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In reply to the discussion: Rhonda Deathsentence statement [View all]Bucky
(54,248 posts)1. I'm appalled at DUers using a female name to denigrate DeSantis
Surely we're better than sinking to Republican style misogyny to "insult" the office holders we don't like
I mean, I get it that people around here think it's clever to make denigrating puns about other people's names. Cause somehow we don't think being called a republican is insult enough. But implying that Ron DeSantis isn't a man seems to go against our core values of equality and respect.
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After he denigrated the data scientist who tried to publish the real Rona figures
Aviation Pro
Jun 2021
#3
Your insult is inherently misogynistic--otherwise you would have called him 'Ron Death Sentence'
hlthe2b
Jun 2021
#28
Misgendering someone by using an incorrect name is not denigrating. It's misogynistic and
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#10
Using misogyny and transphobia as tactics will not overthrow that tyranny.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#27
Women are not the minority, and no one is oppressing your women-reviling self.
Scrivener7
Jun 2021
#36
Like they said about Giuliani after 9/11, I suspect the most dangerous place to be in Surfside
sop
Jun 2021
#25
Calling a man a woman's name as a way to denigrate him.... Hmmm.... We'll file that under
Scrivener7
Jun 2021
#34