Republican Cries To Fox News After Getting Publicly Humiliated For Making Transphobic Comments

[@samiamrg7]

Nah, Sam, I was in middle school 15 years ago and I also remember those anti-gay arguments. I was anti-gay back then, but even I realized that those arguments didn’t really make sense. Having to reckon with the poor arguments against gay rights is what forced me to concede that they should have rights; there was just no reason for them not to. I was anti-gay because I was an immature teenager who thought they were icky, not because I thought they were degrading society. It still took a few more years to fully overcome my personal disgust with homosexuality, but acknowledging that they deserve rights was a big step in diminishing those negative attitudes.

[@Atmost11]

Gay people in my experience have been generally understanding about legitimate homophobia when it isnt bitter and you make an effort

[@samiamrg7]

Another big step was the fairly sudden cultural shift starting around the end of the “oughts” away from using “gay” as a derogetory term. (the “R” and “F” slur started to be excised from vocab at that time as well).

[@user-tw6bj4xx1l]

I'm not anti-gay I just don't like seeing gay guys doing things to each other it's weird to me but that's not my business and it's not my place to say that they shouldn't have the same rights as I do or be treated with the dignity that I am. To each their own. Live and let live is what we all should practice.

[@Atmost11]

@@user-tw6bj4xx1l In my experience gay people have been supportive of me while I have faced legitimate homophobia, because I make an effort and am not bitter about it. Oh, how about that, I already said that.

[@RobertMichaelTodd]

You're lucky you get to choose if you hate someone or not. Minorities don't have that privilege.

[@petedog9581]

If men like Josh could get pregnant, Roe v Wade would still be the law of the land.

[@tinawhite8835]

They would be available at the McDonald's drive throughs!

[@iglurcurla]

@@tinawhite8835 omg 😆 💀

[@aaronsande]

He tries to say "DemocRAT" as much as he can, that fake smile, pretending you can ask his question and still not be denying trans people exist...TOTAL FRAUD.

[@appleturnover519]

Schizophrenia also exists. So what's your point?!

[@freedomwalksinbeauty]

60 years ago I was a child in a farming community in New Zealand. Mary was a local farmer, she was referred to by all the other farmers as 'she' but Mary looked like a man, dressed and moved like a man and was part of a very male cultural group of Kiwi farmers at the time. And nobody cared, nobody turned a hair, nobody hated her or shunned her. She was a man in a woman's body and the other farmers totally accepted her. As a farmer, as a human being. Innocent days!

[@BenState]

and....

[@eddominates]

@@BenState .....and now the republicans need a new scapegoat because it's no longer socially acceptable for them to treat minorities and gays like second class citizens, so they have set their sights on the under-represented and misunderstood trans community. It's bigotry all the same, they just think they can get away with it because there aren't laws against it (yet)

[@elsierodgers4874]

Just let people be who they want to be, that's all.

[@lorelange]

Innocent days?? Viewed from the eyes of an innocent child. Pretty sure you did not see everything Mary was going through on a daily.

[@hggfhh4449]

Could she get pregnant?

[@toasted_.coconut]

He asked HER that question. He didn't like the answer. But SHES forcing him?

[@DustySticks]

Yeah Hawley had to pounce on her for saying "persons" instead of "women." We know why he did it, it's obvious, but they still try to spin it as she was the aggressor to the disillusional Fox base.

[@MrVonBastard]

This woman made a fool of herself

[@Stardust_Lily]

@@MrVonBastard Excellent clarifying rebuttal

[@Matt_Fields_29]

Yes. Because conservatives DEMAND conformity from American society. And when certain Americans don't obey, conservatives see it as an attempt to ruin THEIR lives because you're "forcing" them to see nonconformity in their environment. You popped their bubble and should be punished.

[@beardedrogue4282]

@@Stardust_Lily The only people who think she did well are so far to the left that they think China is right wing.

[@Social_Pugatory]

That’s just it. It’s just not being rude. Being respectful of peoples existence. These people are campaigning on their right to be assholes to everyone that’s not a cis white Christian conservative male. That’s all this is, even Macy Gray had sense enough to say she’d still respect peoples pronouns even though she doesn’t agree that trans women are women (even though that’s not what people are saying because she’s conflating sex and gender) she at least had the decency to keep that to herself and be respectful. They want the right to be cruel to people without pushback because Jesus.

[@nero6942]

Something I think we should advocate more on is knowing the difference between sex and gender. It's fairly easy to use these interchangeably but there is a massive difference if people take the time to dig some info and understand how gender specifically plays a role in society.

[@carlavandermeer9732]

@@nero6942 There definitely needs to be more education. A lot of people don't understand that gender is a social construct, no one is born with the craving to wear blue and play with footballs just because they're born male. It's all nonsense that we force on children and society reinforces it and it's damaging. Let people be who they are.

[@hustlehustlehustle]

I'm not a conservative, let alone Christian and I'm pro choice. I don't believe that people who say men can't get pregnant are in any way responsible for trans individuals committing suicide.

[@jake______]

they still have the right to be an asshole - they're campaigning for the right for people to not respond in kind

[@GreenAndGoth]

@Gelo Brando Actually it’s chromosomes, but gender and basic biological assigned sex aren’t the same at all and pronouns are the least people can do for us.

[@chickyshack1978]

You know who gets pregnant who isn't a woman. Children. 10 years old is in every way a child, not a woman. Physically, mentally, emotionally and LEGALLY....not a woman. This person should still have the right to an abortion simply on the basis they can become pregnant.

[@hectorhall82]

Thank you, Sam, for bringing up the analogy of how marriage equality was portrayed not that long ago (in my mind). I'm turning 40 this year & I feel like younger Millennials & the generation after don't realize the struggle that people like me went through just trying to come out with the very conservative culture I was raised in, let alone even contemplating being able to marry another man. Trans & nonbinary people are now the current demographic facing the most backlash, but the realization of just gay, lesbian, & bisexual recognized identities & rights not really being that old is itself important. None of it should be taken for granted because fundamentalist/evangelical conservatives would happily do away with all of it if given the chance.

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

I was born in 78 and was called a millenial until 9/11. We fought hard for gay rights and I think folks take it for granted completely. My life was in danger countless times just for being gay in public.

[@andresrojas7924]

GAYYYYYY!!!!!

[@SeanStrife]

I mean shit, I'm not too much younger than you are and I remember it. I also kinda wish we had the language then that we do now so I can realize "Oh... I'm asexual" instead of people thinking I'm gay just because I wasn't overly horny jackass around women. But yeah, the right just want to strip EVERYONE'S rights; give 'em enough time and they'll go after women's rights and civil rights, too.

[@excalibur2024guy]

I am 53 and gay. Two things about what you're saying. 1) I wouldn't expect younger people to be aware of gay struggles from back in the day. They're just now becoming aware of MOVIES made before the 90s. 2) And from what I understand, if gay marriage is overturned by the SCOTUS, young people will be first in line to riot across the entire country.

