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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#275126: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:27:11 PM

And, heaven forbid something happened to her, you know the GOP will try to spin it in a way that blames her for what happened.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#275127: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:33:57 PM

She kind of looks and acts like the perky Congresswoman newcomer on a CW political show where all the older Republicans are big meanies to her.

And they look and act like it to her.

She has Beto's immunity to trolling so far but actually has things to say.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#275128: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:34:15 PM

"Well, if she didn't want anything to happen, she shouldn't have been active in politics while being female and not white."

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#275129: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:37:14 PM

Or they'd go "Well this wouldn't have happened if she adopted OUR policies!"

...geh, I know death threats are nothing new, but to have it so common and in a big wave like this irks me a lot.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#275130: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:39:39 PM

This has been a serious problem for women for a while now. Not just in politics, but in damn near anything. Just check out the "Mean Tweets" vid from a couple years back that had men reading cruel abusive tweets that female sports reporters have gotten.

And of course there's that one thing that attracts so much awfulness that it's even a taboo subject here.

There's nothing that angers a lot of men more than a woman daring to express an opinion.

Edited by M84 on Mar 22nd 2019 at 1:43:46 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#275132: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:10:31 PM

Re: Repartions.

I’ve seen a lot of talk about them lately, but as far as I know, there really hasn’t been any proposals on how that could realistically be accomplished.

Edited by megaeliz on Mar 21st 2019 at 2:16:18 PM

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#275133: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:20:17 PM

I am sure if we dig deep someone already came up with a plausible scheme. That's what is often the case when people say "there is no plan".

Edited by SeptimusHeap on Mar 21st 2019 at 7:38:29 PM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#275134: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:28:08 PM

America will never go forward until it has destroyed the Confederacy memorabilia and made reparations.

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Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#275135: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:53:46 PM

The right has insisted on doing the same for Caucasian descendants of those who came to America.

I find it bizarre.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#275136: Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:17:07 AM

Just for the record referring to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as AOC is really confusing,could we start using her actual name rather then an abbreviation?

And before before someone says suggests 'Cortez' thats a bad idea

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
GoldenKaos Captain of the Dead City from Cirith Ungol Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Captain of the Dead City
#275137: Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:24:41 AM

How is AOC confusing at this point? What are you confusing it with?

"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#275138: Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:27:43 AM

I'm not confusing her with anyone else just reducing her name to three letters does make it harder to discern who we're talking about

Edited by Ultimatum on Mar 22nd 2019 at 11:27:57 AM

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
GoldenKaos Captain of the Dead City from Cirith Ungol Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Captain of the Dead City
#275139: Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:34:20 AM

I think everyone knows who AOC is at this point in the conversation. There was a recent Twitter takedown of Laura Ingraham a few days ago regarding this very subject in fact, and AOC stating that 'AOC' was fine, but not 'Cortez' as her name is not, and never was, 'Cortez'.

"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#275140: Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:52:30 AM

[up][up]How many "AOC"s do you know? Do you have a friend named Alvin Oliver Castle?

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Mar 22nd 2019 at 7:52:45 AM

i'm tired, my friend
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#275141: Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:57:36 AM

Why, yes I do actually she was just telling me how people kept confusing her for the politician in the US..

wink

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#275142: Mar 22nd 2019 at 5:21:09 AM

She should milk that for all its worth and run for office.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#275143: Mar 22nd 2019 at 5:39:29 AM

Something interesting that came up in my Reuters notifications:

"Turn in your smartphones! How Mueller kept a lid on Trump-Russia probe" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-secrecy/turn-in-your-smartphones-how-mueller-kept-a-lid-on-trump-russia-probe-idUSKCN1R3195

Just for the record referring to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as AOC is really confusing,could we start using her actual name rather then an abbreviation?

And before before someone says suggests 'Cortez' thats a bad idea

Because it leaves out the "Ocasio" or is there another reason I'm missing?

GoldenKaos Captain of the Dead City from Cirith Ungol Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Captain of the Dead City
#275144: Mar 22nd 2019 at 5:43:58 AM

Her name isn't Cortez. It's Ocasio-Cortez. That's how Hispanic surnames work.

A person will take the (first) surname of their father, followed by the (first) surname of their mother.
- Wikipedia

"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
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A procrastination in of itself
#275145: Mar 22nd 2019 at 5:45:13 AM

That’s it, it’s abbreviating her surname to half of it, so it would be the same as referring to Muller as Mul.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#275146: Mar 22nd 2019 at 5:56:54 AM

???? Not sure why this is even discussed. The Media will eventually settle on a name and if it is AOC, people WILL know what it meant, just like they knew who was meant with HRC.

GoldenKaos Captain of the Dead City from Cirith Ungol Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Captain of the Dead City
#275147: Mar 22nd 2019 at 6:01:52 AM

Laura Ingraham did mock AOC's name yesterday, and AOC responded on social media. So it's not like this isn't current.

"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#275148: Mar 22nd 2019 at 6:16:41 AM

I think most of us are aware of how much shit AOC gets, but here's something to put it into perspective:she receives so many death threats her staff performs risk assessments of every visitor, even the ones who just leave positive post-it notes.

I can't imagine living this way, and I don't think it's going to stop anytime soon. If anything it might get worse. That's legitimately terrifying.

Disgusted, not surprised. To 100% steal a phrase from M84.

The right hates her with an obsessive passion. The right is also responsible for a majority of political violence in the country, so much so that radical right-wing extremists were considered a terrorist threat before Trump ordered the FBI to stop looking into them.

And the right has such a Mafia mentality that a United States Congressman openly tried to blackmail Cohen into silence on Twitter before his hearing in the House. They aren't even hiding it anymore.

I'd be shocked if AOC wasn't getting hate mail and anonymous death threats on a daily basis. Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised if some of those anonymous death threats were coming from other Congressmen.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#275149: Mar 22nd 2019 at 6:33:24 AM

I almost wonder if there are any progressive Congressmen and women going unnoticed/under the radar because the GOP is so focused on Ocasio-Cortez.

RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#275150: Mar 22nd 2019 at 6:38:43 AM

Because AOC isn't a time traveller.

Sorry, I just had to make that Timesplitters joke.

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