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Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
1. Ex wife of Murdoch is Putin's girlfriend ? I did not know that. Anyway, imagine Malia or Chelsea
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 09:48 AM
Aug 2016

this summer in that pic ....lt would be on the news 24/7

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
14. I didn't know that either!
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:35 AM
Aug 2016

I'm surprised that conspiracy loons haven't developed some Illuminati-type conjecture about it.

Squinch

(50,954 posts)
3. "Putin's bitch?" Seriously?
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:20 AM
Aug 2016

You complain about the alliance between two sexist morons by using sexist language?

Aviation Pro

(12,172 posts)
4. Politics is white hot...
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:25 AM
Aug 2016

...if the shitstain can refer to parts of the female anatomy of opponents and reporters then turn around is fair play.

Squinch

(50,954 posts)
8. Except it isn't turnaround. It is you doing exactly what he is doing. You're not turning
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:30 AM
Aug 2016

anything around on him, you're following his example.

Aviation Pro

(12,172 posts)
13. I'm a Cold Warrior....
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:33 AM
Aug 2016

...who served during the era of the Soviets. I know about Uncle Vlad and the relationship between him and shitstain makes me fucking ill. The latter is a Joe, who will be bent by the former if he's elected. I'll leave it at that.

Squinch

(50,954 posts)
15. That's very impressive. Your statement is still sexist, and now you're doubling down.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:35 AM
Aug 2016

These are Trumpish statements you are making.

Be better than he is.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
10. Nope - it's sexist bigotry no matter what the excuse for it thou make. Does not belong here. We
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:31 AM
Aug 2016

Women are delivering this nation from the horror that is Trump and you talk about us like this? not acceptable. Please delete the slur.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
7. I alerted under the "no bigotry" rule.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:29 AM
Aug 2016

I don't know which rule others will alert under.

If you want to use sexist slurs, do it somewhere else.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
9. +1
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:31 AM
Aug 2016

Specially considering how they justified it above.

Seems some think it's simply acceptable to follow the lead of well known sexists. Turn about... or some other justification.

No clue why something like that is necessary to make any point.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
12. If it's from a tabloid, it must be true!
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:33 AM
Aug 2016
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rupert-murdochs-ex-wife-wendi-deng-is-dating-vladimir-putin-w200077



Seriously, any reporting about a relationship with Putin is based on what US Weekly put out there.

That ain't a hill I'm dying on.

And yes, agreeing with others, your first line in the OP is just flat out wrong in general and inappropriate here.

procon

(15,805 posts)
16. You can't make this shit up... a candidate for the American presidency
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:45 AM
Aug 2016

let's his daughter pal around with a Russian dictator's girlfriend in a place like Croatia just weeks before the election. Then again, I can't understand why a presidential candidate, whose campaign is more like a roadside freak show, would think that the optics of his daughter taking a vacation with Vladimir Putin's squeeze would be helpful to his winning the GE.

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