[@hectorhall82]

@@excalibur2024guy 1) It is funny how some of them are like that. I was fairly interested in media from as early as the '40s, at least. 2) I sure hope you're right! I'll join the protests too. It sucks that there's not more protests just over Roe v. Wade being overturned.

[@vvy6641]

i love how Hannity was like "i didn't hear you say trans people don't exist" and Hawley immediately responded "men can't get pregnant." there it is Hannity, he said it! said it in the hearing too

[@brucewaite3733]

Well cis men can't. Trans men can, and if you make that factual distinction, you'll get some one calling you transphobic anyway

[@DemonDog444]

Men. Can't. Get. Pregnant. Trans people do exist. Both are true statements. This is 5th grade biology bro...

[@kcolonelx6181]

Sam called it. Senator Josh (Karen) Hawley (R-Misery) got his feelings hurt.

[@mgm8822]

And didn’t he go to law school? If so it’s doubly embarrassing. He wanted a quick punch in the stomach and then to runoff. She actually confronted him and engaged him which knocked him off balance.

[@Social_Pugatory]

@@mgm8822 He just wanted his sound bite and for her to stop talking so he could push his culture war narrative, but she took control of the conversation made him fweel bad 🥹

[@mgm8822]

@@Social_Pugatory Exactly.

[@dudleyburleson8668]

If saying that men cant have babies Is denying trans men exist and is transphobic and also putting them in danger, hell no wonder 1-5 commit suicide you friggin nutcases. Hawley didn't run to Fox news to cry, the person who made a fool of herself was the professor. My God what's our world coming to.

[@dudleyburleson8668]

@@Social_Pugatorywho started the bullshit about men can have babies? Was it us or you? And we are supposed to go along with your idiocy!

[@DoctorDissonance]

There is an entire stripe of modern day politics that's prevalent on the right and the centrist crowd, but also exists on the left (Jimmy Dore is a prime example) that bases its entire political outlook on reactionary offense against ever being corrected on anything. For them there exists a first thought (and a lack of capacity to think twice) and a single response: "I'm not wrong, how could you say I'm wrong?" Every other position is built out of the oppositional defiance therein. A lot of the current transphobia in our discourse is the result of first thoughts about trans people being challenged at all, and the knee jerk reactions to that. It sucks.

[@xcwilliams7980]

What makes jimmy dore a leftist?

[@gattaca5911]

@@xcwilliams7980 ugh thank you

[@gattaca5911]

sorry the right owns doreknob now...try to keep up.

[@happyprogressivepoop1422]

The left abandoned Jimmy once he started to ask good questions.

[@hashtagchriiis]

​@@jamesparker223 you talk about the definition of words but like... aren't all definitions kind of arbitrary? Like what makes a car, a car? If you remove the engine, is it still a car? Is it a car because it has 4 wheels, not 2, since that would be a motorbike? I understand that when a definition of a word changes or gains nuance, it can take time to get used to but it's not something to get angry about. Why argue about what set of specific rules make a woman or a man? If a trans person says their gender is their gender, just go with it and keep living your best life.

[@akumakorgar]

Josh Hawley walks into a bar and the bartender says, Hey, why the long face? And he says, Hey man, I'm Josh Hawley.

[@tim3172]

@the more you know Your mom also didn't produce a human, so...

[@soulknife20]

@the more you know Good for you?

[@sircolinlesleyrowling]

@the more you know so you're not a transman then 🙄 !

[@goittoog7563]

It works on so many levels!

[@Spartisanhack]

@the more you know ok, are you mad about this?

[@Opinionsrnotfacts574]

Thomas Beattie, a trans male gave birth to his son Austin in 2015. To ignore the rights and medical needs of trans and intersex people is inhuman.

[@andresrojas7924]

Exactly. Trans man, not man.

[@BlipBloop33]

@@andresrojas7924 Funny because that "trans man" is probably more manly than you.

[@johnm1066]

@@andresrojas7924 There is no scientific definition of "man" Andres for very good reason. There is such a range of intersex conditions that any definition of man or woman is effectively rendered meaningless. Biology is not binary, evolution doesn't work that way. Nature doesn't care if that makes you uncomfortable.

[@andresrojas7924]

@@johnm1066 I'm just saying. If Trans men were men you wouldn't need to use the word trans. And yes, you need it. If you are a trans man who let's say, gets to know someone and set up a date with a woman. Sooner than later you have to tell her you are trans. That right there, makes you different from me. I'm not saying you are bad ir less valuable as a person. I'm just saying we are not equal, that's all. And that's not bad. You are still special. For instance blind or deaf people can function. Look at Helen Keller, look at what she achieved. Some thing with the trans people.

[@joegarbage5908]

@@andresrojas7924 LOL "im not saying you're worth less than me just that we aren't equal"

[@Montesama314]

One source of the "outrage" conservatives feel by being criticized is the fact they are so used to scoring points in their own goals--winning "arguments" and "debates" with people who agree with them.

[@zakaruahbones3142]

For the purpose of being as technically correct as possible, abortion legislation should refer to the affected as "people capable of pregnancy". "Female" or "woman" is not specific enough and would cause immediate challenges in courts. Edit: a better stance is to allow any human to have an abortion, thankyou TheGreatAtario

[@rightwerk]

Female is absolutely specific enough, “distinguished biologically by reproductive pathways that lead to the production of large gametes”. No male has ever been pregnant. And considering a woman is an adult human female, woman also encompasses any person capable of pregnancy. If a crybaby wants to take this to court let them, they will look like a fool

[@zakaruahbones3142]

@@rightwerk so.. would you prefer "a person distinguished biologically by reproductive pathways that lead to the production of large gametes."? Sounds fair, though I'm not a reproductive medical professional so there may be an even more technical phrase. Children have been known to get pregnant, not necessarily adults.

[@rightwerk]

@@zakaruahbones3142 Well considering that’s the definition of “female”, I think female would suffice. Female and male are not gender identities, despite some people using them as such.

[@zakaruahbones3142]

@@rightwerk technically specific is preferred in legislation. But we agree in principle.

[@zakaruahbones3142]

@mortuusequusphobia I never said "destroy". Case law is full of judge written specific phrases defining vague terms for the purpose of clarity and precedence.

[@jasonbrown9388]

Senator Hawley's comment represents the VAST majority of Americans. He wasn't being hateful, he simply believes like most Americans, that men cannot physically get pregnant. If they can, please prove it. Show me ONE man who has been pregnant and given birth. Maybe we should tell YOU to stop being heterophobic?

[@KingZNIN]

Lol righty got triggered by simple logic. Let me guess you think pink is a girl color.

[@jasonbrown9388]

@@KingZNIN Stop being heterophobic.

[@warrenerickson4159]

Republicanism provides the moral justification to be an a$$hole - you folks nailed it!

