I don't know how to say this, but I'm going to try.

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madaboutharry (41,428 posts)

I don't know how to say this, but I'm going to try.

I don't know how to say this, but I'm going to try.
I don’t like the word “triggered.” I think it has been so overused that it has lost its impact and meaning.

However, after watching today’s hearing with Pete Hegseth and having a few hours to think about what happened there, I am deeply triggered right now. And I’m certain I am not alone.

I have known men like Pete Hegseth my entire adult life, entitled pretty boys who never learned where the boundaries were or how to respect other people.

I know I am not alone in having quit a job because of sexual harassment and a toxic (another overused word, sorry) environment caused by men with misogynistic and sexist attitudes toward women.

This entire scenario unfolding before us, with Trump and his depraved view of the world at the top, is sickening and frightening.

You want to know what is even more sickening than the unserious members of the “good old boys” club? Women like Joni Ernst. What a spectacular fraud. She has never stood up for victims of sexual assault. She didn’t even show up for Dr. Blasey-Ford’s hearing. She refused to meet with the woman who accused Hegseth of rape. She failed to ask meaningful questions today.

I can not bear to think about what the next four years are going to bring, for women in the military and for women who are federal employees, especially those working in Washington D.C.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219903865

You should have not tried NOT to post this stupid garbage

[CollectivismMustDie]

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[Dblhaul]

Apparently  Pete Hegseth kicked ass in todays hearings. DUmmies are gonna have a big sad.

[Airwolf]

I don't know him personally but the two of us have served in the same Brigade if not the same battalion in the 101st Airborne. His unit crest on his suit lapel is the same as the one I wore when I was in the Army. We didn't suffer fools as a general rule just like in most Army units and if you were to stupid to breath then you would be shipped off. The DUmp can hate Hegseth all they want but he has more brain power than a dozen of them. It's good to see how he handled those idiots on the committee that tried to trip him up.

[SVPete]

  One conservative on X called Hegseth's hearing Operation Enduring Karen. Apparently he did rather well, triggering madaboutharry.

I have known men like Pete Hegseth my entire adult life, entitled pretty boys who never learned where the boundaries were or how to respect other people.

In real life, Hegseth's upbringing was not at all privileged, so no basis for madaboutharry's misperceived entitlement. OTOH, the Dem poo-flingers and harpies were, in part, set off by Hegseth declining to meet with them, to which they felt entitled. Hegseth didn't honor their positions of privilege.

[Airwolf]

I just found out that Pete Hegseth actually did serve in the same Company and battalion I did . Co C 3rd BN 187th INF. A fellow Choppin Charlie was we called ourselves. I didn't serve at the same time as he did though. He was with the unit from 2005 to 2006

[SVPete]

I know I am not alone in having quit a job because of sexual harassment and a toxic (another overused word, sorry) environment caused by men with misogynistic and sexist attitudes toward women.

In uber-liberal Hollyweird, perchance?

In uber-liberal MSM skewsrooms, perchance?

In the uber-liberal pop/rock/rap music industry, perchance? For extra credit, search for current news about Sean "Diddy" Combs.

[Karin]

I for one am triggered by the screaming harpies that were the female democrat senators.  They made rich meme material and are being widely ridiculed all over the world.  Just so you know, DUmmies, since you won't leave your bubble.  Yesterday and today, the democrats put all their stupidity on display for everyone to see.

[Old n Grumpy]

I for one am triggered by the screaming harpies that were the female democrat senators.  They made rich meme material and are being widely ridiculed all over the world.  Just so you know, DUmmies, since you won't leave your bubble.  Yesterday and today, the democrats put all their stupidity on display for everyone to see.

The way they were all screaming at him. You would have thought he was deaf. The look on Elizabeth Warren’s face when she asked him about denying generals jobs for 10 years when he told her he wasn’t a general was priceless. You could tell she was had and she knew it.
It was really disgusting the white people like her and that other stupid fat cow and Kane, who never did anything would call to task someone who served in the military honorably and wanted to do something good for the country. Those people are disgusting hopefully some of them will get voted out next time around.

[SVPete]

Have DU-folk gone crazy yet over FL AG Pam Bondi handing Schifftyroo his @$$?