Yes, it's me. In defense of AOC.

[Stinky The Clown]

When the GOPeers BOO her and mock her, that's too far. For dancing? In college? For how looks from behind?

Not to relitigate the internal squabbles about her, but that was internal shit and, to the debaters, had substance to it on both sides of the equation.

What the regressives are doing is pure ad hominem bullshit, misogyny, sexism, and maybe even racist attacks.

If that's all the right wing's got, we're in great shape. Meanwhile, they can kiss my moldy, fat, pasty ass.

[msongs]

1. she's ok by me. she will find out what she can accomplish using various methods and

strategies and adapt as needed

[akraven]

2. Payback is a motherfucker.

I learned that one in high school protesting Viet Nam. GO girl!

They target her because she's visible, vibrant and smart. FUCK the GOP - none of them have probably gotten laid unless they paid for it in 20 years.

[Blue_true]

3. They fear her. She is the tip of a spear headed their way, they must reduce her.

They did the same thing to Barney Frank, the first openly gay Member of Congress.

[NurseJackie]

6. I doubt it. I don't see fear.

[nini]

11. I agree.. she annoys them

Which doesn't mean they fear her.

[Gore1FL]

13. I think they fear what she might become if they don't take her down now.

I don't think they fear her, now. Ironically, their attempts to slime her tend to backfire and make her more popular. It's not dissimilar to the Beto O'Rourke punk band picture the GOP tweeted last year. They are making her a hero.

[nini]

16. She's made herself a target and she likes it.. to each their own on that stuff.

I honestly hope she does well because we need her to. But I have never been impressed with 'talk' and that applies to anyone in office - any age, sex, religion etc.. It's put up or shut up time.

I'll be her number one fan if she gets to work, learns and gets stuff done. For now she hasn't been there long enough to do that. Time will tell.

[watoos]

15. They totally fear her,

because she has that rare ability to change the right wing narrative. That's why they smear Speaker Pelosi, that's why they got rid of Al Franken.

The role of right wing corporate controlled M$M is overlooked.

[KO_ Stradivarius]

19. Not really, probably not even close

"Fear her" is a term I really wouldn't apply in this situation.
In fact, they probably welcome her as a new target to focus on now that HRC
is out of the picture.

AOC is the least of their worries, they need to be more concerned with DJT.

[herding cats]

20. I suspect they're trying to bait her into sabotaging her career.

She just has to be smarter than them. Which isn't difficult.

I will say the dancing thing was just.. peculiar. I'd almost think that one came from her side originally. I mean, who the hell would honestly think anything is wrong with that?

Answer: not a single normal person.

It made zero sense to me to try and use that as a negative, but it gained her some popularity in areas she didn't have previously.

[guillaumeb]

4. Moldy?

I can understand the use of the other words, but moldy?

[Blue_true]

22. That caught my eye also.

Sometimes people's skin tend to dry as they get older. But I wouldn't call that moldy. Moldy to me is moist, slimy, smelly, I don't think he meant that.

[pecosbob]

5. I would agree that when the best they can come up with is something like the Pocahontas slur

or the Flashdance flashback then we're doing pretty good. It's the political operators, the Rahm Emanuels of the party of which I'm wary. The old-school smoke-filled room style of politics needs to fade into the past.

[Voltaire2]

7. All of it gets regurgitated here.

Although the worst crap is regurgitated with disclaimers, of course.

We can’t help ourselves. It is the way the internet is now. A fetid lethal swamp.

[pecosbob]

8. I fight it and usually get flamed for my efforts

[Stinky The Clown]

10. I'm not sure I understand your comment?

[Voltaire2]

23. We amplify the disinformation.

If it happens to align with our own factional perspective and is not transparently idiotic, we do so openly, otherwise we immunize the amplification with some sort of disclaimer. It is not a DU problem, it is every forum on the net. The internet itself has been transformed from a marvel of information access to a horror show of disinformation dissemination.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. If the repugs and rethugs HATE what she is doing or saying...

I AM ALL FOR IT AND WILL SUPPORT HER IN EVERY WAY I CAN!!

[Kajun Gal]

12. All the old, white repubs do these days is make fun of and mock women. Lord knows, they don't

do their jobs so I suppose making fun of women is their thing now? Especially the YOUNG ones? Their days are over. And this young lady has spunk. And also, I am saying this as an older, white woman! An older, white Democrat woman, that is.

[GopherGal]

14. We must stop listening to ReThug A-holes' opinions

So AOC is somehow at fault for dancing in public
And they boo her on the house floor

And Talib is awful for using language in private that has also been used by the president himself on camera.

And Hillary/Elizabeth/Nancy all are just too "unlikeable"???

They fear and despise powerful confident women. Instead of buying into that, we need to just let them stew in it.

Would anyone have given a second's attention to any of these stories about a male politician?

[peggysue2]

21. Short answer: Nope

In fact, Nancy Pelosi asked that very question: If Talib were a man would there be the same 'outrage?' The hypocrisy is stunning because the Republican Party's leader--Trumpski--has a notorious foul mouth. The man's faux disgust with the comment was almost funny. "Disgraceful," he said.

No sir, you're the disgrace!

With AOC, the alt-right screeds usually refer to her as a Commie. That's an attempt to smear all Democrats. But her gender and her unwillingness to wilt under the verbal assaults is an obvious tripwire for these goons. The whole campaign has been counter-productive. Their attacks are making her more popular and attractive, not less.

Morons & Co.

[Liberal In Texas]

17. They wouldn't have any way near the same rhetoric if she was a man.

F'ing bullshit sexist repubs.

[watoos]

18. She is the future of the Democratic party. You go girl.