[@filbertovandette]

Lol....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CCJJ160Channels]

This was the reason Hawley ask the question in the first place so he could go cry on Fox News

[@HUGEACT-MAN]

Cry? That professor looked like and acted like a maniac. It's offensive for people like her to attempt to deviate objective reality to confirm the subjective delusions of a minority that is factually suffering a mental disorder.

[@CCJJ160Channels]

@@HUGEACT-MAN manic is riling up a crowd then running from them. Josh Hawley: ✊🏻 Also Josh Hawley: 🏃‍♂️

[@mstrwil73]

Lmfao! You guys said he would go straight to Faux News and cry about it too.

[@VrzIam]

Sam hit the nail on the head when said "Just don't be an asshole" " don't be rude" think what you think but you don't have to be an asshole about it

[@mobus1603]

Thank you. This lack of respect by the Right for a person's dignity is just ridiculous. Respecting someone doesn't mean you agree with everything they believe, but their tiny brains can't comprehend even this most basic civility.

[@AthenaGate]

I mean, it really shouldn't matter, misgendering someone is not violence. People disagree on certain issues, and for the most part, gender studies is a soft science, so you have a lot of room for error.

[@shis1988]

@@AthenaGate "misgendering someone is not violence". If it's intentional, then Twisted Tea Jutsu is also not violence.

[@AthenaGate]

@@shis1988 maybe you are just overly sensitive. People have made fun of me for having fair skin that turns red, doesn't mean it is a violent act.

[@opctpos.]

That’s just plain stupid. According to Seder, If someone thinks they’re a cat and wants to use the pronoun pussy willlow I am an arsehole because I don’t do it. STFU

[@mgd9151]

no one is responsible for another person's identity

[@andrewthomas8233]

Notice how they didn't even play the video of him getting totally steamrolled by her lol he got owned and fox can't play it 🤣 what a surprise.

[@Ktr-1142-ema]

Wont Too scared

[@MizterMissile]

Awesome hahah!

[@DustySticks]

They also won't play it because Hawley was guilty of doing what the right complain the left does. The right always make it out to be that the left is correcting them angrily on anything they misspeak on unprovoked, but Hawley was the one who started the entire argument because he had to make a big deal over her saying persons instead of women. He knew exactly what he was doing, but he had to try and play the victim to Fox and their insane base.

[@Ktr-1142-ema]

@@DustySticks must be a day ending in y

[@leswallace2426]

Did it make up for her claiming Hawley would be responsible for violence against the transgender just by asking a question? She sounded ridiculous and he ran rings around her, and if the left keeps thinking it's the other way round then that goes a very long way to explain why a creep like Hawley gets elected. Deluding yourselves and each other will get Trump back in the White House in January 2025.

[@inasuma8180]

i love it when TMR producer goes off. preach.

[@mgm8822]

She kicked his ass and now he’s crying to daddy.

[@cyrollan]

He's calling all the folks in his echo chamber begging them to declare that he won it.

[@msizzygirl1]

Are you referring to daddy as being the dumpster?

[@buckiesmalls]

@@jd0604 And you have been living in an information silo. You will soon be over your head, the more you squirm.

[@Wastok]

@@jd0604 It would be an echo chamber if dissenting opinions were censored rather than simply discredited before being mocked. Cumstered and dumpstered in the free marketplace of ideas my guy.

[@karankapoor2701]

Atleast he knows that only woman get pregnant

[@charlescornyn2115]

That's my philosophy, "Don't be an asshole'. Ty Sam

[@beanwithbacon]

Because erasing half of the populatious word they use to define themselves isn't bigoted in more or less the same way. I have ZERO issues with transpeople until they try to remove the identies of others because of "feelings". Which is what's happening.

[@Atmost11]

You are not serious though. That is NOT what is happening, other than in your bitter imagination. The very notion of what you said is not serious.

[@beanwithbacon]

@@Atmost11 The ACLU is determined to erase all references to biological sex and has basically denounced Title 9 as being "transphobic". When you use terms like "people with ovaries" you're literally reducing someone down to their reproductive parts and what about women that no long have ovaries? Same when you use terms like "birthing persons" so women that can't bare children just don't count then? It's easy, call women, women and transwomen transwomen, men, men and transmen, transmen.

[@Atmost11]

@@beanwithbacon Of course the ACLU is determined to erase all reference to biological sex, CONSERVATIVE, in your hallucination

[@beanwithbacon]

@@Atmost11 Yea, sure, I'm a conservative that's voted for the Green party in every election, try again. Trying to claim that biological sex doesn't matter in some instances is simply denying reality.

[@Atmost11]

@@beanwithbacon Okay, I do congratulate you for not being bigoted and ignorant enough to be part of the conservative death cult. I dont like you but at least you arent a conservative.

[@SuperTruthful]

I don't care about offending people women/females have babies. If people don't like that too freaking bad.

[@cosmicphoto05]

Trans folks who are transitioning means that their loved ones are also going through a transition, of leaving behind their dead-name, and remembering to refer to them by their preferred pronoun. This transition is, by definition, a process, and loved ones are going to make mistakes with regard to the trans person's name, gender pronoun, etc. A close friend of mine who is the father of a trans child is in this transition process. He still occasionally makes mistakes and either misgenders the child, or dead-names them. But because he loves his child he works very hard to correct his mistakes and be the supportive father the child needs. We cishet folks are going to make mistakes with regard to misgendering or dead-naming our trans loved ones. It doesn't make us bad people; it just means we're human. If we have compassion and empathy, we will correct our mistakes when called out, and strive to do better. It's really not that hard.

[@blakewalker84120]

I have a trans-child. Took me a while to adjust to the pronouns after 20 years of thinking one consistent way. Old habits are hard to break. Now I have a habit of using their dead-name when I'm talking about things that happened in their childhood when that really was their name, especially if I'm talking to other people who knew them (her pronoun was "her" then too) at that time. The rest of the time (talking about the present or recent time) I stick to their preferred pronouns and new name. It doesn't help that I spent 45 years under the understanding that "they" is a plural pronoun so talking about one person but saying they or them still feels wrong to me, even if that's what they want. I go with it, but my ears hear the wrongness in the sentence structure. For example, if I say "Dave is going to the store", or "he is going to the store", or "they is going to the store", that third one seems to break the subject-verb agreement rule of grammar. If I change it to "they are going to the store" then "they" needs to be plural in order to agree with the verb. But if "they" refers to my child in the singular, then the verb is wrong and I really should say "they is going to the store" even though that sounds like horrible grammar. For me, this grammar problem has been harder to grapple with than actually getting used to new names and pronouns.

[@jetywawoo]

@@blakewalker84120 Hi Blake, the singular they has actually been in use for centuries. Think of a sentence such as "Someone lost their wallet." There's a Wikipedia article if you want to learn more. As for your example, "They are going to the store." is correct, not "They is going to the store." Just because it's singular doesn't mean it just suddenly becomes "they is".

