Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Originally Posted by WES445

I am definitely seeing some pent up sexual aggression or fantasies in their criticism of her.

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It's very clear to me and anyone else who can see the situation objectively.

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Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

you were the one obsessed with media and brought it up, stop deflecting.

drag is not normal, no debate.

how can anyone be dumb enough to argue this is okay for children, you have to be arguing for the sake of arguing.

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Define normal

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Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

you were the one obsessed with media and brought it up, stop deflecting.

drag is not normal, no debate.

how can anyone be dumb enough to argue this is okay for children, you have to be arguing for the sake of arguing.

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How is it not ok for children? Should Halloween be canceled?

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Originally Posted by WES445

I am definitely seeing some pent up sexual aggression or fantasies in their criticism of her.

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Oh for sure.


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AOC is garbage, though. She’s another dumbass politician who thinks you should do as she says but not as she does.

Between going to Miami and her stupid *** border pictures, she’a really transitioning into a true politician!

PSDs furthest left member doesn’t like AOC…I’d love to see the comments that follow.

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Originally Posted by valade16

Why do you call her Sandy?

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That was what she wanted to be called in her swanky high school as well as the bar where she worked.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

It could be that BOP is just a sexist piece of ****. I mean he can't stop calling her every derogatory name in the book. What haven't we heard yet? He's called her a bimbo, skank, dumb *****, etc. Even some things he thinks are derogatory but are really not like transgender.

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How about trollup? Like that one better?

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Originally Posted by Bird of Prey

How about trollup? Like that one better?

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If I had to bet, I'm sure women in positions of power bother you in general.

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Originally Posted by Bird of Prey

That was what she wanted to be called in her swanky high school as well as the bar where she worked.

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You do the best "mean girl" impersonation I have ever seen here. You sound just like the catty girls I use to hear in the high school cafeteria.

" yeah, grrr. She thinks she is "Ms It" or something with her swanky school and wanting people to call her SAAAANDY"

"The b****, who does she think she is?"

It is like hopscotch, jump in anytime, you're a Pro at it.

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Originally Posted by Zmaster52

AOC is garbage, though. She’s another dumbass politician who thinks you should do as she says but not as she does.

Between going to Miami and her stupid *** border pictures, she’a really transitioning into a true politician!

PSDs furthest left member doesn’t like AOC…I’d love to see the comments that follow.

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Ocasio-Cortez has developed more as a celebrity than as a true politician. Remember her early days in office when she was doing some interesting and useful things with her position (in particular being transparent about the initiation rites that come with the job). And some of her early hearing performances were quite good.

Alas, she has increasingly succumbed to the pitfalls that come with celebrity status, some of which she has brought upon herself and some of which is simply a function of American obsession with attractive young women, especially those who are single and — face it — successful. See this thread if you need evidence.

Also, progressives are held to a different standard when it comes to walking the talk, largely because of the content of their talk. No one really cares if a republican or a mainstream democrat does not use public transportation (because they are against it in the first place) or if they own three huge residences and overheat them with fossil fuels (because they are beholden to those interests) or if they take golfing vacations in Hawaii and Florida, flying first class both ways (because they couldn’t care less about the poor). You get the picture.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

If I had to bet, I'm sure women in positions of power bother you in general.

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Women, minorities, transgender people, drag queens...

The list of people he isn't bothered by seems rather narrow and monochrome.

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Originally Posted by Crovash

Ocasio-Cortez has developed more as a celebrity than as a true politician. Remember her early days in office when she was doing some interesting and useful things with her position (in particular being transparent about the initiation rites that come with the job). And some of her early hearing performances were quite good.

Alas, she has increasingly succumbed to the pitfalls that come with celebrity status, some of which she has brought upon herself and some of which is simply a function of American obsession with attractive young women, especially those who are single and — face it — successful. See this thread if you need evidence.

Also, progressives are held to a different standard when it comes to walking the talk, largely because of the content of their talk. No one really cares if a republican or a mainstream democrat does not use public transportation (because they are against it in the first place) or if they own three huge residences and overheat them with fossil fuels (because they are beholden to those interests) or if they take golfing vacations in Hawaii and Florida, flying first class both ways (because they couldn’t care less about the poor). You get the picture.

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True, I have been saying lately she needs to do better. Mark some of that to age, the effect of being instantly famous, and her new status in the political arena, she had some growing pains.

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Originally Posted by Bird of Prey

That was what she wanted to be called in her swanky high school as well as the bar where she worked.

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Is that a bad thing?

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Originally Posted by Crovash

Ocasio-Cortez has developed more as a celebrity than as a true politician. Remember her early days in office when she was doing some interesting and useful things with her position (in particular being transparent about the initiation rites that come with the job). And some of her early hearing performances were quite good.

Alas, she has increasingly succumbed to the pitfalls that come with celebrity status, some of which she has brought upon herself and some of which is simply a function of American obsession with attractive young women, especially those who are single and — face it — successful. See this thread if you need evidence.

Also, progressives are held to a different standard when it comes to walking the talk, largely because of the content of their talk. No one really cares if a republican or a mainstream democrat does not use public transportation (because they are against it in the first place) or if they own three huge residences and overheat them with fossil fuels (because they are beholden to those interests) or if they take golfing vacations in Hawaii and Florida, flying first class both ways (because they couldn’t care less about the poor). You get the picture.

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I agree with your first two paragraphs, America is obsessed with celebrities and name brand more than anything. Case and point? Trump, Kardashians, Clintons, Biden, whoever. People care more about name brand and money than they do intelligence.

I don’t fully understand your third paragraph though, if you could elaborate a bit.


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Originally Posted by Zmaster52

I agree with your first two paragraphs, America is obsessed with celebrities and name brand more than anything. Case and point? Trump, Kardashians, Clintons, Biden, whoever. People care more about name brand and money than they do intelligence.

I don’t fully understand your third paragraph though, if you could elaborate a bit.

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Sure.

First, we know that Ocasio-Cortez is a media magnet, as celebrities are by their simply being celebrities, including celebrity politicians. So, we get to see a whole lot of her — a lot more than she deserves (or maybe even wants), but, hey, that’s the nature of the game.

Second, her political positions are well known. She is a democratic socialist, a sponsor of the Green New Deal, and a supporter of covid-19 protocols like vaccinations and masks. These stances — and there are others — frankly make her anathema to many folks in the US, and especially to the right-wing media (the double-whammy for her, if you will).

So, when she is extensively covered (as the media need to do in order to make bank) and captured doing things that appear run counter to her so-called creed, well, that’s news. And it ain’t always positive coverage either (read any report on her in The New York Post).

Of course, it all ends up being grist for the mill for desperate (and obsessed) guys like Special, Sluggo, BirdofPrey, and Catman.

The Catch-22 is that Ocasio-Cortez, like other progressives, still must in reality function in a world in which her views are not only minority views, but are views that on paper actively oppose the majority. It is easy then to mock her, bash her, and brand her a hypocrite — certainly easier than castigating most national political figures because their views cohere with the world in which they operate.

Example: Ocasio-Cortez gets negative coverage (NYPost) for using an uber to get from one appearance to another.

All that said, she definitely has her flaws, and she may not be maturing well as an effective politician, but, then again, when has that really mattered recently?