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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Brown just said on MSNBC he saw a maskless, screaming Lindsay Graham berate a CP officer
during the siege for not doing enough to protect him and his colleagues.
Cha
(299,188 posts)when you're Not doing enough to Protect against the trump VIRUS, Graham!
bullimiami
(13,195 posts)AnnieBW
(10,603 posts)As he likes to remind everyone. Several military vets were helping their colleagues to safety.
progressoid
(50,126 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,248 posts)since Jag is short for Jagoff and Jagoff is the official insult of SW PA and northern WV
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Submariner
(12,532 posts)Disaffected
(4,644 posts)Irish_Dem
(50,314 posts)dem4decades
(11,372 posts)Pistol
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)then sits back and watches
Blue Owl
(51,157 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)A justifiable use of force.
marble falls
(58,678 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Its an open secret.
marble falls
(58,678 posts)... them? It may be 'common knowledge' but it don't it make it so.
There was 'common knowledge' that Hillary Clinton was part of a child trafficking at a pizza parlor in New York, too.
Lindsey may or may not be gay, trans, or a woman; but he is a criminal. He no worse a criminal either for being or not being gay, trans or a woman.
crimycarny
(1,351 posts)Because he is a hypocrite of the worst order with his treatment of gay/trans issues. So they often refer to him as Lady G to point out his hypocrisy. In fact, I think it was the gay community who coined this term for Lindsey. Its not a slam on gays or trans, its a slam on Lindseys hypocrisy.
marble falls
(58,678 posts)DallasNE
(7,418 posts)So that doesn't mean I am going to use the "N" word. Same principle applies.
marble falls
(58,678 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)birdographer
(1,447 posts)He is known in DC as Lady G, mostly by gay/trans escorts and prostitutes. He earned the name when doing business with them.
Sometimes nicknames are nicknames, not intentional slurs. Lighten up?
That does not mean that you should.
sheshe2
(84,477 posts)I can say that I can be bitchie at times. I can be, but do not dare call me one. That is a slur. It is.
Gay men preform on stage and call themselves Lady whatever. Some just go by Cher or Liza. You do it, then it is a slur. It is.
As for the N word? They can call themselves whatever they please. You do it it is in fact a slur. It is.
Don't do it. It is unexceptionable.
I grew up, summers in a very gay community. My parents and aunt and uncle danced at gay bars, they were very straight. Never once heard them call a man Lady B, they called him Brian.
crimycarny
(1,351 posts)Again, were talking about calling Lindsey Graham Lady G, not any random gay or trans person. K? One guy.
If I called Lindsey Graham by his name versus Lady G in front of my gay friends, who will only refer to graham as Lady G, they would look at me like I was nuts. They much prefer Lady G...He has not deserved the courtesy of using his given name as far as they (and I) are concerned.
We are conflating calling a single man a nickname given to him by the community he hurts with carte Blanche calling random or anonymous gay/trans Lady.
False equivalency
padfun
(1,801 posts)just saying
marble falls
(58,678 posts)padfun
(1,801 posts)marble falls
(58,678 posts)padfun
(1,801 posts)You're sensitive about being gay. But here in Northern California we don't worry about these things. It's quite normal here.
She likes me to call her "Queen D" and I don't get all bent out of shape about it. I have gone to some of the gay clubs with her and I don't drink. I actually think they have more fun than us married straight guys.
But to answer your original statement, Graham has always been known as Lady G. For at least a decade. It's what many call him. It isn't a slur as much as it is a nickname. Even the queens call him Lady G.
BannonsLiver
(16,676 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,723 posts)marble falls
(58,678 posts)malaise
(270,640 posts)He helped this to happen
bullwinkle428
(20,634 posts)LaMouffette
(2,049 posts)airport surrounded by angry Trump humpers, and he's too much of a coward to defend himself.
Plus, PLUS, Graham has spent the last four years not defending US against the monster that is Donald Trump.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,877 posts)Paladin
(28,393 posts)That's the inevitable result of attaching yourself to trump. Lindsey has plenty of sorry company, in that regard.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,148 posts)What a fucking scumbag.
Hekate
(91,631 posts)We all know you sold your soul, Senator G. And for what?
Flaccid soulless parasite.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)...if he thought that would have saved his treasonous neck, but a mask...the very thought gives him the vapors...
Plus he got his vaccine, fuck everyone else.
Marcuse
(7,622 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,611 posts)I wish there was video of it - it would be the enduring image of the useless mass that is Lindsay Graham.