[@blakewalker84120]

@@jetywawoo I get what you're saying. And English is prescriptive, not descriptive. I've heard it. I use it. But it's still grammatically awkward if not explicitly wrong. I might say: Dave IS going to the store. He IS going to the store. I would never say: Dave ARE going to the store. He ARE going to the store. Then Dave tells me their pronoun is "They/Them". Fine. That means I swap "He" for "They". The verb "is" is still singular and Dave is still singular. The verb "are" is still plural and Dave is not plural. Therefore: They IS going to the store. (using the singular verb is in subject-verb agreement) They ARE going to the store (using the plural verb is NOT in subject-verb agreement unless Dave is bringing somebody else to the store with him). Maybe the new English is evolving to where making subjects agree with the verb is no longer a priority. If that's true, then They are going to the store. Might be correct in modern English evolution. But also, that means Dave are going to the store. Must be equally correct. I'm not saying I can't learn to do respect peoples' pronoun choices and use whatever pronouns they request me to use. I have learned to do this. It just always sounds grammatically wrong either way I do it.

[@kingpest13]

I was in the punk scene back in the eighties and that dude is 100% a white power skin. They had guys with hair that would be the go between trying to recruit. Loved seeing the skins being nasty at a party and then getting their asses kicked for it. 98% of them were Soooo dumb. Also, I live in Richmond VA and there was a black white power skin... I know, crazy.

[@goittoog7563]

He looks like he would fit right in, in Germany 1939...he has that type of features.

[@timmysleftnutsack5075]

@@goittoog7563 bahahaha, he’s the perfect nazi poster child

[@1MarkKeller]

A Black, White power "skin". I totally believe it.

[@SBRS47]

Reminds me of that Clayton Bigsby skit that was on the Chappelle show

[@Mia-ep4zu]

Same situation but in Sweden ... we had a black nazi skin too here ... 😳

[@MrElionor]

Honestly the reason to use terms like "people with womb" is because they are more accurate but I am not going to lie seeing conservatives lose their absolute shit over them is an undeniable perk

[@manny.3248]

See that's the problem right there because it is not just conservatives that agree with Josh Hawley but many democrats as well. Because this is one of the very reasons amongst others why republicans have managed to court many latino and black voters. Although I hope it doesn't but it will continue if democrats continue to go down this path and die on this hill.

[@MrElionor]

Whoever agrees with it the point is that it's a stupid concern and throwing a hissyfit over it makes me want to do it that much more now I am not proud of that behavior saying stuff because you know it will get a rise out of someone is childish when they do it and it's childish when we do it but I am not ashamed either now of course it's easier to win if you just tell people what they want to hear but our politicians lacking sincere convictions is exactly why nothing ever changes regardless who wins

[@donjindra]

"People with a womb" is not accurate. It's a casual destruction of language. It's propaganda. Women have wombs. Women get pregnant. Men don't. Stick to basic biology.

[@MrElionor]

@@donjindra Unless you believe that women are not people why would you take issue with using the word "people" in place of the word "women"? I don't care if it "doesn't fit the ear right" it's simple direct and to the point would that all language was like that but like I said keep whining about it I will be sure to use it just to piss you off

[@rashad123us]

*So tired of this predictable Republican playbook* 🥱

[@keirfarnum6811]

Aren’t we all. It’s always about demeaning the outgroups.

[@albertfralinger2711]

But aren’t the democrats ridiculous too?

[@donjindra]

As if the law professor's playbook is less predictable. Too bad she was better prepared for his easy questions. She looked like a fool.

[@johnnyph12]

About 15 years ago I thought the same way as Hawley and laughed at others who tried to debate me on this. When you know you are right you can never be wrong....its just that simple!.........I was wrong.

[@carolinemaybe]

You are a great human. So many just dig in refusing to accept that maybe they’re just wrong. It’s so refreshing to hear someone accept that they were wrong. Bravo.

[@beardedrogue4282]

15 years ago if you told people that men could get pregnant they would laugh at you. But sure.

[@MajorReynolds92]

The fact you can admit wrong already elevates you over the entirety of congress

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

Thank you for seeing reason

[@brianzulauf2974]

They also don't think fossils exist so we have that on them

[@Nekulturny]

Hes such a liar... nobody was trying to compel him to say "men can get pregnant", hes the one that picked the argument in the first place. He was trying to demand the Professor label women a specific way, hes completely 180 reversed what actually happened in his retelling.

[@pjaypender1009]

I mean, some men can get pregnant. We do want him to acknowledge that.

[@Nekulturny]

@@pjaypender1009 I honestly don't care if he acknowledges it or not, as long as he leaves people alone legislatively, which was the whole purpose of these hearings. I understand my point of view is not the same as everyone elses. But from my perspective as a gay man, I don't care if somebody never ever accepts me as a gay man, I don't care if they ever change their mind, they can go to the grave thinking I'm going to be tortured for all eternity. As long as they leave me and mine ALONE. Don't come to my house with pamphlets or pitchforks, don't try to block me from getting a marriage license at the courthouse, especially if you're a state employee in charge of issuing marriage licenses. Rubber stamp the stupid piece of paper and go home and drink yourself into oblivion over how mad you are that I exist. I don't care.

[@phanatic215]

He has to be the victim in his story, otherwise he doesn't rile up his base.

[@NEWMEDIATECHCLUB]

I watched that clip you put up at the hearing about transphobia like 10 times. You are 100% right

[@MrVonBastard]

What are you smoking? This woman made a fool of herself and the school she represents. And your comment has revealled you to be a fool as well.

[@pinkdragon6281]

Omg SAME!! It puts a smile on my face watching Hawley get his ass handed to him

[@NEWMEDIATECHCLUB]

@@pinkdragon6281 it was so satisfying watching Hawley point get destroyed. I don't think they can use that point anymore using questions to be transphobic

[@sarahschultz6648]

“You have to say that men can get pregnant” I love when they accidentally use the correct genders and pronouns 😂 like good job, you’re almost there!

[@Atmost11]

No, conservative, you just stop playin dumb and you say the few extra words, "biological women who identify as male can get pregnant".

[@TLombardo18]

To the conservatives, trans-men are men and trans-women are also men.

[@DavidWest2]

For real. It’s hilarious in a… these people have no idea what they’re up against, kind of way. They’re so ignorant they’re shadowboxing.

[@HUGEACT-MAN]

@@TLombardo18 to them, to then they are men. That is thier subjective reality. In objective reality, they are a person with a mental disorder. People do not have a right to alter objective reality, to align with your mental disorder.

[@Virimen]

So, which church is it that everyone will be happy with to control government?

[@alyse5222]

She did try to explain why his question was transphobic.

[@andresrojas7924]

Everything is transphobic, even the trans people.

