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Now THIS is how you handle an asshole: (Original Post) PCIntern Yesterday OP
Oh snap!!! PatSeg Yesterday #1
Brilliant! biophile Yesterday #2
I wish some of our press corp would respond to trumps insults like this. Callie1979 Yesterday #3
No, he could not. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #8
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! NO doubt! Callie1979 22 hrs ago #26
He'd turn to Suzie Wise and ask "Suzie, what's a clitoris?" RVN VET71 6 hrs ago #38
Wow! Great comeback! CaliforniaPeggy Yesterday #4
That is a masterful take down! 3catwoman3 Yesterday #5
I scared my kitty! I love the expressions on all the faces. niyad Yesterday #6
Dayum! sheshe2 Yesterday #7
Ach, du lieber! peppertree Yesterday #9
There are times Dem_in_Nebr. Yesterday #10
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #11
This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush Yesterday #12
AfD can go get royally fucked! Initech Yesterday #13
The link goes Threads to Instagram? BidenRocks Yesterday #14
I don't have Threads either BuddhaGirl Yesterday #15
Did you relogic Yesterday #19
clicked off to the side blank space and the option for Instagram disappeard so I could read/hear the video. llmart Yesterday #16
Nor do I. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #20
Neither can I. calimary 21 hrs ago #28
Translated plus video: CousinIT Yesterday #17
Thank you. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #29
Wow! MP Gebel's response is truly A Thing of Beauty! calimary 20 hrs ago #30
"Honestly, the wolf in sheep's clothing has rarely been so poorly disguised." calimary 16 hrs ago #36
This message was self-deleted by its author mwmisses4289 Yesterday #18
If only relogic Yesterday #21
JA !!! 4bonhoffer Yesterday #22
Gotcha dooshbag. twodogsbarking Yesterday #23
That old meme has taken on many forms on the Internet. Sector 001 Yesterday #24
Apparently it had not been translated into German PCIntern 23 hrs ago #25
It doesn't have to be original. It's the placement that is brilliant. RVN VET71 6 hrs ago #40
Boom! 😄 electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #27
Ausgezeichnet! 3catwoman3 20 hrs ago #31
Hahaha malaise 20 hrs ago #32
Ohhhh, that was.... SOOOoooo wonderful. If I smoked, I'd need a ciggie right now. n/t TygrBright 18 hrs ago #33
Certainly a better response than electing him President, BobTheSubgenius 18 hrs ago #34
one of the best subject lines ever on DU! Skittles 18 hrs ago #35
Kathrin Gebel's apology was a classic deadpan political joke: "I have to apologize because I recently said nonsense in Celerity 16 hrs ago #37
I would love to vote for this woman RVN VET71 6 hrs ago #39
It doesn't show for me on DU. Jacson6 3 hrs ago #41

Callie1979

(1,496 posts)
3. I wish some of our press corp would respond to trumps insults like this.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:30 AM
Yesterday

He absolutely could not handle it.

3catwoman3

(30,206 posts)
8. No, he could not.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:44 AM
Yesterday

I'm also willing to bet he does not care to know anything about the body part being mentioned.

RVN VET71

(3,242 posts)
38. He'd turn to Suzie Wise and ask "Suzie, what's a clitoris?"
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 07:20 AM
6 hrs ago

Yes, he would. He's that stupid. That ignorant. That Trumpy.

Dem_in_Nebr.

(375 posts)
10. There are times
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:54 AM
Yesterday

When I regret I have only one rec to give.

This, most assuredly, is one of them!!

