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Mon Aug-15-11 03:11 PM
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152. Ah crap - I was hoping for some super smart answer.

ANd I think that a large part of the problem with this is that there are large swaths of the population to whom misogyny is business as usual and if you try to call them on it....

Perhaps the answers is the same as when you are called PC to just accept it, redefine it and then throw it back in their faces. Example: "Sure I'm PC and if that means that I stand up for the little guy, then I'm PC. Why do you feel it is OK to pick on someone who is smaller (insert BS from POS here) than you?"

Or maybe a baseball bat is called for?

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-The howls of sexism would have been never ending!	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 09:42 AM	#0
- yes. i was told to shut up and get a life. 9, 10 threads about her sucking dick	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 09:45 AM	#1
- Hillary was savvy enough to be photographed this way	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 09:47 AM	#2
- HILLARY IS WONDERFUL.... BACHMANN IS AWFUL	trueblue2007	Aug-15-11 07:23 PM	#179
- Yep, no woman is safe near apossible phallic symbol.	sufrommich	Aug-14-11 09:53 AM	#9
- I agree but if I may add a small comment...	MedicalAdmin	Aug-14-11 10:15 AM	#32
- she is eating a corn dog. i dont see any manipulation on her part	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 10:20 AM	#34
- I didn't say there was a manipulation on her part.	MedicalAdmin	Aug-14-11 04:09 PM	#110
- i dont know that i necessarily agree with you	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 04:12 PM	#111
- I see your point.	MedicalAdmin	Aug-14-11 04:49 PM	#119
- this, what you are saying is a quandry that i see with so many of the current repug women	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 04:57 PM	#121
- Ah crap - I was hoping for some super smart answer.	MedicalAdmin	Aug-15-11 03:11 PM	#152
- Well said.	a simple pattern	Aug-14-11 10:55 AM	#50
- Marcus was savvy enough to avoid	Sheepshank	Aug-14-11 05:06 PM	#127
- I agree. Point well made. nt	ZombieHorde	Aug-14-11 12:40 PM	#70
- Yeah, you are right.	cleanhippie	Aug-14-11 09:47 AM	#3
- Nobody deserves such disrespect	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 09:58 AM	#15
- Anybody who would disrespect one woman like that would disrespect any woman	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 10:04 AM	#22
- I know...	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 10:18 AM	#33
- +1	JohnnyLib2	Aug-14-11 12:08 PM	#63
- +10	emilyg	Aug-14-11 12:22 PM	#64
- You got it. nt	cwydro	Aug-14-11 01:43 PM	#89
- + 1000 These childish idiots have turned a lot of women off this site	bettyellen	Aug-14-11 02:56 PM	#96
- agreed	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 03:19 PM	#101
- I think a lot of guys are resentful society now frowns upon this, are looking for excuses to	bettyellen	Aug-14-11 03:50 PM	#105
- again. you are right. further	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 03:54 PM	#107
- Yep, it's always OK as long as	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 04:42 PM	#116
- Verily, Michelle Bachmann should be able to blow a 14 inch corndog in peace	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 04:58 PM	#123
- your daughter or mother should be able to walk down a street eating ice cream without some jerk	bettyellen	Aug-14-11 05:29 PM	#131
- ...	Bunny	Aug-14-11 06:50 PM	#137
- Yay!	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:14 PM	#139
- I notice you didn't answer the question.	Bunny	Aug-14-11 07:19 PM	#143
- What question?	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:20 PM	#144
- My wife thinks the shot of Bachmann eating the corn dog is more lewd and ridiculous than I do.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:12 PM	#138
- and how would your wife feel if the shot was of her eating the corn dog	Scout	Aug-15-11 10:03 AM	#151
- If my wife was running for President, she would understand the power of photographs	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 03:20 PM	#156
- +1	fishwax	Aug-14-11 04:59 PM	#124
- Yes, they do.	cleanhippie	Aug-14-11 10:59 AM	#51
- Yeah, well...	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 01:10 PM	#77
- You just demonstrated their point by conflating an individual (Bachmann) with a class (homosexual)	saras	Aug-15-11 06:13 PM	#171
- It's not a matter of quantity, but of quality	Xipe Totec	Aug-14-11 11:59 AM	#62
