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Sandra Fluke Says Monica Crowley Insult Was 'Blatant Homophobia'
Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke responded to Fox News pundit Monica Crowley's tweet on Thursday, saying she was disturbed by the conservative commentator's "blatant homophobia."
Im not going to let this kind of thing get to me personally, Fluke said during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Ed Show." What really bothers me about it [is] the blatant homophobia in the comment, and the idea that that is an acceptable thing to say publicly.
Crowley caused a stir on Thursday when she responded to the news of Fluke getting engaged to her longtime boyfriend by tweeting, "To a man?"
During the MSNBC interview, Fluke said she was most disturbed that Crowley intended the tweet as an insulting joke.
I dont want an apology from anyone personally, Fluke said. I think it is possible she owes an apology to the LGBTQ community, because I am not offended to be asked whether or not Im with a woman. Its not offensive to me to be gay, but it was clearly meant as an insult.
Crowley could take lessons from Sandra Fluke on how to be a class act. Instead Crowley shows us how to be a low-life dipshit!
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Advocating for birth control = gay?
The stupid, it hurts. Please make it stop.
dkf
(37,305 posts)That's the clearest use of the pill that is not for contraception.
Isnt that the point Fluke was trying to educate people on?
EOTE
(13,409 posts)Christ, do you think before you post that shit?
dkf
(37,305 posts)Defeats the purpose of the original argument.
EOTE
(13,409 posts)It seems to me that you were saying that it would make sense that Fluke could be assumed to be gay because she noted how important contraception can be for reasons other than having sex. I don't understand that one bit.
ingac70
(7,947 posts)contraception and other reasons.
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Quantess
(27,630 posts)The original gag was that Sandra Fluke needed tons of birth control because she was such a slut. We got it. Not true, also ignorant, but we understood the jab.
So now that she's engaged, "ha ha she's a lesbian".
To me, that is a massive FAIL of snark. Sandra Fluke truly didn't feel insulted...because it was such a dumb and ineffective swipe. It unintentionally insulted the LGBT community, but it totally missed Sandra Fluke.
For anyone to argue that this was an effective burn on Ms Fluke... I just don't see how.
obamanut2012
(26,158 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)just to draw attention to herself, then she sits there, flipping her hair around and acting like she's the one who has been offended. She's just a waste of space, IMO.
madokie
(51,076 posts)She'll go far in life, meaning she'll be very successful at whatever she does.
catbyte
(34,485 posts)I saw a picture of her and yikes! She looks like someone tried to reconstitute a shrunken head. {shudder}
Eventually the ugliness inside leaches to the outside...
Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Sophie, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"We ride inside--HISS!
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)...your username and signature line are awesome.
CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)CrispyQ
(36,540 posts)I dont want an apology from anyone personally, Fluke said. I think it is possible she owes an apology to the LGBTQ community, because I am not offended to be asked whether or not Im with a woman. Its not offensive to me to be gay, but it was clearly meant as an insult.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)by the right wing.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)"He/she must be gay" jokes are just lame, in the same category as asking a tall person, "How's the weather up there?" har har.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)Being five foot nothing, I gritted my teeth in the 70s listening to "Short People" and hearing people humming it when I went by.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)I said it before and I say it again....this woman is going far.....
Monica Crowley on the other hand.....not so.....
Bake
(21,977 posts)Well done!
Bake
dballance
(5,756 posts)It's so out of the blue and so inappropriate. And so what if Ms. Fluke was going to marry a girlfriend rather than a boyfriend?
The time of insulting us because we're gay has long passed. You may as well use the "n-word" too Crowley.
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)I am assuming that in Crowley's world Lesbian means Manly and Manly means Strong.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Monica is clearly still one of the High School Heathers.
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)That's the level of discourse that's resulted from the social media and the right wing.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)She's like the guy that said he'd like to go out with the lion and a remote control bomb up his butt.
GETPLANING
(846 posts)that Sandra Fluke is going to be happily married soon and the only date Monica can get is her own middle finger.
Spazito
(50,514 posts)increases exponentially. She is able to cut to the chase immediately and does it with dignity and class.
Crowley, on the other hand, is a raging homophobe among other things, a despicable person on a despicable network.
Patiod
(11,816 posts)I can deal with conservatives, but (and maybe its because I was raised among so many) I cannot deal with smug, smirking Catholic assholes. Ugh.
progressoid
(50,000 posts)Damn, she's good.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Sandra Fluke. Becoming a POS in the eyes of the American public by uttering some inane statement about Fluke has become the cool, hip rite of passage for the modern Republican moron.
Horse with no Name
(33,958 posts)on MSNBC...she was a low-rent act then---and it appears she hasn't changed a bit.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)They've been that way for about 20 years now.
ingac70
(7,947 posts)Nah... because Sandra needed BC pills because two chicks can get each other pregnant!
foo_bar
(4,193 posts)And especially in the last week, I have heard more and more of their stories. On a daily basis, I hear yet from another woman from Georgetown or from another school or who works for a religiously-affiliated employer, and they tell me that they have suffered financially and emotionally and medically because of this lack of coverage.
And so, Im here today to share their voices, and I want to thank you for allowing them not me to be heard.
<...>
In 65% of the cases at our school, our female students were interrogated by insurance representatives and university medical staff about why they needed prescription and whether they were lying about their symptoms.
For my friend and 20% of the women in her situation, she never got the insurance company to cover her prescription. Despite verifications of her illness from her doctor, her claim was denied repeatedly on the assumption that she really wanted birth control to prevent pregnancy. Shes gay. So clearly polycystic ovarian syndrome was a much more urgent concern than accidental pregnancy for her.
After months paying over $100 out-of-pocket, she just couldnt afford her medication anymore, and she had to stop taking it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/boxofficebuz/transcript-of-testimony-by-sandra-fluke-48z2
ingac70
(7,947 posts)Apparently, they think you have to take one every time you have sex, like Viagra.
Rex
(65,616 posts)It should be illegal for them to be able to use the word Foxnews. That is false advertising. The proper name is Fox Fuckups.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)beac
(9,992 posts)Thanks for the reminder of its pure Molly Ivins-esque genius!
jobycom
(49,038 posts)The Wizard
(12,552 posts)Monica Crowley's favorite drink is vinegar and water. The American people should know if Monica Crowley is a douche bag, a big time douche bag, a part time douche bag or just a disposable douche bag. Monica Crowley: This week's fascist douche bag of the week. And a fucking moron on top of it.
Thank Zeus I'm a Democrat.
tedbear
(45 posts)Crowley cannot use lessons to be a class act because here employer won't hire anyone with the brains to be a class act.
SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)Has a nice ring to it, huh?
Aerows
(39,961 posts)But she is so eloquent and classy when she says "fuck you" and it sounds like "thank you for your opinion", but everyone else knows she said "fuck you".
That scares the shit out of the right wing who depend on framing arguments.
derby378
(30,252 posts)"What's the matter with you liberals? I was joking! Don't you know a joke when you hear one?!"
Hee hee hee. Ho ho ho. Ha ha ha. It is to laugh. Crowley, if you're going to be a piece of shit, at least don't stink up the TV screen.