MI-GOV: Michiganders are pissed Gretchen Whitmer won't stop saying 'damn'

[RandySF]

There are a lot of things to get angry about when it comes to politics. People dying because they don't have health care? Blame politics. People living under bridges instead of in homes? Politics. Car tire swallowed by a pot hole? While less important, yes, that's politics too.

Then there are the political gripes so trivial they honestly bear mentioning only for their lunacy. And that's where we turn our focus to Michiganders who are apparently angry about the use of mild curse words. Yes, they are offended by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer's most visible campaign slogan, "Fix the damn roads."

"Just don't say 'damn' anymore," a woman on the internet urged of Whitmer yesterday. "[It] takes away from your ladyness."


https://m.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/08/30/michiganders-are-pissed-gretchen-whitmer-wont-stop-saying-damn


GRETCHEN WHITMER




https://www.gretchenwhitmer.com/

[yardwork]

1. Lol. But what Trump says is fine?

[Tucker08087]

2. They don't say it anymore.

So they apparently did once. Another example of trying to rebuild 50s era rules in 2018.

[catbyte]

3. This Michigander isn't offended in the least. You should see the damn roads.

"Ladyness?!?" Oh, brother.

[Takket]

4. wow, someone on the internet said something?

Thank you metrotimes for bringing us this very relevant information!

[JHan]

12. + lol right.

It's one woman who got two likes, and two dudes. Three idiots in all.
On twitter.

2 likes among them all.

Editor at Metrotimes: "STOP THE PRESSES, WE MUST GET ON THIS URGENTLY"

It is funny for the blowback it got, like this tweet:

Link to tweet

Which got 5 likes.

[fierywoman]

5. But they have no problem with pussy, c-word, n-word, fuck, misogyny, racism,...

[roamer65]

6. A Michigan pothole took out my front tire last March.

Fix the GODDAM roads.

Gretchen is bring nice about it.

[llmart]

7. Oh, for heaven's sake...

give me a break. Our fuckin' roads are abysmal. Is that better?

Guess I'm not very ladylike.

My guess is it's the repuke women who have their panties in a bunch about this. It would probably be just fine with them if Schuette said it though.

[cutroot]

8. Heathens!

Doesn't " a woman on the internet" know that it is a biblical word?

[Awsi Dooger]

9. I got called out on that word last month

Shocked the heck out of me. I was at a Wendy's drive through and they asked me to pull forward and wait for the order, even though there was absolutely nobody else behind me at the drive through, and it was hardly a peak period.

I told the girl, "There is no damn reason for me to pull forward. I'll stay right here, thank you."

I came back a week later and the same girl took my order. During the wait she said to me -- and totally unprovoked -- "Why do you come to Wendy's if you hate it so much?"

I was livid. There was no reason for that comment. When I asked to speak to the manager she told him that I "cursed her out" during my previous visit.

Unbelievable. She had to be a Trumpster. I told him I didn't curse her out, that the only thing I said was there was no damn reason to move my car forward and wait, with no cars behind me in the drive thru.

To my relief, he sided with me. He said he had heard of the incident and my version was exactly the way it was described to him. He apologized to me and said there was no reason that I should have to put up with what the girl said to me.

He offered a free large fries, but I declined. As always, I told him my priority was no cheese. As long as that was taken care of, and the Frostys not melted, I'd be on my way.

But I'm not going back to Wendy's any time soon.

[kcr]

10. Unlike Gretchen, you weren't called out for using the word Damn

I'm with the Wendy's worker. Sorry.

[Nevernose]

13. Their pay depends on speed

The reason the person asked you to pull forward is that they’re timed on EVERYTHING. The general manger of a Wendy’s is lucky to pull in 30 or 35k a year.

You were in the wrong.

[Blue_true]

14. Sorry, but I side with the Wendy's woman.

Maybe she was overly sensitive, but you also had no valid reason to say what you said to her. I worked fast food while in college, some of the things people said to me were abysmal and usually uncalled for. Often the things that triggered their rage were not things I had control over. The girl most likely had no control over a slow kitchen, she was just an order taker. Your act of going before the manager for a situation that you could have resolved by simply saying that you apologize if she took what you said wrong, may have cost her a job, and if she needed the money, could have thrown her life in disarray, she was likely living paycheck to paycheck as things were.

[Kaleva]

11. A tounge in cheek article. Not serious at all.

[George II]

15. Maybe she should say "sons of bitches" like our current person in the white house?