Obamababies...how immature and insulting can you get to use this word?

[Danger Mouse]

Why do people feel the need to personally INSULT supporters of a candidate they disagree with?
This goes for people who say 'Hillbots' and that kind of garbage, it's absolutely no better, but 'Obamababies' I find insulting on so many levels.
You know what?
How does that even pass for acceptable political discourse in your book? Insult INDIVIDUAL IDIOTS if you feel you have to, but don't refer to everyone who support Hillary or Obama by an insulting nickname. It's dreadfully immature, it makes you look like an asshole, and it makes it impossible for many people to take you seriously, or want to listen to what you have to say.
If you insist in wallowing in immature insults, then go ahead, be my guests.
I'd really like to think most of us are above that, though.

[Kittycat]

1. Typical playground bully tactics.

tear one down to make yourself feel important

[Danger Mouse]

2. I'm sick of it. What is this, kindergarten?

:P

[DJ13]

6. "Typical playground bully tactics."

Lifted straight from Rove's playbook.

Same with the "cult" bullshit.

I dont know about any of you other Obama supporters, but I've had it with the Clinton supporters using slurs and going on about some cult crap.

[niceypoo]

43. Perhaps it is Obamas campaign staff telling volunteers to play up 'conversion' stories

..and play down policy....that has something to do with the cult talk?

What happens next? Loaves, fishes and baptisms?

A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality">cult of personality or personality cult arises when a country's leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image through unquestioning flattery and praise.

[TexasObserver]

3. from the standpoint of the perps, everyone under 50 is a baby

[Danger Mouse]

4. you think it's an age-based insult

related to the fact that many young people support obama?

[TexasObserver]

9. yes, because most of Hillary's supporters are over 50

If no one over 50 had voted, this primary season would already be over. Obviously, not everyone over 50 is crabby, but let's face it, many over 50 are, especially when it comes to stepping aside when it's time for the next generation.

When young people look at Hillary, they see their grandmother. When they look at Obama, they see their dad, or see the dad they wish they had.

[ginnyinWI]

12. ahem.

I'm 55, a white female and I'm supporting Obama and will stay home rather than vote for Hillary.

Some of us women around Hillary's age don't look up to her and can see right through her games.

[Danger Mouse]

16. Obama is attracting a lot of diverse support...

and his range of supporters is getting broader =D

[TexasObserver]

20. congratulations!! like me, you're over 50 but still cool

You know what I'm saying is true, though. The only people I know who like Hillary are over 50 and have a crabby outlook. It's in full evidence here. All that vile bitterness and hatred! People who have had disappointing relationships with their children are far too bitter about the next generation. It's the main reason some of us are very optimistic, and some wear a permanent frown.

The hardest thing to do when you're riding high in your 50s is to recognize when it is time to hand over to younger people the reins of power and decision making. I'm ready to do that. These Obama kids have inspired me with their skills, which the Clinton camp isn't even aware of. The Obama kids have an entirely different campaign paradigm, one that is 2008. The Clintons are using a 1996 game plan.

[ginnyinWI]

40. oh I totally agree!

I admire all the older people who can recognize talent and brilliance and make room for it. Like Teddy Kennedy and Kerry--they see something in Obama that they know will be good for the country. They and others like them want what's good for America, first and foremost.

The Clintons don't get that they need to change, or maybe they just can't imagine any other way to do it after all these years. The kids don't respond to the same tactics the way their parents used to.

I suspect there are some older women who were in the first wave of feminism in the 60s who still carry a lot of bitterness and see themselves as women first, above all else, and just want a woman, any woman to become president, no matter how or why she was able to get there! Not me. A woman president still has to be the right woman for my vote.

[Danger Mouse]

14. well, i don't know about all of that...

but i do see a distinct disdain for us young folk among a lot of hillary supporters.

[TexasObserver]

31. look at their insults and the insults tell you about the person making them

Look at the common theme of the haters who attack Obama supporters here: they sound like Archie Bunker railing at Meathead.