[@eldotjay]

She failed

[@SlapMyCornDog]

@@eldotjay your parents failed you

[@lydiasimoneau931]

@@eldotjay She handed him privates to him on a platter. He got owned.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Vina_Ravyn]

Just a small point but people like Hawley have reasons. A phobia is irrational. Therefore he is not transphobic if he has reasons - he is an asshole. I don't think we should lump people with real phobias in with these assholes. IMO.

[@tally9542]

Professor Bridges is respecting people who do not want to identify as women, but can still get pregnant, by not labelling all people who can get pregnant as women. Why can't Senator Hawley respect people?

[@liberalinoklahoma1888]

These fellow human beings have been given some extra 'weight' to carry through life, let's not add to it, be thoughtful for a change.

[@drewopal9283]

She should have just called him out for his state forcing kids to get genital inspections when he tried to argue about not being transphobic

[@stbent14]

Really? Why is it so hard to admit that WOMEN get pregnant. I’m a man, and I recognize I will never be able to be pregnant 🫃

[@misanthropicmusings4596]

I'm curious if people like Josh Hawley think people with complete androgynous insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) are women. Just trying to gauge how deep the biological essentialism goes with these folk.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

Don’t go all sciency on him…

[@shawa2938]

In Texas were are told not to even discuss your pregnancy while at work this ish is bananas right now

[@Lee-qu4ce]

I remember the first time I heard about a man being pregnant about 10 to 15 years ago. It was the first time I learned about Trans folks. Literally did not faze me at all. I thought "good for him" and my life moved on. I don't understand why the right can't accept people for being people.

[@davidkramer333]

They do as they have with every other major issue such as back in the day with gay teachers and they bring kids into it while clutching their pearls. The only time they don't try to throw kids in your faces when we're talking about guns. Funny I just watched a South Park episode from over 20 years ago we're all the parents freaked out because big gay Al was the scout leader and he got kicked out...so they get this big burly man in place of him that turns out to be a "cm" by the end the parents realize that straight people can be perverts too... pretty relevant if I do say so.

[@DaemonJax]

There's something fundementally different in how a conservative's brain processes information like that -- they feel intense disgust.

[@marcusgarvey6231]

Check out Billy Crystal in “Rabbit test.”

[@Opheliakami]

I was in junior high when I first saw a transperson. They looked great, and I wish I had said that to them.

[@Admiralty86]

They need as many weapons as possible if they are to win a war against human progress into the 21st century.

[@jschultz2363]

Other peoples religious beliefs don’t matter to me.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

It someone had a friend that had always been called by their last name only in a certain friend group, but later the friend group found out the person would prefer to be referred to by their first name. Even something so innocuous as this example, the friend group wouldn’t keep referring to the person in the non-preferred way -unless the friend group really didn’t care about being a bunch of jerks to the person. Referring to people in their preferred way is just common decency.

[@vgaportauthority9932]

Yup, as simple as that.

[@jnkenoyer]

Referring to people by their name is common decency. Why bother with pronouns?

[@jeffreycarman2185]

@@jnkenoyer I am still in the process of learning why specific pronouns are import to some people. But what I do know is that using particular pronouns is important to people, so for now that’s good enough for me.

[@jnkenoyer]

@@jeffreycarman2185 fair point. I honestly think that a lot of the people requesting/demanding specific pronouns be used are still trying to figure it out, too.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

Josh Hawley, trans men exist, and many of them can get pregnant. What part of this do you find difficult to understand?

[@stephenhogg6154]

Not being able to refer to them as women.

[@kingpest13]

There are a few feelings in the conservative ilk that I understand however, I also think as long as you are not hurting others it's none of my business. Maybe trumpies think other people living their lives is hurting them? I don't really get how. You can smell the fear coming of them.

[@1MarkKeller]

True, they are full of fear and it oozes out of their pores.

[@cyrollan]

It's all dog whistles. They don't have solutions to the country's problems, so they just keep stoking the flames of the culture war. That's all they have.

[@lukasmolcic5143]

there are couple possible reasons for different people, some may be religiously fundamentalist's and think that by not fighting what they see as deviancy they are opening them selves to the wrath of god, some are just so conditioned to fit in to the normativity so much that they have build up a disdain for anything going out of that normativity, but for the large part I think its hate as a way of bonding with the in group, if you all hate the same outgroup together then you have something that connects you, and a lot of conservatives build their whole identities and communities around their shared hatred.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

Exactly. I could not care less if people, whether they’re conservatives or lefties (even anarchists or fascists) do whatever they want, as long as they don’t harm, threaten, or defame other people I don’t care. I expect nothing more or less than this for myself.

[@keirfarnum6811]

They’ve been propagandized that the libs are coming for them for decades.

[@TheFadingMan]

He wasn't humiliated. The woman came off as a loon.

[@Ktr-1142-ema]

Cry harder hawley

[@sheensheen135]

Soooo any questions to the trans issue is phobic. And we are supposed to shut up and take it. If I say hi how are? THAT'S TRANSPHOBIC?

[@joeymallen9084]

Take what? Trans people using bathrooms? Dating?

[@kmac1766]

Ironically, Rush Limbaugh actually did “just go away….”😝

[@TheDoomSheep]

He was so pro-life he carried his cancer to term. If only some other republican politicians and propagandists were as dedicated to protecting life as him.

[@kmac1766]

@@TheDoomSheep 😂😂😂

[@buddywhatshisname522]

I’m 53 and have three non binary children, (I have nine all together in a blended family). I sometimes slip, but for the most part I don’t. If I can get it at my age…

[@luna-p]

I'd take person over woman any day of the week and I'm cis.

[@jnkenoyer]

You label yourself as cis?

[@luna-p]

@@jnkenoyer It's a descriptive term with a meaning, kind of like dumbass would be for you.

[@jnkenoyer]

@@seankrezanoski6840 😮

[@jnkenoyer]

@@seankrezanoski6840 Haha, I figured you probably were, though you can never be too sure

[@bascal133]

She humiliated him to the point that he literally just started attacking her personally, couldn’t even pretend to defend his belief. 😶‍🌫️

[@neilbarber2771]

To be expected Josh going on fox to CRY 😂 about she hurt his feelings.

[@hopefulskeptic42]

12:22 is the quote of the day. "...the bottom line is just don't be a DICK"!

[@bootskanchelsis3337]

he is a seditious insurrectionist.

[@woolfwoolf]

@@seankrezanoski6840 how? Prove it. Back in 2015 in Maryland, Jamie was leading the way in getting pro transgender laws passed...I think you are drinking the Kool aid...I researched it in minutes so can you.

[@TheJLH]

What is that guy saying is an “honest mistake”? For someone to just say woman?

[@shock_n_Aweful]

I lean left and I am supportive of trans people but I am very sick of the the tip toeing around words and I don't think it is necessary. Changing policy is fine but changing the words is just not worth it for such a tiny portion of the population to feel more comfortable.

