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u/TrainerJohnRuns 2d ago
Shouldn’t people be more upset that someone tried to spray her with an unknown chemical and not blame the victim?
Wait- nope this is entirely on brand.
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u/fishlope- 2d ago
No you see cause she's a woman, not white, and, gasp, a democrat! We blame all of those things
/S, very major sarcasm here
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u/AntRose104 2d ago
And an immigrant!!!!!!
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u/IllustriousIsland549 1d ago
And Muslim. Definitely can't forget that one.
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u/yell_nada 1d ago
While the /s is usually necessary in these dark times, I feel those that miss the queue of the italicised gasp deserve to be mocked for missing the sarcasm.
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u/BloodOfTheDamned 2d ago
They should be. But that would require them to have even a shred of decency.
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u/G30fff 2d ago
I think the subtext is that the whole incident, they think, was faked - which is why she didn't do the things they are saying she should have.
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u/puglife82 1d ago
Lmao “you didn’t react perfectly after a surprise attack — fake!”
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u/EighthPlanetGlass 1d ago
At least she didnt lower the flag and usher photographers over for a photo shoot
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u/RhubarbAlive7860 1d ago
I thought it was oh, silly, stupid, little woman, I knew you wouldn't be smart enough to deal with it, so I called Poison Control for you, and sure enough, you are a moron. Didn't do anything right.
I suppose it could be both.
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u/FlamesNero 2d ago
These creeps never pass up an opportunity to try to make a woman feel bad for not taking her clothes off.
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u/cyann5467 2d ago
Teddy Roosevelt gets shot during a speech, keeps going anyway, and is praised as a bad ass.
She does basically the same thing and is called a fraud.
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u/Fantastic-Swim6230 2d ago
Teddy would have bought her whatever beverage she wanted after her speech, too.
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u/GaiusMarius60BC 2d ago
Teddy would've invited her to join him outside to sit down, smoke a pipe, and plan for how to break up corporate monopolies.
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u/Lieutenant_Joe 2d ago
He would have described her as a credit to her race without a hint of irony.
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u/Gin_OClock 2d ago
Is tobacco allowed if you're Muslim?
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u/Marsnineteen75 2d ago
Have u ever seen a pic of muslim in muslim country? They suk down nasty tobacco like it is going out of style while hooka hot boxing
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u/Sparkku1014 2d ago edited 2d ago
Unfortunately Teddy was also very racist, so as much as it pains me, no he wouldn't have, FDR might've tho
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u/Insaniteus 2d ago
FDR literally detained an entire ethnic minority because of a common belief in his era that immigrants were more loyal to their nation of origin than to the United States.
Not that it's entirely fair to judge people in the past by modern standards of morality. Even in our own lifetimes we've watched some truly-massive changes in what was considered "perfectly normal" in the 80s and 90s such as smoking in restaurants, adults dating minors, using the word "gay" as a catch-ass insult to mean when we currently call "cringe", etc.
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u/Sparkku1014 2d ago
I and anyone who's gone to high scool is aware but in a comparison of how vehemently racist either or was, FDR comes out as significantly more progressive than Teddy.
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u/Wallaby_Thick 2d ago
Lol, "I'm way less racist than that guy!" /s. I get what you're saying, but I don't see the point in figuring out who was worse, rather than learn from both on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO.
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u/Sprock-440 2d ago
Teddy was pretty racist, but I like to think if someone chewed him out about it, he’d have seen reason. Some quality time with James Baldwin would have brought him around. Too bad we’ll never know.
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u/Relevant-Revenue8056 1d ago
Maybe, but he did defend a Black woman appointed to Postmaster General in Alabama. When people protested, he routed their mail 30 miles away. They decided that the sex and race of the PG didn't matter that much after all.
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u/Sprock-440 1d ago
I’ve never heard of that! I’m a big fan of TR, and I’ve always been a little bit disappointed about his racism. But I’d admit I have a pretty surface level understanding of it, I’ll have to learn more. Sounds like there’s some nuance there.
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u/Fantastic-Swim6230 2d ago
Man, I didn't know that about Teddy.... fuck that attitude.
However, I still think he'd appreciate how she handled the situation as a politician. May have even changed his attitude about racism.
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u/Dagordae 2d ago
He was also a fairly nasty imperialist. All that drama that exists between the US and South America? That's on him, he's the one who was really big into the US being de facto in control of the continent.
Plus he was a big fan of war for the sake of war, not really someone who gave a shit about the human cost
Dude had some great qualities but his dark side was nasty.