Response to PCIntern (Original post)

BidenRocks

(3,664 posts)
14. The link goes Threads to Instagram?
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:53 PM
Yesterday

I have neither and if the link doesn't auto open, I am asked to join.
That ain't happening!
I can't be alone.

llmart

(17,776 posts)
16. clicked off to the side blank space and the option for Instagram disappeard so I could read/hear the video.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:22 PM
Yesterday

CousinIT

(12,908 posts)
17. Translated plus video:
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:23 PM
Yesterday
German MP Kathrin Gebel puts an interrupting misogynist in his place:

Video: 


TRANSLATION: 

No strategy against violence, but rather an Excel spreadsheet for your hate-mongering. Violence is reduced to ethnic origin, and responsibility is simply offloaded onto others. Murders committed by Germans—you don't care about those. And you want to sell this to us as an act of care. But I can tell you: absolutely no one here is buying that. Because the women sitting here know exactly which men one needs to watch out for when stepping into the
parliamentary community here.

Every motion concerning women...(the man continued interrupting her, so she put him in his place)*** So, Mr. Reich, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and yet you are more sensitive. That really takes some doing. If you’re going to submit such a lousy motion, then you have to be able to take the criticism that comes with it.*** Seriously. Every motion related to women, every minor interpellation you’ve introduced in the Bundestag, exploits the issue solely to curtail someone’s rights.

The AfD does not protect women. It fights against their self-determination. You attack reproductive rights, preach a vision of the family straight out of the 1930s, and get nervous when women, queer people, or migrant women simply decide for themselves. Honestly, the wolf in sheep’s clothing has rarely been so poorly disguised. Anyone who truly wants to protect women does something completely different. Reliably fund women's shelters, fully implement the Istanbul Convention, strengthen prevention and work with perpetrators, build up digital protection against violence, and create a more independent right of residence, so that protection doesn't end with one's residency status, close the income gap between men and women.

Seriously, your motion doesn't protect a single woman; it only protects your racist egocentrism.

calimary

(91,482 posts)
30. Wow! MP Gebel's response is truly A Thing of Beauty!
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:15 PM
20 hrs ago

And Strength.

And Righteous Defiance.

And GREAT Courage!

calimary

(91,482 posts)
36. "Honestly, the wolf in sheep's clothing has rarely been so poorly disguised."
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 09:51 PM
16 hrs ago

Wow! I LOVE this! What a great line!

Came back and read the whole thing again. Even better the second time!

Response to PCIntern (Original post)

relogic

(403 posts)
21. If only
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:40 PM
Yesterday

the debates committee/legislative rules in proceedings you see daily in the US allowed for more of her style. I see the frustration of some of our courageous Senators, (S. Whitehouse for example) having to throttle his eloquent condemnation of the lies, corruption and hypocrisy from the right side of the aisle.

Behind all this fluffy decorum hides the casual acceptance of the pubs lack of integrity and character.

BobTheSubgenius

(12,275 posts)
34. Certainly a better response than electing him President,
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:44 PM
18 hrs ago

A surprisingly large number of Americans thought this was such a good idea, they did it twice.

Celerity

(55,370 posts)
37. Kathrin Gebel's apology was a classic deadpan political joke: "I have to apologize because I recently said nonsense in
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:02 PM
16 hrs ago

Bundestag. The clitoris doesn’t have 3,000 nerve endings. It has 10,000.”

She then says that confusing the number is understandable because women’s bodies and women’s health have long been neglected in research. She also adds that she wasn’t trying to compare Martin Reichardt to a vulva, because the vulva is strong and resilient—and her point was that he isn’t.

RVN VET71

(3,242 posts)
39. I would love to vote for this woman
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 07:30 AM
6 hrs ago

If only there were a way -- maybe she could claim birth right citizenship, a baby born in the U.S. but taken to Germany where she grew up, was educated, successfully ran for office and responded to an asshole male with the best and most intense burn in the history of Western Europe. As a birthright citizen she could return to America and run for Office, couldn't she?

Jacson6

(2,328 posts)
41. It doesn't show for me on DU.
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:20 AM
3 hrs ago

When I click the link I get a mandatory sign up for Instagram pop up blocking the article. I just thought I would let people here know. Thank you.

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