For the men of DU! Kick please

[LynneSin]

I saw the thread celebrating the women of DU but felt the men deserved one too. Over the past 15 years I have been a member of DU I can say I've met about 100 of you in person. Many more of you are friends on facebook or maybe just friends here at DU.

You are fathers, you are brothers, you are husbands and you are sons. But one thing you all are is class! You respect women and treat us as equals. No one had to teach you that 'No means No' because to you that was just common sense. You may tease us women in a fun way (please no tollbooth jokes!) but in the end you know that women deserve the same respect and treatment as you would give to men - as you would want for yourself!

As a woman I'd like to say Thank you!

[Xipe Totec]

1. K&R

[femmocrat]

2. K & R

[uppityperson]

3. K&R

[catbyte]

4. K&R

[TexasTowelie]

5. Thanks for the kind words.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

6. K&R nt

[kwassa]

7. since Delaware now has the high speed toll booths ...

All is well.

Maryland, on the other hand .....

[Initech]

8. Fuckin' a!!!!

[BlueProgressive]

9. Thank you. Now,

what is this 'toll-booth jokes' thing we aren't supposed to do?

Seriously, maybe I'll have to google it.

[Raster]

10. EQUALITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL!

[LiberalLoner]

11. K&R

[cheapdate]

12. Yaaay! Thank you!

I'm taking my first visit to New Hampshire 2 weeks from now to visit my son, who is a senior at Tufts University, but spends all his time at the Tufts Mountain Club Loj near Woodstock.

Thanks again!

[treestar]

13. K&R

thank you DU men!

[GWC58]

14. As a, mostly, gentleman I say "thank you!"

😄😃

[rurallib]

15. Thank you

I have daughters and all I ever wanted for them is to be treated as equals. I figured they could take it from there.
But i fully understand that goal is elusive in this country.

Thanks for the good words.

[ScienceIsGood]

16. What a sweet post! Thank You! nt

[Happyhippychick]

17. Thank you!

[Shankapotomus]

18. K&R

[FailureToCommunicate]

20. Thanks. (I'm trying to wrap my head around the notion of you meeting 100...

or so DUers.

That's...a lot!

[LynneSin]

30. I'm hanging out this weekend with a former DUer in Chicago

I'm a DU Old Fart. I organized the first massive DU gathering in Philly back in like 2002 - about 125 people showed up.

I went to dozens of war protests in DC and NYC with DUers. I also marched at the 2004 Pro-Choice movement in DC that had about a million people. I think EarlG and Skinner still have the George Bush cutout that we carried at the protest where hundreds of people decorated Bush!

But I'm getting older and set in my ways so just keep it local. Last meetup I organized was 2009 at the Inauguration. But I don't think I will be doing one in 2017 only because I'm getting my hip replaced on 1/3

[FailureToCommunicate]

46. Impressive indeed. Well, maybe we'll meet someday. Till then I'll enjoy your posts, and

good luck with the new hip. After my mom got one she was a new person, in great spirits.

[Lithos]

36. Lynn used to be a regular at the old GTG's DU used to have

I think it's been 5 years since the last one I attended.

BTW, I've only seen about 30 DU'ers - though I'm probably one of the few to have met Elad!

L-

[Divine Discontent]

21. Thank you, LS!

[sarge43]

22. So say we all. Thank you, gentle men. n/t

[MidwestTech]

23. Thank you, it's really appreciated

So much of the time I feel like im being attacked or punished for what the knuckle dragging assholes are doing.
It's nice to get recognition once in a while that we liberal men are in fact, decent people
Have a enjoyable week and weekend

[annabanana]

24. here, here!

Many fine gentlemen in the house

[bullimiami]

26. apparently. sane men are a minority in this country now.

[Oldem]

27. As a 78 year old man

who has been attacked on this site, I thank you. Sorry to say, I haven't yet figured out what "kick" or "K&R" mean, but if it denotes approval, then I'm kickin'.

[LynneSin]

34. Kick and K&R

Kick is when you reply to a thread and it bumps it to the top.

K&R is when you reply to a thread (see above) and then click on the Rec button! Helps puts it on DU home page!

