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Mrs. Betty Bowers on John Fetterman (Original Post) red dog 1 Thursday OP
;-{) Shopping Around Goonch Thursday #1
Putting him in a dress! Tom Dyer Thursday #2
Because being trans is meant to be an insult? QueerDuck Thursday #3
I don't like that either MustLoveBeagles Thursday #6
It has nothing to do with trans Submariner Thursday #8
Exactly correct. AZ8theist Thursday #9
Doesn't matter who you claim it is. That's no excuse! They are using gender as an attack and a way to ridicule him. QueerDuck 22 hrs ago #11
it's not gender, they are comparing him to Sinema. Jbraybarten 19 hrs ago #12
Ha ha ha! 🙄 Fetterman is a SHE-MALE who looks like Sinema! So funny! (Am I understanding the "joke" here?) 😡 QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #13
I heard heard the explanation for it but I still don't find it funny MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #16
"mUh hA hA!" JFC no. The entire point is that he is like her. Jbraybarten 13 hrs ago #19
Post removed Post removed 12 hrs ago #20
sigh Jbraybarten 12 hrs ago #21
TIWWLE ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #14
Oh, so expecting respect and decency is "why we lose elections"... got it. Thanks for clearing that up. 🙄 QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #18
He's a professional contrarian. Just says the opposite of what anyone else says/anticipates. ToxMarz Thursday #4
I think this is exactly it. Oppositional-defiant behavior as default for attention. Maru Kitteh 17 hrs ago #15
This is a Democrat angrychair Thursday #5
Did you forget the sarcasm tag? Intractable Thursday #7
I'm guessing it's sarcasm MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #17
I agree completely with both of those. FoxNewsSucks Thursday #10

MustLoveBeagles

(16,151 posts)
6. I don't like that either
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:06 PM
Thursday

Telling the truth about him is sufficient. It didn't need to go THERE.

Submariner

(13,359 posts)
8. It has nothing to do with trans
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:14 PM
Thursday

If you look closely, whoever did the cartoon put Fetterman in Kirsten Sinema’s weird yellow dress that DU posters made fun of at that time. She was known as a fashion catastrophe and Fetterman is being targeted for adopting her right wing bullshit.

AZ8theist

(7,317 posts)
9. Exactly correct.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:27 PM
Thursday

It has nothing to do with transphobia.

It is a mock of another Democratic turncoat, Kyrsten Sinema.

And she was much more than a fashion catastrophe, she was an opportunist who stabbed our party in the back. I know, I worked on her campaign. And I worked even harder to get rid of her after her abysmal behaviour in the Senate.

I have a lot of sympathy for Fetterman for his health issues, but not a bit of sympathy for his betrayal of our principles.

Sinema was a circus clown. Fetterman is now in that zone.

QueerDuck

(1,658 posts)
11. Doesn't matter who you claim it is. That's no excuse! They are using gender as an attack and a way to ridicule him.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:44 AM
22 hrs ago

There are many other ways to make the point without stooping to the "she-male" trope and insult.

QueerDuck

(1,658 posts)
13. Ha ha ha! 🙄 Fetterman is a SHE-MALE who looks like Sinema! So funny! (Am I understanding the "joke" here?) 😡
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:06 AM
18 hrs ago

Isn't that clever? Let's make fun of him by giving him a woman's body! Look! Someone emasculated him by making him a woman! A "she-male" a trans-man/trans-woman hybrid, eh? That'll put him in his place! So funny! Ha ha ha!

The great care some folks are taking to defend, or make excuses for this shit, reveals that they actually do understand how offensive it is.

MustLoveBeagles

(16,151 posts)
16. I heard heard the explanation for it but I still don't find it funny
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:33 AM
17 hrs ago

I just think there are better ways to criticize him. The Sinema connection doesn't doesn't make it better for me.

Jbraybarten

(253 posts)
19. "mUh hA hA!" JFC no. The entire point is that he is like her.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:55 PM
13 hrs ago

The length that some people go to twist something just because they don't grasp the similarities of two people.

Response to Jbraybarten (Reply #19)

Jbraybarten

(253 posts)
21. sigh
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 04:57 PM
12 hrs ago

it's mocking them. They are both the same...assholes.

So tired of the bullshit attacks when it's missing the point and ignorant.

QueerDuck

(1,658 posts)
18. Oh, so expecting respect and decency is "why we lose elections"... got it. Thanks for clearing that up. 🙄
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:55 AM
17 hrs ago

As long as the "tranny" jokes and "she-male" jokes/insults/slurs/insinuations are made against people we generally dislike, that that makes it all okay? Is that the message?

Figures. What BS. Spare me. 🙄

ToxMarz

(2,909 posts)
4. He's a professional contrarian. Just says the opposite of what anyone else says/anticipates.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:59 PM
Thursday

Makes it easy, doesn't require any brain capacity (his has never been the same since ...) and always raises an eyebrow. Poof, everyone's paying attention to you and treating you as if you're thoughtful and your opinion should be considered (why else would he say it).

Maru Kitteh

(31,689 posts)
15. I think this is exactly it. Oppositional-defiant behavior as default for attention.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:22 AM
17 hrs ago

That’s all he has left to offer. Sad and disgusting at the same time.

angrychair

(12,232 posts)
5. This is a Democrat
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:02 PM
Thursday

That is a duly elected senator from Pennsylvania. We need to listen to him and our big tent no matter what.

Elected Democrats are always right and we should not be speaking poorly of them or support people that do.

Intractable

(2,022 posts)
7. Did you forget the sarcasm tag?
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:12 PM
Thursday

As a free-thinking liberal, I disagree with your words as stated.

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