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tetedur

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8. We laugh at the stupidity but it is a serious issue.

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 06:43 AM

Oct 2021

It's as if we shrug off what these people do with humor, but they are damaging civil discourse. Why has this guy been elected? To give voice to absolute idiocy. Instead of debating other more pressing issues, we stop to turn the spotlight on him as if what he said is important. Twitter has provided a place for every idiot with something stupid to say a soap box to get attention. The more outrageous the better.

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Twitter is amused, I am not [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2021 OP

A "woman against a man" would be misandry, not misogyny. sop Oct 2021 #1

It does exist, though likely quite rare bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #9

Since women do not have the systematic power as men do, it really does not exist. LizBeth Oct 2021 #12

and the closest cross-gender term might have been to just say "sexism." n/t thesquanderer Oct 2021 #11

We can't fix stupid but we certainly don't have to elect it to office! nt abqtommy Oct 2021 #2

Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #6

Sounds like 45 disease is now in GB. marble falls Oct 2021 #3

Like the OP states: it's intentional what-about-ism Alice Kramden Oct 2021 #4

Augh! wendyb-NC Oct 2021 #5

Inigo knows... markbark Oct 2021 #7

We laugh at the stupidity but it is a serious issue. tetedur Oct 2021 #8

We are not amused. We are appalled, but unsurprised. niyad Oct 2021 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Oct 2021 #13