[Oldem]

69. Thanks, LynneSin;

now I'll have to Google bumping to the top.

[Setsuna1972]

28. K and R

:kick:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

29. i hope a thread for DU animals is next

[LynneSin]

31. OMG WE NEED A DU THREAD APPRECIATION FOR OSCAR!!

How is Oscar these days? Is he still alive? That was one of the best threads ever when you told the story about Oscar!!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

39. Who?

Kidding, kidding. He's fine, meaning cantankerous as ever. He's watching Triumph videos.

[Tribalceltic]

32. Lynne, and all of the strong wonderful ladies of DU

It is my honor to stand with you

[IrishEyes]

33. Here's to all the good men in the world.

I think that there are tons and tons of good men in this country.

[LynneSin]

35. I think the vast majority of men in this world do not act like a dickhead and are happy like that

They don't want to demean women like sex objects or force themselves unwilling on them.

They just want to be friends with them, maybe fall in love with one of them and have a family.

Most women are the same way too.

Unfortunately it's the extreme that is getting the attention.

[klook]

48. Well said

and as a happy non-dickhead (if I do say so my own self), I appreciate this thread.

[MrScorpio]

37. I'm honored to have met you too

Thanks very much!

[LynneSin]

40. Ditto

[nolabear]

41. Absolutely. This has to have been rough on you too.

[turbinetree]

42. Wado (Thank you)

[CapnSteve]

43. Trump makes me sick!

My mom raised me to respect women - I am a feminist do my core!

I love and respect my sisters, I love and support my daughter - shame on anyone who supports Trump now!

[vercetti2021]

44. Of course

Most of my friends and family are women. I was raised properly to respect women and to treat them as they would treat me.

[FuzzyRabbit]

45. Thanks for the kind words.

[closeupready]

47. Refreshing thought, thanks Lynne! K&R

[Pachamama]

49. Hug, not a kick...

There are thankfully many men in this world who do not view women the way Trump and the GOP do...

Here on DU we have so many of those men who love and respect us...

[BootinUp]

50. Thank you K&R

Been here since 2003. This feels like a turning point in our fight.

[Old and In the Way]

52. I know i am pure of intentions, but you

I wonder about! lol

[all american girl]

53. K&R....not a man but will kick for all the men in my life...they respect women and girls.

hugs for all the men, because you all should not have to tied to this creep.

[Maru Kitteh]

54. K & R!

[hwmnbn]

55. K&R

[scheming daemons]

56. The alt right says we're "cucks"

...and they sit there and wonder why no women will go out with them.

[Fast Walker 52]

57. haha! Indeed.

Those people are so pathetic...

[LynneSin]

58. Have you ever seen a anti-choice protest?

Those men are just creepy looking. The men there look like they haven't had a date in decades. And they can't figure out why.

[tiredtoo]

59. My Dad, RIP was a hard core Republican

But he did teach me to respect all women. In days gone by there were some good Republicans.

[LynneSin]

60. Your dad probably grew up in an era where Republicans were actually respectful

They believed in small government but also that government should not interfere in the everyday lives of people.

50 years ago if I was an eligible voter I might be a republican.

50 years ago the GOP wasn't overtaken by the religious right either!

[tiredtoo]

81. yep EOM

[Retired George]

61. I belch without saying "Excuse Me"

Am I still included? (My wife doesn't care. Honest!)

[LynneSin]

62. We'll let you tag along

but you have to sit in the back

[Plucketeer]

82. George, my wife belches way more than I do

and I love her just as much as if she didn't do it at all.

[raven mad]

63. The men on DU!

AND those of us who are married to 'em..............

?v=3

[Big_K]

64. I feel weird accepting a Thank You...

... for something I "naturally" am. I can't IMAGINE being like Orange Hitler.

[retrowire]

65. aw shucks

But seriously, women first right now.

[BumRushDaShow]

66. Big K&R for the guys!

[NastyRiffraff]

67. Big K&R!

And thank you to all the men of DU who spoke out, making it clear that what Trump said and did is NOT normal.

[LiberalLovinLug]

70. K & R

I'll gladly add my name.

