Robert Reich tweets, then quickly deletes, that other Senators should slap sinema

[Torie]

It is a turn of phrase not meant to suggest actually battery is appropriate. Time for another chill pill. And turning now to Mr. Reich, the lady has already become an untouchable in the Dem frat house. So that wad has been shot.

give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
2. To reject, snub, or rebuke someone; to display to someone a show of contempt, scorn, or rejection. I'll give the back of my hand to anyone who says I'm not a good parent.

[Torie]

What a strange thread this is. I find it hard to get my mind around a sincere evangelical Christain being a "Trump cultist," bearing in mind that the very definition of the word "cult" is something that precludes dual loyalties, so how one could worship Christ and Trump at the same time I find puzzling. Then a poster opines that Sinema is so infra dig in his universe that she is not worth the of honor of him giving her the back of his hand, either literally or metaphorically.  And then it all culminates in the pounding out of a bunch of fancy terms for those who hate, disdain, consider inferior, and/or objectify women.

But then I remind myself as to Barbara Tuchman's explanation as to why the Middle Ages seems so irrational to the modern mind, which gives some context to the triggering of this particular contretemps. Demographics matter. Who knew?