These next 4 years will be difficult at best, so why not fight back? Be sand in the gears every day. If they are going to try and take us out "make no mistake they are trying" then we must fight to ensure not only our survival but the survival of democracy.
Thank you. I've been screaming this sentiment so loud, I'm hoarse! Gloves are off! We can get down in the mud and fight these pigs! I don't give one shit if I get dirty, and I can guarantee the pig won't like it! The time for playing nice and by the rules is over. We are not in normal times.
I think Americans voted for suffering in Nov.
People will get what they voted for regardless of how the minority party chooses to respond.
I agree with you, however, that playing games to intentionally compound suffering by say…refusing to pass a budget…isn’t a useful strategy.
Omg. I’m a woman. I support my family. I own a business. I earned 2 master degrees while working full time and a full time single mother with a toddler. Policing language is one of the reasons we’re in this shit storm. Stop.
It is the OMG, the detail about how accomplished you are, the term policing language and ending with stop that demonstrates how easily you are not offended.
I personally don't oppose the term "balls". I actually find it more effective when saying that a woman has steel balls. To me, it highlights her strength while ridiculing the idea that only men can be strong.
But for people who are uncomfortable with that, "get a spine" might be better suited...
You're correct, most people would assume this CEO to be a man.
I, personally, would not write this heading if the CEO was male. But I WOULD if she was a female! And I would mention her name in the heading so everyone knows I'm talking about a ♀️. That's how I like to play with these stereotypes. 💙
I don't oppose it either. I always think of when James Carville said if Hillary "gave one of her balls to him (Obama) they would both have two." It seems to be more of a figure of speech now than being gender specific. Sound better than "grow a pair of ovaries."
Definitely much better than grow a pair of ovaries. 😂 Maybe my age is on full display because 'in my day' the term grow balls was ... thrown around ...all the time and definitely referred to men. 💙
Yes, and "man up" when the guy was acting like a pussy (Sorry, could not resist.) Men were viewed as the stronger sex until the 90s when we learned about sexual harassment in the work place due to Bill Clinton. Men are typically stronger (physically) than women but that's about the extent of it.
This is like a nightmare. How did the United States let this happen Putin and billionaires got together and put a madman in office who has an IQ of 70 he’s only interested in himself and how much money he can make for himself and to stay out of prison. We have all been duped.
The “couch” and “weird” lines and the Lincoln Project were signs that the “we go high” approach was abandoned and it still didn’t work to win the election against a convicted criminal.
I agree that continuing the pretense of civility is absurd.
I agree, they have been truly atrocious since mcconnell declared Obama would be a one term president and that we aren't working with him. It's only gotten worse, It opened the door for trump. Thanks for nothing mitch! How ironic that his party has turned on him for trump now. Definition of a loser!
It would certainly make more sense than the usual tactic of immediate capitulation and going on talk shows saying things like we need a strong Republican party. But then I've been waiting for the ghosts of FDR and JFK to come back my whole life
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People will get what they voted for regardless of how the minority party chooses to respond.
I agree with you, however, that playing games to intentionally compound suffering by say…refusing to pass a budget…isn’t a useful strategy.
For instance, many of the dems pushing back are women with 'zero balls'.
Attempting to reduce that bias is not even close to a reason why we are in this shit storm.
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It is the OMG, the detail about how accomplished you are, the term policing language and ending with stop that demonstrates how easily you are not offended.
But for people who are uncomfortable with that, "get a spine" might be better suited...
If this is all the info you have in a headline:
'The head of XYZ company faced the opposition with steel balls and won'.
How any people would assume the 'head of XYZ company' is a man?
I, personally, would not write this heading if the CEO was male. But I WOULD if she was a female! And I would mention her name in the heading so everyone knows I'm talking about a ♀️. That's how I like to play with these stereotypes. 💙
It’s not that we need to “go low” but rather the high ground has shifted. Playing nice is low ground when they are playing in the mud.
I agree that continuing the pretense of civility is absurd.