[calimary]

71. Me too, LynneSin!

I'd also throw in an extra hug to MY men in my life for this same reason: my husband, my son, and my son-in-law.

[Nitram]

72. K&R

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

73. Thanks LynneSin...

As a father of one daughter and two sons I'm still shocked and embarrassed by that man. My glorious wife and I taught our children to respect everyone.

I played sports for many years when I was much younger, never heard talk like that in any locker room. I worked in construction with some of the most rough and tumble guys you could ever meet. If anyone ever disrespected an woman with talk like that in front of them, those people would be shut down immediately.

That man is .... Manners dictate I say no more.

[Scurrilous]

74. K & R

[4 more years]

75. K & R

Expecting a granddaughter next week. I don't want her in this Trumpian world. Never ever ever !!!
I can't take another month of this narcissistic pile of flesh.

[PJMcK]

76. K&R

Thanks to you, LynneSin!

[geardaddy]

77. Thanks LynneSin!

[Saviolo]

78. Is this the cultural environment we're in?

That it feels like men require kudos for being basic decent human beings?

I know this presidential campaign has been like skinny dipping in raw sewage, but has the general cultural environment sunk so low?

[LynneSin]

85. I only did it because someone else started a thread for the women

Essentially this is a copycat thread. But honestly, the men I've met through DU are nothing but a class act!

[Saviolo]

90. Oh, I'm not complaining about the gesture

It's a lovely community gesture and friendly and lovely, I'm just disappointed that there are so many horrible dudes out there that just basic human civility from men is so rare.

[DemonGoddess]

79. K&R!

[hibbing]

80. Well gee

Not sure I would be described as many of those things, but I'll chime in.


Peace

[awoke_in_2003]

83. K&R

Me and the wife have raised the granddaughters to become strong women, and the grandsons to be good men. They know that this type of behavior is never to be tolerated.

[Wounded Bear]

84. K & R ...... nt

[JoePhilly]

86. First, as a man, I can't imagine being with a person I did not consider my "equal".

It is a weak man who wants to be with a woman who he considers "less" than himself. Yet far too many men seem to want exactly that. Some one they can control.

When I was much younger, I spoke of my mother to a group of people (family friends and people who knew her). And as part of that, I said she was the "smartest, toughest, most determined woman I'd ever met." ... and they applauded ...

But after saying that out loud, and hearing it in my own ears .... I said "Wait, wait, no. That is wrong!" (the people there gasped, and quieted, and so I continued and said) ... "What I meant to say is that she is the smartest, toughest, most determined PERSON I'd ever met."

And she was. And they understood why I amended my statement. And loudly agreed.

By referencing her gender, one could conclude I put her in a category that did not include men.

You said no one had to teach us men this lesson, but in my case, I can not take that credit.

It was my mother who taught me this lesson. And fortunately for me, I was paying attention as she did so.

I have two daughters now. They know this story well. And they know that I THINK they should never feel limited because of their gender. But I know they can still feel that way.

They are 15 and 17. They have both heard Trump's words. I'm hoping hearing those words prepare them for what might come at that in the years to come. And they are as smart, tough, and determined as their grandmother was.

Side note: My oldest daughter plays fast pitch softball. We go to batting cages to practice hitting. The machines can pitch baseballs as as fast 75 miles an hour. She will regularly go into the 75mph baseball cage, crush balls, and show up boys of the same age. Those boys are blown away. One time, as she went into that cage, a boy said to the other boys "Does she think that is a good idea?" The boys all laughed. Until they saw her hit. Then they went quiet, and just watched her smack ball after ball. She hit far better than any of them. And then, she switched from hitting right-handed, to hitting left-handed, and she continued to smack ball after ball, better than any of them.

She loves to be underestimated. Let the boys laugh. She's not intimidated in the least.

One the day I mentioned above, the coach of those boys was there. He videotaped her to show them how to hit. And he told her that if she ever gave up fast-pitch softball, she could transfer to his school, and he'd put her on his fast-pitch baseball team.

Bottom line: Men who think woman are "less" are really more afraid that people will see them as "less". Which is where Trump is.

[mdbl]

87. k&r

[FSogol]

88. K&R. n/t

[blueseas]

89. K&R