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In reply to the discussion: AOC: Oh look, someone took a photo of what my life is like debating Republicans in committee each wk [View all]Lulu KC
(2,575 posts)16. I find it odd
that there are people mocking her for posting this. I'm sure Nancy Pelosi feels the same way--and many other women. This is about feminism and I love it.
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AOC: Oh look, someone took a photo of what my life is like debating Republicans in committee each wk [View all]
kpete
Jun 2020
OP
No, but she's definitely qualified to talk about herself and joke about her experience.
Iggo
Jun 2020
#15
It's sad that disagreement with select Democratic politicians is invariably characterized as "hate".
George II
Jun 2020
#143
Strange that you respond to perceived disrespect for young people with a screed pretty
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#148
Yes, it's like we have an expiration date, after which we're useless in the real world....
George II
Jun 2020
#152
Please explain EXACTLY what is it that people are supposed to be jealous of...
NurseJackie
Jun 2020
#154
As an unknown in 2018 she unseated Joe Crowley, a powerful 20 year Democratic Representative
jalan48
Jun 2020
#19
I am sure glad that misogyny wasn't expressed against Hillary by some of the same folks who
still_one
Jun 2020
#71
I wonder how many of the "same people" who made actual vile, sexist slurs against Hillary, are the
still_one
Jun 2020
#72
The "resentment" of which you speak is from her constituents, mostly because....
George II
Jun 2020
#109
So are you saying anyone on DU who doesn't care for Rep Ocasio-Cortez, is a racist and misogynist?
still_one
Jun 2020
#77
Those on DU who aren't fans of hers, it has NOTHING to do with her gender or racial
still_one
Jun 2020
#85
Good, then we are on the same page. There is nothing in Ocasio-Cortez's tweet that
still_one
Jun 2020
#116
It appears to me that most here who have issues with AOC also have issues with Sanders.
Kaleva
Jun 2020
#86
You nailed it. Representative Ocasio-Cortez makes no bones about her negative feelings toward what
still_one
Jun 2020
#87
I think most of us are on the same page regardless of the sparing that goes on from time to time
still_one
Jun 2020
#129
How many of her detractors have you come across or know? Badrun Khan and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera...
George II
Jun 2020
#103
That's "most" I presume? As I pointed out elsewhere, four of her most prominent "detractors"....
George II
Jun 2020
#119
That's different from your first question. But this cartoon is about being hired into a company....
George II
Jun 2020
#21
Over 79% of AOC's fundraising came from small donors. Her primary opponent is funded by Trumpers
Arazi
Jun 2020
#38
Why are you bashing a Democratic candidate in next week's Democratic primary?
George II
Jun 2020
#41
You'd think someone who said "It's called having standards for your conduct to not be funded
betsuni
Jun 2020
#89
Anecdotes are useless. Prove it please. Also I'd like to see your link on her donations
Arazi
Jun 2020
#49
No, my experience of growing up in Queens and connections with family and friends in Queens....
George II
Jun 2020
#51
It is about her and many others. Too bad you can't understand her position. That's the main problem
TeamPooka
Jun 2020
#83
Strong Democratic women (especially of color like AOC) make Republicans uncomfortable.
PTWB
Jun 2020
#9
Nah, not at all. Democrats who arent fans of her, it has nothing to do with her gender or
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#60
It's the same "AOC should sit down and shut up" crowd, chirping her in every single AOC thread
SaintLouisBlues
Jun 2020
#40
Nobody said that, not even Nancy Pelosi whom she accused of telling her that last year.
George II
Jun 2020
#48
One has to wonder how many of the "same people" who made actual vile, sexist slurs against Hillary
still_one
Jun 2020
#73
Definitely not you Lulu. I agree with your post. My issue is those that seem to infer
still_one
Jun 2020
#110
If that tweet came from someone else, I suspect the detractors would have no problem
still_one
Jun 2020
#114
Honestly, I suspect that every woman who has been in a meeting with a bunch of men
Bettie
Jun 2020
#59
I have no criticism with her tweet, or her personification of the sexism exhibited in it
still_one
Jun 2020
#76