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Moosepoop

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60. My ex husband did that.

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 02:18 AM

Jun 21

He was a racist, and he worked with a lot of Hispanic people at the fabricating plant where he was employed. He wouldn't bother learning their names -- he called them all "Jose." His excuse was that they all were illegal (according to him), and would hire in with one name but then disappear when immigration was in the area, then hire back in a few months later with a completely different first and last name. Over and over and over, so there was no point in learning names and he just called them all "Jose" for simplicity.

What he was really doing was dehumanizing them by refusing to acknowledge even their names.

When my teenage daughter (his step-daughter) got her first serious boyfriend, he was Hispanic, which really chapped my ex's ass. And he couldn't even pull his dehumanizing schtick, because the boyfriend's name really was Jose! LOL So he came up with a lame insulting nickname for him, but we all just laughed it off. He and my daughter were together for several years, including during and after the split with my ex.

Anyway, I think that's what Vance was doing -- intentionally dehumanizing Padilla by using "Jose" as a substitute for his actual name.

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Disgusting troll JD Vance refers to Senator Alex Padilla as "Jose Padilla" [View all] highplainsdem Jun 20 OP

What a stupid horrible thing. PittBlue Jun 20 #1

I truly hope there is such a thing as karma. Irish_Dem Jun 20 #2

Vance must think that the faster he talks, the more intelligent he sounds. John1956PA Jun 20 #9

Cocaine makes a person talk fast. Irish_Dem Jun 20 #10

That's the tell. choie Jun 20 #53

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If you live a good life there is nothing to worry about. Irish_Dem Jun 20 #17

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Maybe you'll read the ToS regarding how we talk to each other here. marble falls Jun 20 #22

And just like that boom, gone with the wind. sheshe2 Jun 20 #25

How you been? We haven't bumped into each other for a while! marble falls Jun 20 #26

I read more than I post these days. sheshe2 Jun 20 #30

That, and it seems that some sad possibility becomes a a topic that gets OPd fifteen times. I get tired of the pessimism marble falls Jun 20 #35

Well...there is that too. sheshe2 Jun 20 #36

There is. Even in physics: energy and matter cannot be destroyed, only changed in form. marble falls Jun 20 #23

I wonder what karma they will face for destroying the best and strongest democracy Irish_Dem Jun 20 #39

It's not healthy to spend too much time anticipating their karmic comeuppance. But at least we understand: ... marble falls Jun 20 #43

It was just a question, not an obsession. Irish_Dem Jun 20 #45

But of course. This isn't the French Revolution. Yet. marble falls Jun 20 #46

Asshole served with Sen Padilla in the Senate Walleye Jun 20 #3

No one likes him............. Lovie777 Jun 20 #4

What's to like? (nt) Paladin Jun 20 #7

he reminds me a lot of Ted Cruz Skittles Jun 20 #12

Good ballplayer The Madcap Jun 20 #38

yeah OK Skittles Jun 20 #44

Hillbilly Vance said what? milestogo Jun 20 #5

Disgusting vile racist trash. Just go ahead and call him what you really want to tulipsandroses Jun 20 #6

Children enid602 Jun 21 #57

SOP KentuckyWoman Jun 20 #8

Nailed it malaise Jun 20 #14

Jose Padilla was the guy arrested on charges related to the September 11th attacks, accused of al qaeda sop Jun 20 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 20 #13

Jose Padilla (Criminal) dweller Jun 20 #56

I don't think Vance was referring to him Retrograde Jun 21 #58

What names would he appreciate for his wife and children? He apologized to his white supremacists that his wife is not w Norrrm Jun 20 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 20 #18

Peter Theil's cabana boy says what? GoCubsGo Jun 20 #19

Says the man who has changed his names so many times now MagickMuffin Jun 20 #20

He and Ted Cruise are so much alike. marble falls Jun 20 #24

VP Tim McVeigh said what? sinkingfeeling Jun 20 #27

Snap musette_sf Jun 20 #40

Vance is Fiddlelady11 Jun 20 #28

Maybe DEM senators should refer to Vance by his BIRTH NAME, then ad AKA VP JD Attilatheblond Jun 20 #29

Go fuck a couch orangecrush Jun 20 #31

The good news is that Miami Blue Jun 20 #32

Is J.D. still entertaining his couch? Or did he swap it for a vibrating recliner/? Ping Tung Jun 20 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 20 #34

Julio Duarte Vance said that? rpannier Jun 20 #37

Well I have heard him called GD Vance Beckett Jun 20 #41

I've heard it's dweller Jun 20 #55

It surprised me that soldierant Jun 20 #42

I wonder what Vance's wife, Usha Patel, thinks of this? n/t SpankMe Jun 20 #47

She doesn't care since she is Jspur Jun 21 #63

From now on I'm referring to Vance as Judas Vance onenote Jun 20 #48

Not his fault. All those brown people look the same to him AZ8theist Jun 20 #49

Ol Jimmy Dave is not right in the haid. Sneederbunk Jun 20 #50

Couch fucker says what? Mountainguy Jun 20 #51

Some real inflammatory bullshit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 20 #52

I don't understand why the opinion of a doughboy matters. nt Xipe Totec Jun 20 #54

Go freshen up your eyeliner, you couch-fucking, fascist freak. LudwigPastorius Jun 21 #59

My ex husband did that. Moosepoop Jun 21 #60

What a POS bif Jun 21 #61

Jethro Despicable Vance hellofriend Jun 21 #62

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jun 22 #64