They presume Obama supporters to be (1) young, (2) uninformed, (3) gullible, and (4) unaware.

Now if that doesn't sound like a cranky old person talking about them young whippersnappers, what does?

[ginnyinWI]

42. they might be shocked to know how many of us are older! n/t

[TexasObserver]

46. many people over 50 are not comfortable with younger leaders

Some of us over 50 are quite comfortable with younger leaders coming online. Anyone in their 50s or 60s who can't acknowledge they had better acuity and stamina in their 30s and 40s just isn't being truthful.

[Withywindle]

54. Including Obama himself.

He's only 46.

[Qanisqineq]

5. I agree

to me it sounds so freeperish to use such terms.

[Danger Mouse]

8. yeah, when we throw around shit like that...

we DO sounds like freepers.
i try hard not to use those terms...if i have in the past, i apologize for being so damn stupid.

[Qanisqineq]

23. another one I recently discovered on DU

Hillydroids and other similar spellings. Ack. Most of the ones I hate (for both sides) I can't even spell so I won't list them all! :p

Edit: oh, and Hillaroid. That was the one I was actually thinking of that I really hate.

[Danger Mouse]

25. Yeah. That's fucking lame.

:puke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Do you ever feel like

you are farting in a whirlwind? There's so much immaturity and general assholery going on here, and some of us protest vehemently about it, and it has no effect at all. I don't know if they know they're assholes and like being that way, or if they don't think any of this applies to them, like "I'm just a passionate supporter of my candidate and I have to defend him/her from the vile slanders of the other candidate who is pure evil and eats puppies for breakfast."

I'm beginning to think it's hopeless. I think the mods should issue special passwords for GD-P and only let the people who get off on insulting each other get access to it. All obnoxious posts would be moved there instantly, and they can just eat each other alive to their hearts' content. And the forum would be completely invisible to normal DUers.

[Danger Mouse]

13. I just think that the rules should be tightened like they were in 04.

That would eliminate this 'hillbot' and 'obamababy' shit.
And yes, people like being assholes. They like condescending and being arrogant because it makes them feel good about themselves.

[ginnyinWI]

10. I've started putting those name-callers on Ignore for that one reason. n/t

[Danger Mouse]

11. It may come to that.

[Rowdyboy]

15. There are some pretty pathetic cretins on both sides....Sad but inevitable

Thank God its just a few

[Danger Mouse]

18. Yeah, the cretins only represent a small portion of supporters for each side...

but they are the loudest.

[greyl]

17. I'm not one to be overly PC, but think it might be too reminiscent of the worst use of "tarbaby".

Romney Apologizes For 'Tar Baby'

"The best thing politically would be to stay as far away from that tar baby as I can," he told a crowd of about 100 supporters in Ames, Iowa.

Black leaders were outraged at his use of the term, which dates to the 19th century Uncle Remus stories by journalist Joel Chandler Harris. The term refers to a doll made of tar that traps Br'er Rabbit, the main characters in the series of stories. It has come to be known as a way of describing a sticky mess — and has been used as a derogatory term for a black person.

"Tar baby is a totally inappropriate phrase in the 21st century," said Larry Jones, a black Republican and civil rights activist.

"He thinks he's presidential timber," Jones said. "But all he's shown us is arrogance."

Also, McCain Apologizes for ‘Tar-Baby’ Moment

[Danger Mouse]

22. I think it's meant to be an age-based insult, rather than racial.

[rodeodance]

26. you are right--generally reserved for the immature Obamacrybabies who whin all the time.

[Danger Mouse]

29. and you see nothing wrong with this kind of behavior?

[rodeodance]

33. nope--kinda catcy--don't you think.

[Danger Mouse]

36. i prefer insulting and immature.

[greyl]

35. Maybe so, though I've never seen it used.

Have you seen "babies" used as a suffix for other candidate's names?