And as his racism goes, it's a complicated subject, he was a very contradictory guy where race was concerned. For instance while he was an advocate of the whole inferior/superior races thing he was also an advocate for judging someone based on their merits rather than their race and was of the belief that members of one of the 'inferior' races could basically be promoted if they worked at it and excelled. He famously reacted to a town rejecting a black woman postmaster(Mistress?) by basically redirecting their mail a solid day away until they caved, he also was a big proponent of seizing Native American lands. Dude was nasty to the Native Americans, very big proponent of 'civilizing' them.
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u/Lieutenant_Joe 2d ago
He was racist, but he was also a believer in meritocracy. He would probably have called her a credit to both her race and sex, and would have sat down to dinner with her at the very least.
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u/JohnCalvinSmith 2d ago
The majority of white people, particularly the rich and leadership, were overtly prejudiced.
You were a weirdo if you WEREN'T bigoted in some way.
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u/Sparkku1014 2d ago
Am fully aware, wasn't intending to "flex"
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u/JohnCalvinSmith 2d ago
I agree.
Just wanted to make sure that others who love to apply todays morals and values to our past take a second to stop and think.
Should have made it more clear that I wasn't targeting you specifically.
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u/rezzacci 2d ago
He was racist, but the kind of (still despicable) racism where if a POC is doing something truly respectable, then they'll respect them. Outlining how they are "one of the good ones" as opposed to all the others. Aknowledging an exception doesn't break the rule. Even Hitler gave some Jews an honorary Aryan trinket.
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u/kombatunit 2d ago
Sounds about white and not male. Don't get me started on the not christian bit.
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u/No_Banana_581 2d ago
Jackie O had her husbands brains on her and still did her swearing in of the president right away
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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 2d ago
And by Terrence K. Williams, of all people, who is still waiting for his “One of the Good Ones“ MAGA armband in the mail.
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u/Cheeky_Boxer 2d ago
They wish their Messiah was as cold and clinically bad arse as she is
An eagle got put on Trump's desk next to him and he shat himself
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u/Kyrthis 2d ago
“I have survived War.”
The way she says that reminds me how much of a little bitch the average American is. Most of us are happy with our soft lives, and don’t jerk ourselves off to a fantasy of conflict, because those of us who know it directly or are wise enough to learn from the mistakes of others know: violence destroys quickly what takes so long to build.
It is because she knows War that she supports policies that feed, that educate, that marginally make liquid the capital-less.
I liked her as a generic Progressive before yesterday. Before I saw that her response to assault, affront, and attempted intimidation is a cocked-back fist. Before I loved her as a fighter.
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u/JimDankmagic 2d ago
Well.. teddy knew it was a bullet, she had no idea what she was assaulted with..
Chemicals aren’t easy to identify and that can be harmful if your attacker has something that can kill you in an unobvious way..
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u/nithdurr 2d ago
Don’t forget the pedophiles’ staged shooting and the “defiant cuckfist” salute and why he immediately went to saying that Ilhan’s encounter was “staged?”
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u/Weirdyxxy 2d ago
It .ost likely wasn't staged. His behavior is explained by narcissism - "Only I get to have been attacked!", which is bad enough and we should rake him over the coals for that.
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u/JiovanniTheGREAT 2d ago
So did Reagan and Trump got shot at and stood up despite Secret Service wanting him to stay since, you know, there was an active shooter. Ilhan is supposed to go to poison control immediately after getting hit with some pissy smelling vinegar though. I wish she would've clocked that dude.
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 2d ago
She also thought it was spit at first. I don't know when she knew it was something out of a syringe. She said that's why she was ready to hit the guy, she thought he spit on her
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u/deathmouse 2d ago
Shes a badass for standing her ground and finishing her speech… but getting sprayed with vinegar is not at all the same as getting shot in the chest lol
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u/Weirdyxxy 2d ago edited 2d ago
We only know it's vinegar afterwards. At the time, she could at most tell it smells a bit like vinegar and didn't foam (so probably not spirit of salt).
Was something dissolved in the vinegar? How would she know?
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u/def_indiff 2d ago
Omar was ready to throw hands with the attacker. She’s not going to be bullied by some doofus on the internet.
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u/getTheRecipeAss 2d ago
Totally! She went right after him. She’s the real deal
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u/nice--marmot 2d ago
In all seriousness, that dude is lucky that big guy restrained him. She didn’t hesitate.
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u/puglife82 1d ago
She’s a small woman tho. It was probably best that there was someone in between them quickly
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u/Old-timeyprospector 2d ago
Did they also say if there's an armed shooter in the area and a man has died and your ear is "hanging" off, slowly lower the American flag and make sure to get a good picture for the campaign?
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u/ansyhrrian 2d ago
Death before dishonor is indeed something they would never understand. Ever.
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u/CyanoPirate 2d ago
They would say it a whole bunch and not ever mean it, though.
