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This from Heather Cox Richardson's latest "Letters from an American"...read the full column here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-17-2020
But while Trumps supporters are trying to hold on to power by sparking a dramatic struggle with Democratic leaders, it may be that the coronavirus has the last word. While cases are leveling off in states that shut down, new hotspots are emerging in states that do not have stay-at-home orders. In the past week, cases in Oklahoma rose 53%. Arkansas cases went up 60%, Nebraskas 74%, and Iowas 82%. South Dakotas cases went up by 205%.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)hay rick
(7,643 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)Anti-Gov. anti science, anti cannabis, etc... Its too bad, because people are gonna die! It really does matter who leads the government.
lame54
(35,326 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)anything. I could claim Ive won the Mega Millions which, unfortunately, I didnt.
Ninga
(8,277 posts)Is a strong chance in two weeks their raw numbers may spiral out of control.
Blue Owl
(50,512 posts)Whereas these bozos can't even spell a goddamn word...
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)Coke-spew on that one! (actually, it was a craft beer, but you know what I mean!)
lame54
(35,326 posts)In some other circles/sites, "coke spew" is when you get shocked by something while you are taking a SIP of Coca-Cola and the shock of what you read causes you to spray it out of your mouth!
(really, I DO know what you meant, and I know you know what I meant, but, in these "legally-sensitive" times we can't be too careful!).
But, to be clear:
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)... it is careless use of language. Like saying other negatives are "so gay". We don't do that and shouldn't do this.
There are so many other ways to say this.
Karma bites hard.
Karma squeezes tight.
Karma grabs you and shakes.
Others I am sure can mention many ways that are better than what I have suggested.
I just want any association between negativity and femaleness to be stamped out for the ugly sexism they propagate.
patphil
(6,217 posts)Karma can be good or bad. Sometimes it isn't easy to decide which it is at the time you are going through a situation.
And, of course, Karma has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with people.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Nobody say "Karma is a skilled woman" when good karma happens, do they?
flying_wahini
(6,659 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Anything associated with:
You hit like a ...
You run like a ...
You throw like a ...
I always ask the person who says something like that, "What are you trying to communicate with that phrase?" knowing that it is an insult I ask, "Where does the insult lay?" or "What is the negative association you are trying to make?"
One of my children was trying to explain something to me the other day and was fumbling around, just murdering the language and saying A LOT while communicating nothing. I said, "Whoa, stop. Think about what you want to say, then say it. Don't be a Trump" I know, insulting. I feel bad saying it. I did know however, the association I was making. I was telling my child, and he knew it, that Trump speaks in word salad and is horrible at communicating. My child got it, and was able to adjust and tell me succinctly what they wanted.
Insults are insults because they compare a person's actions or being with something undesirable.
When you call someone a pussy, you are saying they are week because they have the traits that a woman might display.
When you say, "you hit like a girl" you are not complementing a person on how they punch. You are saying, girls/women suck at hitting and you are doing it just like they do.
There is too much of that in the world.
winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)I always say My Lady of Karma is going to pay you a visit.
lame54
(35,326 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)lame54
(35,326 posts)Paula Sims
(877 posts)They are the 30%, my SIL among them. They are what they are. I feel sorry for the loss of the innocents but not the ignorant.
hay rick
(7,643 posts)They regurgitate bullshit not because they thought about it or believe it, but because it is socially comfortable for them. No sympathy.
Yavin4
(35,446 posts)Spot on analysis:
NBachers
(17,146 posts)to the states that are reaping their own whirlwind.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)That is the only way that society works. Though in my reptilian brain, I want the idiots who are protesting or hanging out on beaches in "defiance of tyranny" while we have lost 30,000 plus in the matter of a month to this virus (and likely more because you know we are under counting) to suffer the consequences of their actions; we have to help out. If we are the United States of America, we have to send supplies to people who need them.
bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)Iowa and SD will be sweet
DFW
(54,445 posts)It's also called Science. Something Republicans don't seem to believe in.
AllaN01Bear
(18,443 posts)these so and sos feel that they are imune to.this . their ss being cut , and every thing else . when they realize they had a good thing , they get upset.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,241 posts)horrid virus, will be affected because of the selfish political aims of an insane few. It should be punishable, by law, to knowingly congregate, and pass this shit on to innocent bystanders.
Extraordinary selfishness and lack of concern for the welfare of others.