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

no one is changing anything you're trying to change stuff and make all males on the planet into "men" you're not supportive of trans people at all as you parrot hawley's hate

[@Thecultofwrestling]

No one is forcing you to not say mother or father. Just say mother or father if you want. You can say mother and I can say birthgiver and we're both happy.

[@shock_n_Aweful]

@@Thecultofwrestling you might feel that way but others will act like we are guilty of the holocaust for not complying with this ridiculous measure. It also causes confusion and increases the social divide that is already wide enough. It's like the people (mostly not Latino) that want to change it to Latinx which ignores how the language evolved. It is normal in our language to say "hey guys what's up?" to a mixed gender group, it's just normal and Spanish has the same situation. Did it evolve from a patriarchal society yes but do we think of it that way no, no of course not. Some changes are fine then they aren't clunky as hell. Firefighter is fine but police person is stupid and makes you sound like a crazy partisan without rational thought.

[@fl1ntlock1]

Omg lock someone up already wtf!!!!!!

[@robertnobles8189]

Sean actually goes on to explain to him that someone who was born biologically female can identify as a man and have a baby. Sean spelled it out for him almost like he had taken the professors class. 😂🤣

[@eldotjay]

I don’t think he denies that. He doesn’t deny that there are people of the female population who believe they are actually men. He just wouldn’t acknowledge / recognise that said biological female as a man. He’s entitled not to recognise said person as a man if it doesn’t align with their biology. I don’t understand the big deal.

[@robertnobles8189]

@@eldotjay why deny someone’s gender identity? Seems dismissive and stubborn and makes him look cruel like a fool.

[@eldotjay]

@@robertnobles8189 people are allowed to have their own belief. If he believes a biological female cannot be a man that’s his belief. If someone believes counter to this that’s their own prerogative. One is rooted in historical and biological reality and the other is rooted in a modern phenomenon of personal preference and gender ideology. To espouse the first belief is not being violent.

[@Wilmpadang]

@@eldotjay its not a new phenomenon, other cultures have had gender experimentation going back 100s of years.

[@eldotjay]

@@Wilmpadang can you provide the anthropological findings / studies of these other cultures around the globe who have had expressions of gender ideology for “100s of years” the way we know it today?

[@TheYoungestCrone]

if everyone is equal , than there is no identifiable scapegoat to condemn .. right?

[@gattaca5911]

aww, you cut off Hannity just before he repeated Sam's point that a trans man has the capability of getting pregnant...Hawley retreats not knowing what to say..

[@chuc98]

Hawley would have been one of the politicians outraged over the end of Jim Crow laws.

[@srh667]

He still is.

[@1MarkKeller]

Josh needs a new human skin-suit, it seems to fit a little too tightly.

[@keirfarnum6811]

That reptilian seems to come through a lot with him.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Right wing playbook: Let’s pick a target for a culture war so everyone forgets about all the awful shit we’re doing!

[@stephenhogg6154]

What awful shit? They’re not even in power.

[@deanlowdon8381]

@@stephenhogg6154 They don’t need to be in power to do awful shit, especially now that Trump packed the Supreme Court.

[@stephenhogg6154]

@@deanlowdon8381 So, what awful shit?

[@deanlowdon8381]

@@stephenhogg6154 Overturning Roe Vs Wade for a start, something that even quite a few of their own voters don’t agree with. Then you have them blaming everything but guns for gun violence as half the party are in the pocket of the NRA. Also, continually fighting to deny people what should be a fundamental right to healthcare. Basically, they know that most of their policies aren’t supported by the majority of the country so to win elections they have to gerrymander the shit out of as many districts as possible, keep the outdated college system and then stoke up these ‘culture wars’ to keep everyone distracted.

[@blaze556922]

He didn't say trans people don't exist. I've never disagreed with this channel once before but I have to take a stand here. Not only did he conduct himself well when she was going off but he is 100% right on Hannity's show. I don't watch Fox News and consider it poison... But now the left has pushed things so far that rational people are going to side with Holly on this.

[@ThePanMan11]

People who side with hawley are by definition not rational actors.

[@andresrojas7924]

Lol the left keeps shooting itself in the foot. They could win if they start asking why does France use 10% of its GDP in Healthcare and has universal coverage but the US uses 16% and doesn't. THAT will get you seats in Congress. But instead they are out there calling people "transphobic" for asking these weirdo professors what do you mean men can get pregnant. Or saying that a 2 yr old toddler can be Trans. When I saw all these weirdo leftists whinning because the near 80 yr old Bernie Sanders wasn't doing backflips in sub zero temperatures to celebrate the so called first black woman vice President Kamala Harris (who btw, never considered herself black until she ran for President) I knew the left will not achieve anything for at least 10 more yrs.

[@meganmueller]

"Your language is revealing your intent". 1000%

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

"Here is the modern Democrat party." -a lady who is NOT a politician.

[@jl8942]

Is a female chicken a woman? Is a male rooster a man? I am a dumb Republican and I failed science.

[@PkmnTrainerJason001]

Sam, you pronounced Louisville absolutely correct the first time you said it.

[@torchandhammer]

Loavull.

[@PkmnTrainerJason001]

@@torchandhammer no. Luvul

[@johnpjones182]

Hawley looks like Herman Munster, but is an actual monster.

[@mattmiller9809]

Is it some what confusing? Sure. Keeping up with terminology can be confusing. Using the right terminology can be confusing. But is it so confusing that normal people cant learn? No. Let's use an analogy. The term "God the Father", "God the Son", and "God the Holy Spirit" outside of Christianity may be confusing but it's not so confusing that non Christians can't learn the terminology and use it correctly mostly if in a conversation with a Christian. They can learn it, and while there may be mistakes, for the most part it isn't so confusing that the basic person can't have a basic understanding of these concepts.

[@ChuffedLemon]

Exactly. They have the capacity to learn when they believe that it benefits them. Unfortunately, they don’t believe that either science or social constructs do that.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

Exactly, unless you want to specifically be a jerk to someone, there is no reason not to learn how another human person wants to be referred to, and acknowledge that persons existence when it is relevant.

[@jamesparker223]

I feel like..... theres gonna come a day Matt..... when you are on the outside of the very thing you defend right now. Youre gonna reach a point where the line goes a step beyond what you agree with.... and people are gonna call you a bigot. It happened to me at this point. And I used to call people bigots for being anti-gay. All throughout the 2000's and most of the 2010's I was what you are now. I wonder if this is the inevitability of society. Its terrifying. Makes you just wanna give up and go live in the forest.

