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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you think the term 'Bernie Bro' is funny, would you find the term 'Hillary Hag' funny too? [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)237. Et moi, je continue avec le épithet "Bro" à votre égard. C'est convenu.
Juste pour que vous sachiez, l'injure 'pauvre con' n'est ni ordinaire ni anodin entre des gens civilisés. Traitez quelqu'un de 'pauvre con' et vous risquez de vous faire casser la gueule.
Mais dans la mésure où vous ne l'êtes pas, civilisé je veux dire, c'est parfaitement applicable.
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If you think the term 'Bernie Bro' is funny, would you find the term 'Hillary Hag' funny too? [View all]
reformist2
Apr 2016
OP
Right? It's only a matter of time before they want to see his grocery receipts.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#31
Tax Returns do not equal Grocery Receipts. I want to know how $50,000 in deductions
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#252
Is that the guy who claims he's a neurologist who constantly "diagnoses" Bernie?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#51
Well it is awfully 'gossipy meta' of you, to pay that much attention, isn't it?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#165
I could go through the list of some of these hides on the pages im talking about
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#184
Oh indeed, your posts in this thread are definitely the perfect illustration of this behaviour.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#269
If you do an image search there are a lot of funny guys, and a lot of hotties.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#55
If you think the term 'Princess Weathervane' is funny, how about 'Comrade Bernie"?
brooklynite
Apr 2016
#5
Of course as Americans we (most of us) have a strong anti-royalist bent, and mocking our officials
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#100
No. BernieBro has been defined and it is used as a slur to paint Bernie supporters as misogynistic
cui bono
Apr 2016
#27
Wow. They are the most immature and mean bunch of people I've ever encountered. n/t
cui bono
Apr 2016
#28
I agree and it actually fits how they operate. But there must be something better
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#90
Actually, when you make up an insult, you should expect to be repaid in kind, and then some.
reformist2
Apr 2016
#200
Hillary's people seem to desperately want this campaign to be about anything EXCEPT actual policy.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#50
Come to think of it, you're probably right, I can't even remember . . . . . you get so involved in
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#91
Context is the thing that makes words of love into words of hate. That's how language works.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#103
From the position of an outsider whose sick and tired of all this Clinton and Sanders catfighting.
Bad Dog
Apr 2016
#163
A large group of white Americans were incredibly rude to the Mexicans at the hotel.
Bad Dog
Apr 2016
#203
My only comment for you is that you may want to look up the definition of "acronym."
merrily
Apr 2016
#68
What have I not understood? "tt nt" either means something or it does not.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#75
You didn't understand the definition of acronym--*and* you didn't understand my post
merrily
Apr 2016
#92
You don't need to warn me that you may continue not to understand. I got that.
merrily
Apr 2016
#118
Obdurate insistence that these lexical elements are commensurate in their derogatory impact
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#208
Merci bien pour le compliment. Mais, désolée. Je n'ai pas de chien--et même plus un chat.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#223
Et, si vous n'aimez pas le locution 'pauvre con', vous n'avez pas à prononcer l'insulte 'chienne'.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#233
You do know there are females voting for Bernie who are offended being called Bro?
B Calm
Apr 2016
#105
can we please shift the discussion to actual experiences of sexist discrimination
redruddyred
Apr 2016
#172
Yes. They are proud but then they think it makes them all that instead of pathetic.
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#84
Please, I'm of the female gender. And, as for being a gentleman, you might take your own
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#152
Thanks for the heads up, Sid. I presume you were on the jury? Did I call it
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#113
"Funny" doesn't enter the equation, though. Sanders himself identified the "bros" as a problem
Tarc
Apr 2016
#102
Where, in your links, does Bernie SPECIFICALLY address Bernie bros or use that TERMINOLOGY?
frylock
Apr 2016
#141
poor bernie, unfortunately, is too busy making speeches to spend much time on the internets
redruddyred
Apr 2016
#205
I'm iffy about using "Hillary Hag" I feels like it has mysoginitic overtones. I don't mind calling
Katashi_itto
Apr 2016
#106
I don't find it to be funny. I find it to be an overall accurate descriptor.
NCTraveler
Apr 2016
#123
In American English, "Bro" is a positive term and "Hag" is negative. As far as alliteration goes,
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2016
#126
Unless 'Hag' was formerly a positive reference and then twisted into a negative...
MerryBlooms
Apr 2016
#168
How is 'bro' in any way analogous to 'hag'? Perhaps I'm missing something...nt
jonno99
Apr 2016
#177