Christina Pushaw, spokesperson for popular Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, offered some hilarious dating advice to help friends weed out the duds.
The fun began when Pushaw shared a message from a liberal social media user who cited Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz as a good measuring stick to screen for “vile misogyny” — Lorenz being the “crybully” who whined about being doxxed online when that’s basically what she does for a living!
“The date: *blank stare*,” Pushaw wrote, in response to a tweet that reads: “some of my friends date men, and I always tell them to ask new dates how they feel about Taylor Lorenz as a good screening question for vile misogyny. It’s the new g’mergate.”
The date: *blank stare* pic.twitter.com/NNB1RePuc4
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) June 20, 2022
(Gamergate, originally coined by Firefly actor Adam Baldwin, was an online movement intended to preserve ethics in video game journalism that’s linked to misogyny within the gaming community.)
The original tweet can be seen here, in response to Lorenz being defended for scolding Vox co-founder Matt Yglesias for joking about his COVID-19 diagnosis coinciding with Father’s Day.
Some of my friends date men, and I always tell them to ask new dates how they feel about Taylor Lorenz as a good screening question for vile misogyny. It’s the new g’mergate.
— flora + fauna 🏳️🌈 (@Stanford_lands) June 20, 2022
“Seriously… most people do not know who she is, outside of Twitter. But even if your date knows her name, what’s the logic here? ‘Your opinion of this specific woman shows me how you view all women’? Nah. She doesn’t represent me or most other women,” Pushaw added in a follow-up tweet.
Seriously… most people do not know who she is, outside of Twitter.
But even if your date knows her name, what’s the logic here?
“Your opinion of this specific woman shows me how you view all women”?
Nah. She doesn’t represent me or most other women.
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) June 20, 2022
Her tweets prompted some entertaining responses, with Pushaw responding that asking for the check may be the only correct response in such a scenario:
“Who?” Is the only correct response to this question on a date. That, and “check please”
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) June 21, 2022
If I went on a date and the guy started asking me about Taylor Lorenz, I’d ask for the check
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) June 20, 2022
Here is a sampling of other responses to the story from Twitter:
If a guy wants to get to know you, why would he ask you about Taylor Lorenz? Awkward.
But I wouldn’t be surprised to see this here in The Swamp. Outside the Beltway and NYC, this obviously wouldn’t happened…
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) June 20, 2022
Gamergate? Hahahaha
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 20, 2022
A very old woman.
— Stop the March of Ideologues (@StopIdeologues) June 20, 2022
This is actually a good lead question. If my date is pro-Lorenz I want to know that before I waste $100 on dinner
— therealist100 (@therealist1001) June 20, 2022
“Some of my friends date men”
As if that’s somehow the abnormality and not the standard of all human existence and survival for millennia.
— Ultra Gang Calvin Will Not Comply 🇺🇸🇺🇸🐶🏒 🎶 (@shoveitjack) June 20, 2022
My heart goes out to the young men in this predicament. Now I understand the high interest in realistic sex robots.
— Liars Never Win (@CowboyStomp) June 20, 2022
Writers and editors can be contacted at [email protected] with feedback, tips, or corrections.
Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.