[@mattmiller9809]

@@jamesparker223 I don't agree. Look, the term gender and sex are not synonymous. Gender is based on sociological categories and one is based on biological categories. What we know now is that people's biological sexes do not always fit neatly into one category. Some people differ so much that they are intersex (divergent enough to where it's quite noticable and surgery must happen). While these categories often translate somewhat over to an individual's gender, clearly it's not clear cut and some people's brains do not associate with the gender that was assigned to them at birth. So they transition. Some people's brains do not associate with either gender or associate with both. My point? This is fine and normal not scary. Neither is learning these truths. It may be hard to adapt to new information but the point where it is problematic is to be dismissive without hearing a case and to be against learning new information. It's okay to not agree with the mainstream on everything. Some rhetoric calls for the banning of all guns; I think that's impossible and irresponsible. That's fine to say "I just dont agree, but I'm willing to change if convinced". I think everyone should have lines but be open minded into readdressing those lines if proven that they were wrong. I think older people as they age forget that they need to be fine when they're wrong to admit that they were wrong. I used to be anti gay and anti trans, now I'm pro both (in my defense I was in hs and ms when I held those views).

[@jamesparker223]

@@mattmiller9809 Does it mean anything to you at all that I was aware of this already? The whole "years ago gender meant something different than sex" argument. Where we close our eyes and pretend to colloquialism we used for decades now isn't a thing because of some classical style of the terms. I could argue the n word is fine to say using that same logic. I'm warning you the same way I was warned twenty years ago. You will be on the wrong side one day. And you won't believe me till it happens. Then you'll be saying to the next generation what I'm saying now.

[@Mia-ep4zu]

No, it's really not that hard to say pregnant person! "The bottom line, don't be a dick." Bulls eye!

[@richardmaclean4519]

Hawley Hee Haws 🤣❄️

[@stephenhogg6154]

Is there anything worse than a shameless power grab, demanding ‘kindness and empathy’, while labelling non-conformers 'BAD people'?

[@jeffreycarman2185]

You guys totally called it, that Hawley would go complaining to Fox asap after his being called out for the jerk he is (after trying to gotcha an expert).

[@douglasmennella4525]

It always weirds be out when people like this laugh off being called transphobic. Why not just own it? Maybe it’s the “phobic” part. Just say you’re anti-trans then.

[@Montesama314]

@@seankrezanoski6840 If the science was on the side of anti-trans people, they wouldn't need to keep running to Fox News whenever they got their feelings hurt, or claiming that "liberal academia" and "liberal media" and "liberal Hollywood" and "liberal scientist activists" are all silencing them despite conservatives making millions peddling grievance.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

They legitimately are afraid of trans people.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

@@seankrezanoski6840 facts and science aren't on your side bud. Trans people exist. Saying otherwise is factually and scientifically innacurate.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

@@seankrezanoski6840 no one is claiming to be a different sex Your starting off with a bad faith question. It's easy to think you're right when you don't know what your enemy is saying. It's like me starting off by asking you "when did you stop beating your wife?"

[@Thecultofwrestling]

@@seankrezanoski6840 when did you stop beating your wife?

[@Montesama314]

"Keeping up with all the new words is so hard!" Oh, boo hoo. Being labeled a criminal because of your gender identity or sexual orientation is a LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT than you having to get pronouns right, people. Get some empathy and cope.

[@jimgranite]

I thought being called transphobic was a badge of honor for these guys?!? They are so blatant about it.

[@drexeldragon1723]

"Just don't be a dick. Just don't be an asshole." Nailed it. Lived with a guy in college who refused to respect our other housemate's pronouns. It was such a fucking chore. "They is plural." Seriously, dude? Come up with a better excuse.

[@beavis408]

no matter how much you would love to live in fantasy town, you cannot force the minds of other people to take a trip to fantasy town whenever they speak to you. Read what I wrote again, and think about it. You can live your live however you wish, but you cannot coerce people forced to interact with you to contort their minds into the tortured pretzel your mind has unfortunately devolved into.

[@scottwallbank4794]

@@beavis408 Are you same kind of wanker that refuses to call someone "Chris" as they want, because it says "Christopher" on their birth certificate? It's called being a decent human being. Why is it such a issue to address someone by how they identify? Life is too short to be an arsehole and consumed with hate.

[@stephenhogg6154]

When asking questions is called “promoting violence”, you know you’re dealing with political fanatics.

[@colewood3297]

Yes, when Nazis started asking who was *really* responsible for the Germans losing WWI, there were no violent consequences

[@stephenhogg6154]

@@colewood3297 Asking questions and assigning blame are not the same thing. That’s a poor argument.

[@colewood3297]

@@stephenhogg6154 You said asking questions never lead to violence. I gave a counter example. People like Hawley aren't asking these questions in good faith. There is a rising tide of transphobia in this country, which has already turned violent in some cases. Hawley & his ilk are perfectly fine w/ it & are even trying to stoke it for political gain

[@stephenhogg6154]

@@colewood3297 Any question of the form, ‘Do you mean X?’ cannot be wrong, as it gives the other an opportunity to elaborate. He can use the term ‘woman’ if he chooses to. You, and she, want to control others’ use of words, and shut down discussion. Your ‘transphobia’ fears are nonsensical because they demonise anyone who isn’t compliant, and totally misunderstand where the opposition is coming from.

[@colewood3297]

@@stephenhogg6154 A "do you mean x" question isn't inherently wrong, but it can be asked in bad faith, as it was in this case. No one is saying that Hawley, or any 1 else, can't use the term "woman". The lawyer in the video being discussed uses it. Nobody is try to control your speech, but just because you can say something doesn't mean you won't be criticized for it. Fears about transphobia are very valid considering that there have been over 200 anti-trans laws introduced in state legislatures over the past few years, & trans people are still routinely subject to harassment, often violent. A sitting US senator denying that trans people exist definitely contributes to that environment, & to claim otherwise is absurd. I understand perfectly where the opposition is coming from, they don't like that trans people exist & are mad they can't be (quite) as horrible to them as they used to be. Boo fucking hoo.

[@NateVHVT]

What are the bets he's got the clip in his YT channel pretending he "owned her" and his idiotic followers will believe it.

[@rolandsmith4394]

Yes, and his YT channel has a thousand percent more watches than this backwater site. I subbed to it today. He makes sense and these people are bat shit crazy.

[@NateVHVT]

@@rolandsmith4394 So I checked and, guess what; you're lying. 80% of his videos don't even break 8k views. His video on this topic conveniently misses the part where she shows his transphobia and smacks him on the wrist. Nice try though, keep working on it kid.

[@rolandsmith4394]

@@NateVHVT you are toying with the truth. His video cleaned the clock.

[@NateVHVT]

@@rolandsmith4394 yes his edited video definitely shows that. But the full video shows her basically stuffing him into a locker. You're talking about truth and then ignoring it yourself.

[@rolandsmith4394]

@@NateVHVT the only thing edited is your comments. She basically shat herself over his question, soup to nuts. Sad that she is a professor at all,,, affirmative action hard at work

[@stephenhogg6154]

So, she never actually answered the question, ‘What is the core of this right about?’

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

You mean the right to Abortion? Would you like me to tell you Steven?