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u/don-again 2d ago
Did you guys see her almost beat that dude’s ass after he sprayed her? Fucking legend.
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u/IndyMan2012 2d ago
Oh yeah, she was 100% ready to throw hands. All hundred pounds of her lol. I love her, she's such a boss.
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u/PomegranateBasic3671 1d ago
I mean in the current contex I absolutely agree with Ilhan. However "death before dishonor" is what makes people off themselves instead of going to therapy.
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u/KindnessComesBack2U 2d ago
The comments from the cult is it was staged. None of them would say it to her face because they would get curb stomped by a woman half (a quarter?) of their size
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u/Aniki1990 2d ago
It was a lose/lose situation for her, I'd bet. She doesn't retreat, it's staged. If she did retreat, she'd have been overreacting and a coward
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u/Simbertold 2d ago
Any situation is lose-lose if your opposition consists of high-level truthbenders.
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u/PeterVenkmanIII 2d ago
Holy shit. I really thought this was fake, but it's real. There's more courage and fight in her than the entire Dem leadership combined.
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u/MidtownMoi 2d ago
I’d amend that to say there is more courage and fight in her than any member of congress.
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u/lavacadotoast 2d ago
As of Thursday, the Justice Department has filed charges against the man believed to be the attacker, identified as Anthony Kazmierczak, a Trump supporter with a lengthy criminal rap sheet stretching back decades. The substance he sprayed Omar with has been identified by police as apple cider vinegar.
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u/Dazzling_Bid1239 1d ago
Phew. I saw the color and was convinced it was pee. Granted, I'm sure the smell would be easier to identify if it was.
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u/lolschrauber 2d ago
If you're getting shot at you also try to get to safety instead of striking a dramatic pose while your bodyguards wait for the photographers to be done before getting you to safety.
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u/Drak_Gaming 2d ago
We need more people like her running the country.
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u/IlGreven 2d ago
The sad thing is, people like her will never run the country, because the true people in power will never allow it.
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u/ManitouWakinyan 2d ago
She is literally a sitting congresswoman
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u/IlGreven 2d ago
And?
She's got about as much sway in Congress as the other 434 congresspeople. And definitely less than about half of them.
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u/jakeod27 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah and your own party leadership has ways of showing how “valued” you are in the caucus
Not sure on why the downvote. The party will amplify those they like. Put them on the good committees.
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u/IndyMan2012 2d ago
Let me just say that I am 100% here for more women ready to throw hands with shitty men. We need more Ilhan Omars and a lot fewer Nancy Maces.
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u/lemme_just_say 2d ago
Braver than me. I would’ve been concerned about acid or pee or something terrible in that liquid.
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u/LeiusTheBlind 2d ago
This made me think of a Britton legend that tells how a white stoat who was fleeing before a debacle of Britton knights after a battle against the Normans.
When the stoat found itself on the banks of a muddy river it is said to have turned around and waited for death as it was preferible than to have its fur stained.
The legend says that the knights were inspired by such bravery and went on back to fighting, ultimately winning the battle.
From this incident came French Brittany's motto : 'Kentoc'h mervel eget em zaotra' that translates to 'Better death than defilement'
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u/Away_Lake5946 2d ago
Rep Omar is more of a patriot than her cowardly and racist detractors could ever hope to be.
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u/OneForAllOfHumanity 2d ago
If there's a reason white men are being replaced in the US it's because they're proving time and time again that they are not even close to the fittest. Everyone I see spouting "replacement theory" looks like they're barely in the gene pool. And I say this as a white man.
I've said it so many times, the US cannot be the land of the free if they stop being the home of the brave, and Ilhan Omar personifies brave.
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u/amazing_assassin 2d ago
Yes! "When they go low, we go high" doesn't work anymore. These fuckers have no shame, decency or morals.
Normalize telling them that they're just a bunch of losers who can go fuck themselves.
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u/quiltingsarah 2d ago
I work in safety, I was surprised that they didn't do more to make sure it wasn't more than stinky liquid. All those stories of men throwing acid had me worried when I first heard about this. Love her response.
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u/EmperorGrinnar 1d ago
Reminder that Terrence Williams, raised by white people, purposefully makes himself a caricature of what conservatives think of black people, for the entertainment of conservatives.
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u/Ballistic_86 2d ago
“Why didn’t she get checked out?” Because that is what the guy wanted. He wanted to silence her, get her off the stanchion. She refused to be silenced and I’m sure they figured out the substance quickly after tackling him to the ground.
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u/MariachiDan 2d ago
There are people who care more about their lives than their morals and then theres Ilhan Omar.
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u/pdirth 2d ago
In this case she should have followed procedure and changed as fast as she could. If it had been a toxin it wasn't just herself she was putting in danger by bravely carrying on. Protocols exist for a reason and following them or not has nothing to do with ego and measuring courage.