- She should receive scorn and ridicule	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 01:12 PM	#78
- Anyone who disrespects a corndog like that...	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 03:53 PM	#106
- Um, yeah.	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 04:36 PM	#114
- Well, actually, I do have the right to tell you to chill out.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 04:52 PM	#120
- Of course.	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 07:29 PM	#145
- It's not what I believe or don't believe, it's the text of the 1st Amendment.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:31 PM	#146
- Well, my friend...	pipi_k	Aug-15-11 03:39 PM	#163
- Did I ever say I expect no one to ever think I'm a jerk?	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 05:29 PM	#166
- Thank you...	pipi_k	Aug-15-11 07:27 PM	#180
- Or Kerry windsurfing n/t	eridani	Aug-16-11 03:17 AM	#188
- Bachmmann doesn't deserve to play the gender card	LiberaL Lamp Post	Aug-14-11 09:48 AM	#4
- Welcome to DU!	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 09:49 AM	#5
- Thanks.	LiberaL Lamp Post	Aug-14-11 09:54 AM	#11
- I think they have.	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 09:57 AM	#14
- so, we are allowed racism toward the black in in repug party, and homophobia with the gays	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 09:51 AM	#
- I am not saying sexism is okay	LiberaL Lamp Post	Aug-14-11 09:55 AM	#12
- i dont do facebook or twitter, and really, found nothing much to read. selective sexism. nt	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 09:59 AM	#17
- I made several comments about that photo.	cwydro	Aug-14-11 09:49 AM	#6
- Thank you. Sometimes I	emilyg	Aug-14-11 12:24 PM	#65
- I think some never outgrew junior high. (nt)	scarletwoman	Aug-14-11 12:32 PM	#66
- I think you're right. I have an	emilyg	Aug-14-11 12:40 PM	#69
- I made one as well	TorchTheWitch	Aug-14-11 02:08 PM	#92
- +1. nt	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 02:10 PM	#94
- I was gone all of yesterday but I would have	Le Taz Hot	Aug-14-11 09:51 AM	#7
- You want to talk about sexism?	William769	Aug-14-11 09:51 AM	#8
- Wasn't that the point?	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 09:53 AM	#10
- Posting that picture of the husband is just as degrading as the one's about her.	William769	Aug-14-11 09:58 AM	#16
- Are you suggesting that there's a sexual element to the picture of her husband?	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 09:59 AM	#18
- Self delete	William769	Aug-14-11 10:01 AM	#19
- OK	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 10:04 AM	#24
- I imagine we often see only that which bette	LanternWaste	Aug-14-11 11:43 AM	#57
- Perhaps you've missed all the thinly veiled suggestions here and elsewhere that he's gay	Gormy Cuss	Aug-14-11 11:47 AM	#59
- I think I have missed it.	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 03:05 PM	#98
- I don't need to thinly veil anything, I think the dude is gay.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:34 PM	#147
- i tried pointing out that DUers cracking BJ jokes about her husband was hypocritical and classless,	dionysus	Aug-15-11 11:47 PM	#185
- No, No, No, and No	hayrow	Aug-14-11 09:56 AM	#13
- delete (self)	Bonobo	Aug-14-11 10:15 AM	#30
- Michelle plays on her sexuality- so does Sarah Palin, Hillary	Bluerthanblue	Aug-14-11 10:02 AM	#20
- i havent seen it with bachmann. i have with palin. and the real bitch	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 10:06 AM	#25
- well to be honest, as a woman I would have	Bluerthanblue	Aug-14-11 10:22 AM	#38
- some men have been outraged by the whole "balls" issue especially as palin	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 10:26 AM	#42
- how about the jokes about people like Gingrich, Sanford, Guliani	Bluerthanblue	Aug-14-11 10:37 AM	#44
- the majority of the sexism on du is reduced to "liten up, it is a joke".	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 10:45 AM	#48
- I understand-	Bluerthanblue	Aug-14-11 11:14 AM	#55
- well....	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 11:45 AM	#58
- So tired of the "lighten up" wrt to "jokes"	He loved Big Brother	Aug-14-11 01:19 PM	#83
- You may have expected them.	He loved Big Brother	Aug-14-11 01:14 PM	#79
- I remember the nut crackers	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 10:08 AM	#26
- Examples?	Zebedeo	Aug-14-11 03:37 PM	#103
- There was a report last week that she spends $5K/appearance	Bette Noir	Aug-14-11 04:35 PM	#113