[@philipvipond2669]

It's fair to say that some people get defensive when confronted about this stuff. Approach is important, but this *is* related to violence. You just need to be purposeful with your framing, explaining rather than accusing. There's a difference between explaining how someone's language can hurt trans people and claiming that that person is hurting trans people. *That's* racist vs. *You're* racist.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Good point.

[@donjindra]

It was the law professor who got defensive.

[@philipvipond2669]

@@fullyfb3847 Matt Walsh: What is a woman? Professor: That's a good question. How would you answer that? Matt Walsh: Uhh... Nuh uh, I don't have to answer that. I'm asking you. Professor: Okay, [gives long and detailed definition of the term] Matt Walsh: That's dumb.

[@cyrollan]

Slick move, Hawley, go on all the grifter news programs begging others to validate your take on the discussion!

[@janetandtiff]

You guys do realize that conservatives view that verbal exchange as a clear win for Hawley, right? And, while I do favor the concept of trans people living lives free of discrimination and abuse, this is such a small scale issue. And, frankly, this is not an issue that will get people to vote in our favor in elections. We need to be focusing on reproductive rights, integrity, jobs, inflation, and the dishonesty and elitist corruption on the right.

[@DaemonJax]

It's the Federal Reserve's job to handle inflation-- a job they flat out told us they were ignoring to keep the stock market afloat during the pandemic and no one batted an eye at the time. Now everyone acts surprised.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

Once they start justifying violence suddenly this will be problem #1. We're very close.

[@bwenluck9812]

Of course they will view it as a win because there are impressionable people out there who eat this stuff up and buy it hook, line and sinker without questioning it. If more people would question these things they would understand they're being used by the right....

[@srh667]

@@bwenluck9812 that requires critical thinking, and most Americans are never taught how to do that.

[@johnm1066]

And Nazis passing laws restricting the rights of Jews and other out groups in the early 30's was also "a small scale issue". Right Jimbo?

[@howitusedtobe]

What is with the Trump coined “The Democrat Party” Have they not been identified as “The Democratic Party” for 345423 years. Is it an attempt as a jab, a derogatory term? I’m probably giving them wayyyy too much credit here.

[@DaemonJax]

Actually that was started by Newt Gingrich, because they found that republican voters associated the word "democrat" with the word "rat". Trump just continued the long standing tradition. It's been done for so long, even some Democtatic voters mistakenly refer to their party as the "Democrat Party".

[@sebastianm.2669]

JH: "If you say men cant get pregnant, you`re labeled transphobic, so crazy!" Yes, this is exactly how this works. And no matter what you think of it, ignoring its existence is borderline stupid.

[@acreativename2781]

"If you say black people have naturally lower IQ, you're labeled racist, wtf!"

[@ngotemna8875]

"If you say men can't love other men, you're labeled homophobic, so crazy!" I love how conservatives arguments devolved to "I am simply not smart enough to understand this and that makes me angry"

[@sebastianm.2669]

@@ngotemna8875 We have the same thing in Germany: "Just because I hate on other skin colors and nationalities, Im labeled a Racist/Nazi, crazy!" Now if you would talk to Jordan Peterson about the same topic, he would redefine all the words you are using and suddenly everything is the opposite.

[@ngotemna8875]

@@sebastianm.2669 Wie cool, bin selbst Deutscher =) Und ja, kenne solche Leute auch zu genüge.

[@chrisgregory3063]

Waah I was purposely baiting with anti trans rhetoric and was called on it! Sad 😞

[@blaze556922]

I can't stand Republicans but he was not mad at all and simply pointed out that only women can get pregnant. She went off on a tirade and made him appear transphobic for such a question. It isn't. If you have transitioned then you are no longer female. If you can still get pregnant after a transition then were you ever really male? It is not anti-trans to acknowledge biology. I know trans people and have gone through the change alongside a good friend. Watching that clip, did not make Holly look bad. He actually handled himself very well and seems to be the only Republican with a brain.

[@Bramble451]

Gotta admit, while Hawley's questioning wasn't coming from an honest place, listening to the exchange, I do think Prof. Bridges statements did come rather suddenly and aggressively out of the blue. I think she missed an opportunity, not to educate Josh Hawley, but to educate the people who might be listening to it. She could have used the opportunity to more sympathetically educate people who are ignorant of transgender/transsexual issues; i.e. most people.

[@finalcut612]

That's not what she was there for and it's not her fault she wasn't prepared for a totally unrelated question.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

I think they did a good job considering you don't prepare for bad faith arguments.

[@nicooosterlynck4030]

Give him some crayons to play with but keep an eye on him cause he will probably try to eat them…

[@jasonbrown9388]

5:58 The "left" opposed ending slavery? Hey Professor, how many Democrats in the Senate voted for the 13th Amendment? Hint - 6.

[@KingZNIN]

How many of those democrats ran as conservative, pro family, pro Christianity, and so on? It's almost like the parties switch. That would explain why your bedfellows in the kkk are 90 republicans, and the other 10% is independent now.

[@joeymallen9084]

Lol Democrats weren't 'left' back then.Republicans weren't 'right wing' back then either. If there was such a thing as left wing and right wing then it would have been the opposite,as Dixiecrats we're all about God,guns and states rights.

[@joeymallen9084]

Don't get confused between party label and ideology

[@Tahir_Ali]

Stop using “conservative circles” it’s “extremist circles”. Most of the people you define as conservative are considered extremist in the civilised word.

[@cesarconh895]

I miss the days when the worry with MAGAs was about the Earth being flat.

[@ieyasumcbob]

Knew they'd spin it as a win

[@rightwerk]

It was a win for Hawley. This issue makes democrats look absolutely foolish.

[@ieyasumcbob]

@@rightwerk it shows that Hawley doesn't think trans-men are men, is a biological essentialist, and doesn't see a gender/sex distinction. His supporters will see that as validation of their position, and so a win. His opponents will see that as confirmation of their suspicions about him, his party, and future policies. I don't think this makes Democrats look foolish (not like they need help anyway). Anyway great distraction from solving housing, healthcare, income, inequality.

[@rightwerk]

@@ieyasumcbob Gender/sex distinction is irrelevant, because “gender” is irrelevant. A woman is an adult human female, distinguished biologically by developmental pathways that lead to the production of large gametes. I am not a supporter of him or a conservative. He is right. Subjective sense of self means nothing. The professor looked like a total loon.

[@ieyasumcbob]

@@rightwerk so "boys like blue and wear trousers" is biological fact?

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

@@rightwerk So, you don’t get how gender and sex works! Okay!

[@kratosGOW]

They’re conflating “woman” with “female”. Very big difference

[@Atmost11]

No, it is not about us trying to make woman mean something other than female. It is about bigotry.

[@kratosGOW]

@@Atmost11 I know. I said “they” as in the bigots. They conflate gender and sex.

[@Atmost11]

@@kratosGOW Sure.

[@kratosGOW]

@@Atmost11 It’s far from the only problem in that conversation but it’s one of them.