I get a bit heated.
It brings me some comfort that they are acting from fear. They fear that if people have bodily autonomy and the liberty to pursue happiness, their whole exploitative anti-human system will collapse. You don’t need to violently enforce popular things.
Then when they complain, demand to see their long form birth certificate for proof and if provided demand a congressional hearing to speak with the doctor who facilitated the birth.
Mary Miller is a living, breathing piece of shit. She parades as a "Christian" while spewing hate and bigotry. She approvingly quoted Hitler on the US Capitol grounds the day before the Trump White House Coup. She daily mocks Jesus of Nazareth.
This is why the “Dems should compromise on sports and bathrooms” crowd should stfu. There is nothing that can be given that will stop Republicans from demanding more.
I will never be willing to abandon members of marginalized communities to please the right or anybody else. I couldn't live with myself if I was willing to do that.
Dems have been "compromising" for 40 years as the GOP has continued to demand more and more rightward policies. Now the GOP has moved all the way to fascism. Yet the Dems still want to seek bipartisanship. Compromise has to be a street 2-way or it's just surrender.
i hate that the Nazi Creature is my representative 😭 i kinda wanted Sorensen till i remembered our fuckin county is gerrymandered into two separate districts
🎵 Oh me and my Congresswoman Sarah McBride
as we went a walking down by the seaside
now mark what followed and what did betide
for it being on Christmas morning...🎵
Now, for recreation, we went on a tramp,
And we met Sergeant Elon and Corporal Vance
And a little wee hacker intending to camp...🎵
So incredibly rude. These people have something terribly wrong inside their hearts (heads.) Where does that level of cruelty, evil, come from? If they were half as clever as they think they are, they'd still be pathetic.
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it’s a neighbor, and it’s shaped a little like Illinois
also certainly not the brightest bulb in the box,
so the confusiion may be understandable
That said, folks from the Chicago suburbs consider anything south of Kankakee to be Southern Illinois, so this isn't an especially new misunderstanding of geography.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-joke-lake-michigan-lake-illinois-annex-green-bay/
Idk, I am moving to Champaign in about a month and it can't be any worse than where I'm from in KY or GA where we currently live.
Take me to Champaign! Please!
Get me out of here! 😭
I always kinda liked Lexington, but everyone in the state government kind of sucks outside of Beshear, so I feel you. I'm from the other side, and I grew up in Owensboro until I came out and moved immediately.
These are people who are too frightened to visit the beautiful city of Chicago. Every time we go, I post pictures of how I got unalived on the mean streets.
W/ the rise of displacement/gentrification, it sounds bad, but I want Chicago to be as scary as possible to those people & everyone else who trashed us. I was told that Peoria was just as bad, but it's the opposite. Needs more $$$ though.
My car broke down in Effingham long ago, and it made me re-evaluate my opinion of white people. before that, I thought all were racist or prejudiced, but Effingham showed me, besides hippies, some were actually neither racist nor prejudiced.
Source: Me, someone in Western IL who is repped by her and hates every second of it and will be contacting her about this because I will not let her rest.
Rep. McBride had to know this was coming at some point, but that doesn’t make it less painful. I feel for her.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/how-american-racism-influenced-hitler
Hitler studied what they did to Indigenous people in the US. He used that in planning the concentration camps.
Audio
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nOEv4eMuHJA
https://archive.ph/UW4KY
Keep this bitch away from your children!
That being said, I’m human. Not a swamp creature like Miller.
Multifaceted GOP attack on public education has a goal of the nazification of our children. GOP wants to teach our children WHAT they want them learn and not HOW to learn for a fulfilled life. Politically correct propaganda in its most basic, vile representation.
** insert I hate Illinois nazis gif here **
Let them Live! Mind your own Damn Business!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCw7RJ5eE8
I'm pretty sure women have suffered worse. 🤣
I do this a fair amount - it's generally very effective.
Republicans are down right creepy.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/gop-congresswoman-god-believers-are
https://bsky.app/profile/idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social/post/3lhov264fhk2l
Rep Miller Nazi CUNT from IL
I guess I'm saying that in my vocabulary there isn't a "positive" case use for the word. I couldn't imagine my saying it in a "good" way.
Pearl-clutcher heads absolutely spin. There's fainting. Faces turn flush then beet red.
Terribly fun when used with precision targeting.
The dead burned witch was called a B'itch
I can confirm that Mary referred to men in the exact form she used here for Sarah.
She's still a transphobic doodoohead.
I suspect Rep. McBride is being the trans lawmaker she wants to see in the world.
Time to get in the mud.
She should never be referred to without this reference.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-congresswoman-says-hitler-was-right-on-one-thing/2409325/?amp=1
I think her thought process is that they are trying to provoke her into saying something harsh and then accuse her of aggression. Like bullies do. And then play the “see, they’re all aggressive” card.
she will not even defend herself; she is celebrated by "allies" for being above it all
and trans kids are dying
just, y'know. not say anti-trans attacks are a "distraction"; maybe do more than just telling terrified kids "hang in there"
but i don't see that happening because of how much the cis seem to like her just eating shit with a smile
but tokens exist to get spent, and sooner or later she will be, given how the democratic caucus is running away from trans issues
she's a trans representative, sure, but most of us don't think she's a representative for trans people at all
https://news.yahoo.com/news/trans-lawmaker-fired-back-being-194619329.html
I seriously thought this read, "after the restraining order..."
After the misgendering, fellow Dem Nanette Barragán of California was next to talk on the floor after McBride. When Republican Mary Miller yielded, she said: 'Thank you, Mr. Speaker' to Miller.
The woman thinks the Hitler Youth was a clever idea; she said so publicly. That’s the politics of naked dominance.
"Are we still 'going high' if we stay just an iota over whatever tactics they're using?"
https://marymiller.house.gov/contact
Rinse, lather, repeat.
At this rate, soon there will only be “gentlemen” in Congress.
Now I don’t know if others came to her defense but they should.
But McBride did the right thing by not reacting and that’s what a bully wants
She’s not cool, she’s a fucking doormat. Like every other Democrat in Congress.
Not holding my breath!
seth moulton's daughters
popularism
it's a distraction
If they complain just say she doesn’t believe in their gender ideologies
She said, "Thank you, madam speaker."
(bangs head on wall)
There's no point in having identity representation if those supposedly representing an identity don't even bother fighting back
Boys to power.
as we went a walking down by the seaside
now mark what followed and what did betide
for it being on Christmas morning...🎵
Now, for recreation, we went on a tramp,
And we met Sergeant Elon and Corporal Vance
And a little wee hacker intending to camp...🎵
Or just they're just so damned predictable it's like throwing dynamite in a barrel of fish...
"The diseased muskrat from Arkansas, Mrs. Cotton"