- how much was edwards haircut? nt	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 04:58 PM	#122
- I think that is	Zebedeo	Aug-14-11 05:01 PM	#125
- .	Motown_Johnny	Aug-14-11 10:02 AM	#21
- Well, he had the choice not to eat it	soupkitchen	Aug-14-11 10:04 AM	#23
- This a non issue and I'm tired of people inventing drama where none truly exists.	leeroysphitz	Aug-14-11 10:09 AM	#27
- I have to agree-	Bluerthanblue	Aug-14-11 10:29 AM	#43
- equal? when is the last time you ever heard "cock sucking receiver"	TorchTheWitch	Aug-15-11 07:13 PM	#177
- Hmmm.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-16-11 03:26 AM	#189
- There you go, trying to be logical.	GoneOffShore	Aug-14-11 10:45 AM	#47
- And	SoCalDem	Aug-15-11 03:27 PM	#160
- what the fuck is "odd" about eating a phallic shaped food item???	TorchTheWitch	Aug-15-11 07:21 PM	#178
- I said the following	Dreamer Tatum	Aug-14-11 10:10 AM	#28
- You hit the nail right on the head.	William769	Aug-14-11 10:15 AM	#31
- I was out yesterday, too, but this doesn't surprise me	Love Bug	Aug-14-11 10:13 AM	#29
- Well said!	scarletwoman	Aug-14-11 10:22 AM	#37
- That's nothing compared to Bachmann's sexist views nt	ecstatic	Aug-14-11 10:20 AM	#35
- and we call her out on it, as we should when du does the same. nt	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 10:24 AM	#39
- I'd have posted a photo of Hillary eating a corn dog. It's politics, and it's funny!	gauguin57	Aug-14-11 10:22 AM	#36
- But if you posted a picture of Obama eating a corn dog, I doubt there'd	Bunny	Aug-14-11 12:42 PM	#72
- Well, it's not Obama but it's a another male	snooper2	Aug-15-11 03:26 PM	#158
- NICE.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 06:49 PM	#175
- Maybe because she looks like she's not eating it so much as fighting her gag reflex?	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 06:48 PM	#174
- I've hidden every post that featured that picture to avoid the sexist and homophobic	Luminous Animal	Aug-14-11 10:25 AM	#40
- Michelle Bachman works against the best interests of women - F' her.	devilgrrl	Aug-14-11 10:25 AM	#41
- So by the same token...	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 10:38 AM	#45
- Perhaps its just that not everyone paints with a broad brush ALL the time.	cleanhippie	Aug-14-11 10:44 AM	#46
- Actually, you made my point	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 01:19 PM	#84
- OH! GET OUT OF HERE!!!	devilgrrl	Aug-14-11 11:39 AM	#56
- That, unfortunately...	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 01:24 PM	#86
- Do a DU search for "Colin Powell" +"Uncle Tom". It'll bring back over 1400 results. n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Aug-14-11 12:58 PM	#74
- Wow. That's discouraging.... n/t	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 01:25 PM	#87
- I'm extremely offended by your insinuation that eating fried chicken	Bette Noir	Aug-14-11 04:43 PM	#117
- WTF???	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 07:36 PM	#148
- Thank you for saying something.	scarletwoman	Aug-14-11 10:54 AM	#49
- Oh, c'mon, it's funny and frankly Hillary Clinton would	Cleita	Aug-14-11 11:02 AM	#52
- Selective sexism is no more funny than broad-brush sexism.	cherokeeprogressive	Aug-14-11 01:01 PM	#75
- Although I realize WHY people were all snickering over her eating a corn dog...	Shandris	Aug-14-11 11:06 AM	#53
- Symbols do matter	Love Bug	Aug-14-11 11:13 AM	#54
- something to what you say. surprisingly, one of the most enlightened thing my hubby did	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 11:49 AM	#60
- Again, well said. Hear! Hear!	scarletwoman	Aug-14-11 12:36 PM	#68
- When I first saw the picture in question	Rex	Aug-14-11 11:56 AM	#61
- You're right, if it was Hillary Clinton during her campaign, many on DU would have had a	ZombieHorde	Aug-14-11 12:35 PM	#67
- I may disagree with what she sucks on, but will defend to the death her right to suck it.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Aug-14-11 12:40 PM	#71
- And I will defend to the death someone's right to use it as humor. nt	Modern_Matthew	Aug-14-11 01:17 PM	#81
- Not just misogyny	loyalsister	Aug-14-11 12:52 PM	#73
- My daughter saw the thread and emailed me about it. She agrees wholeheartedly.	cherokeeprogressive	Aug-14-11 01:08 PM	#76
- Thank you!	Love Bug	Aug-14-11 03:05 PM	#97
- I agree	loyalsister	Aug-14-11 04:08 PM	#109
- Nah. I would've still found it funny. Screaming "I'm offended" disgusts me. No matter the side. nt	Modern_Matthew	Aug-14-11 01:16 PM	#80
- fuck pc. those overly sensitive women gay and blacks. geez, they need to just grow up.	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 01:18 PM	#82