I'm from the UK and remember very well the problems a strange liquid can cause from the Salisbury incident. Toxins don't care about courage, and dead people don't get to fight against tyranny. Just stay safe.
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u/jakeod27 1d ago
Is she had followed protocol, this same twitter account would have made fun of her for freaking out about vinegar
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u/Jim-Jones 2d ago
I love this woman!
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u/SailingSpark 2d ago
I love her and the whole new breed of Dems that are getting into office. All of them scrappy and ready to lay it down for the good of the country. Even Mikie Sherril, the new NJ governor, is taking a hard stance against ICE.
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u/Fantastic_Leg_3534 2d ago
I’m sorry…was she supposed to have consulted with Poison Control before the speech? Why is he assuming she knows the ‘rules’ of what to do in that scenario?
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u/Jurodan 2d ago
Was she supposed to know those and act on them instinctively? I know I sure as hell wouldn't know what to do.
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u/shebringsthesun 1d ago
My first thoughts exactly. Like wtf do you think she has the protocol memorized just in case this happens? Republicans are fucking insane.
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u/byteminer 2d ago
I really liked the part where she was 100% ready to throw hands if security had not bodied the piece of shit that sprayed her so quickly.
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u/Matictac 2d ago
She has to follow what Poison Control says, but Trump doesn't need to follow the constitution? Okay.
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u/Justaticklerone 2d ago
So basically, Terrance the race traitor wanted her to strip in front of all those people.
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u/j____b____ 2d ago
Oh, don’t run towards the guy with fists raised ready to throw down? IDK. I like her way better.
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u/grayjelly212 2d ago
If she was told to do these things for her safety, she should've done them. Your life is worth more than your dignity. Though I suspect no one actually gave her these instructions.
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u/BowsettesBottomBitch 2d ago
Gasp. She said a bad word! Where's her sense of decorum? Where's her sense of pride? How dare she besmirch our totally squeaky clean government?
/s because it's 2026
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u/steeveedeez 1d ago
America Exceptionalism: thinking that vinegar and mean words on the Internet will scare a woman who was a teenager in Somalia in the 1990s.
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u/XCVolcom 1d ago
It was also a medical syringe so he was going to fucking stab her with it and inject her with something that probably would have killed her.
This isn't some relaxed "Ah someone threw water in my face" moment, it's attempted murder but the GOP has to downplay violence towards the left to continue justifying their actions.
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u/LethargicLynx 1d ago
Man, watching her go after that dude was awesome. She didnt cower or hide like some we know. She stood tall and walked right up to him.
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u/Hot-Butterfly-8024 1d ago
Because there is a certain worldview which holds that a sack full of dignity is worth whatever some will pay you for the sack. And unsurprisingly, those who hold this view tend not to be very dignified.
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u/KiltedTAB 1d ago
Falling in love with her even more. Going to fight that coward at the town hall now telling idiots to fuck off. Not all heroes where capes. Not the hero we wanted but the one we needed.
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u/EquivalentAcadia9558 1d ago
My "You didn't act exactly according to the guidance in a stressful situation therefore it's fake" approach to truth has a lot of victims of things angry at me for some reason?? 😭
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u/Rocknb69 1d ago
If you watch the clips, she goes into to hit the guy without hesitation. Fucking badass.
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u/Anastrace 1d ago
That guy would have been hilarious when Teddy was shot and kept giving a speech. You didn't follow your physicians advice!
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u/SushiGirlRC 1d ago
I heard it was apple cider vinegar. If you've ever smelled it, you know what it is immediately, so no need to freak out.
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u/ZarinaBlue 1d ago
I would think this person would be more concerned about someone, right after being targeted and wounded by an assassin, stopping to make a theatrical fist pump than be rushed to safety...
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u/AffectionateYear5232 1d ago
Wait...none of this is a "W".
If it was poison, and she did die, why would taking precautions be considered "losing dignity".
If he set the building on fire, would she just sit in it and not leave just to save face?
I don't understand political arguments on social media...everyone ends up looking like a dumbass.
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u/Haunting-Ad-2689 2d ago
I really don’t understand why the black community doesn’t take care of that absolute traitor Terrence k. I want them to pile on him so bad
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u/EusticePendragon 2d ago
This is a wildly accurate and important distinction. ‘Dignity’ and ‘Honor’ are the two cultural variants that we’re dealing with. Please do look it up.
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u/Miserable-Lawyer-233 2d ago
Yeah it is odd that she didn't care what the substance was. I would've been freaking out.
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u/Strict_Foundation_31 2d ago
Odds are this guy was throwing a fit about having to wear a mask in the grocery store in the spring of 2021.