[AntiFascist]

19. I still think Hillaroid is hillarian...

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

24. I kind of like Obamaton myself...

but let's not totally debase ourselves :P

[JVS]

21. How about dumbfucks?

[Danger Mouse]

28. I have no problem with calling a dumbfuck a dumbfuck.

For instance: "You, Mr. Hillary Supporter, are a dumbfuck."
But I would not call all hillary supporters dumbfucks.
I fucking hate broadbrush smears. Fucking HATE.

[rodeodance]

34. "and you see nothing wrong with this kind of behavior?"

I have no problem with calling a dumbfuck a dumbfuck.
Posted by Elrond Hubbard


For instance: "You, Mr. Hillary Supporter, are a dumbfuck."
But I would not call all hillary supporters dumbfucks.
I fucking hate broadbrush smears. Fucking HATE.

[Danger Mouse]

38. Hey, if you want to insult me, flame away.

I don't so much care about that...just stow the cute insulting nicknames and the broadbrush crap.

[rodeodance]

41. when the situation fits i will use these cute little nickynames. nighty night

[QC]

27. It is a very bad word.

I much prefer Obamatologist.

[smalll]

30. We've all heard of Obamatrons. If we all started using "Emobamatrons"

for the very young Obama supports who cry at the drop of a post, "Obamababies" could be retired.

[Danger Mouse]

32. Sigh.

Mocking the immaturity of a poster by acting immature yourself is amusingly hypocritical.

[TankLV]

37. Obamababies - that pretty much describes them to a "t"...

spot on - obamababies - I love it!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. You sure missed the point of the OP, didn't you?

[TankLV]

44. Nope - not at all - I think the term fits PERFECTLY!

contrary to what you obamababies are trying to whine about...!

[LittleClarkie]

45. Oh yeah, and I think your candidate is nothing but a poopie pants sissy girl

so there



I believe the OP is talking about raising the level of discussion above that of an elementary school playground.

Would you not say that this would be a good thing?

[rodeodance]

49. yeah yeah-Why did Obama run away from the lady in red when she approached him? Afraid

yeah--he turned away.

[LittleClarkie]

51. Didn't you used to be a reasonable human being

sometime long, long ago, before the primary season?

Who gives a flying fuck on a stick about that? Do you really thing that issue is going to have far reaching ramifications when all is said and done?

God forbid he should turn to talk to someone else when SHE approacheth. Ieee! Alert the media. Film at 11!

[Danger Mouse]

47. so are you going into first grade next year?

or are they holding you back in kindergarten?
i stand by what i said previously. people who use 'obamababies' to make fun of someone's maturity are laughably hypocritical.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. I am uncommitted as yet, not campaigning for either Clinton or Obama,

and I'm pushing 60.

So STFU and don't call me a babyanything. You, however, are exactly what the OP was talking about. Get a clue.

[Eurobabe]

50. Everyone needs to arise above this

when I refer to HillBots, I lump them with paid operatives sent by godknowswho, Limpballs, etc. to disrupt this board. I do think there are some ObamaBOTS sent to accomplish the same filthy motives = to make us all hate one another.

I'm not falling for it anymore. When I see a newbie or someone who has no profile spewing shit, I hit my ignore user button. The list grows daily.

I will vote for whomever gets the nomination.

:hi:

[Political Heretic]

52. No better or worse than "hillbots" my friend.

[Whisp]

53. I guess I'm odd. I don't find those words insulting much.

does not change my mind at all. mildy amused at the clever ones, is all.
just words from frustrated peeps. I'm okay with that.

[Withywindle]

55. I just took great pleasure in defying the demographics.

I, female, bi-ethnic (White/Latina), bi-national (American/Brazilian) age 38, voted for Obama.

My SO (male, white all the way, age 34), bi-national (American/Canadian) voted for Hillary.

(Both of us in Illinois).

Guess what? We still respect each other and enjoy each other's company. Imagine that.