- This is because virtually every political partisan in the world is a complete hypocrite...	Imajika	Aug-14-11 01:19 PM	#85
- Sometimes a Corndog is just a Corndog	gort	Aug-14-11 01:34 PM	#88
- Submit to this fuckwit....	Aviation Pro	Aug-14-11 01:47 PM	#90
- WTF does laughing at a photo of ANY uptight self hating prude eating a batter dipped	Lorien	Aug-14-11 01:52 PM	#91
- Now that's funny	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 03:09 PM	#99
- Amen.. There are just some foods that public-people need to avoid	SoCalDem	Aug-14-11 04:39 PM	#115
- K&R I missed the corn dog threads	RamboLiberal	Aug-14-11 02:09 PM	#93
- That one is terrible too.	Renew Deal	Aug-14-11 03:10 PM	#100
- I agree. Demeaning a female candidate by showing her to be "sucking dick" when she eats	readmoreoften	Aug-14-11 02:45 PM	#95
- Yes, but as long as there are tabloids	LiberaL Lamp Post	Aug-14-11 03:33 PM	#102
- Is he eating that or trying to stick it up his nose?	Buns_of_Fire	Aug-14-11 03:38 PM	#104
- If the picture was of Santorum blowing a corn dog, people would have made jokes, too.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 04:02 PM	#108
- Blowing that corndog	libodem	Aug-14-11 05:15 PM	#129
- Romney wouldn't have gagged, I'll tell you that much.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:15 PM	#140
- Thank you n/t	War Horse	Aug-14-11 04:20 PM	#112
- It's very relevant as an obvious example of her awful lack of judgment.	Waiting For Everyman	Aug-14-11 04:46 PM	#118
- So it's her fault	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 05:04 PM	#126
- i had a bratwurst this afternoon. as i opened mouth to take a bite, i said to self	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 05:09 PM	#128
- "So it's her fault	mac56	Aug-14-11 05:23 PM	#130
- Image control	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 07:42 PM	#149
- Yeah.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:16 PM	#141
- I saw the picture	pipi_k	Aug-14-11 07:51 PM	#150
- She had her eyes closed, so she looked less batshit crazy than she usually does.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 03:17 PM	#154
- Not sure if you're supposed to feel	pipi_k	Aug-15-11 03:33 PM	#162
- You honestly see a picture like that of Michelle fucking BACHMANN and expect ppl. not to make jokes?	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 05:25 PM	#165
- So it's Michelle Bachmann...	pipi_k	Aug-15-11 05:45 PM	#169
- Yes, it would be OK.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 06:40 PM	#172
- it matters to idiots who think like frat boys, and no one else.	bettyellen	Aug-14-11 06:07 PM	#135
- I think there's something wrong with your keyboard	Warren DeMontague	Aug-14-11 07:16 PM	#142
- Good point, and if it was OK to do to Dukakis	treestar	Aug-15-11 03:17 PM	#155
- Might become a public appearance	libodem	Aug-14-11 05:30 PM	#132
- obama ate hotdogs with not a single vulgar comment. nt	seabeyond	Aug-14-11 05:32 PM	#133
- Yeah. Here.	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 05:33 PM	#168
- Show me where, specifically, someone said she "looks like a whore".	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 05:31 PM	#167
- I just don't get the point	War Horse	Aug-14-11 05:34 PM	#134
- you are correct...	awoke_in_2003	Aug-14-11 06:38 PM	#136
- I don't understand the outrage.	Blue_In_AK	Aug-15-11 03:14 PM	#153
- "People need to get a sense of humor. " ......NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!!!!	Warren DeMontague	Aug-15-11 03:22 PM	#157
- Especially these days	Blue_In_AK	Aug-15-11 03:59 PM	#164
- If Romney, Paul, Pawlenty, etc... looked like they were performing fellatio on a corn dog in a photo	Hippo_Tron	Aug-15-11 03:26 PM	#159
- Unrec because fuck Republicans. -nt	Commie Pinko Dirtbag	Aug-15-11 03:28 PM	#161
- "No, Michelle--youcan't make me eat that. It's barbaric."	librechik	Aug-15-11 05:46 PM	#170
- Sorry	Aerows	Aug-15-11 06:43 PM	#173
- she has - and she should be able to	TorchTheWitch	Aug-15-11 07:45 PM	#181
- You are free to disagree	Aerows	Aug-15-11 10:35 PM	#182
- i never thought i was "going down" on the corn dog i was eating. nt	seabeyond	Aug-15-11 10:42 PM	#183
- Again, I know it's tasteless	Aerows	Aug-15-11 10:45 PM	#184
- I agree with you 100% and I also dislike gay slurs towards right wingers -	lynne	Aug-15-11 06:59 PM	#176
- stupidity isn't only for Freepers	Whisp	Aug-16-11 12:14 AM	#186
- Of course, you are 100% correct.	Zax2me	Aug-16-11 12:32 AM	#187

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