Originally published at: Trump’s Violent Misogyny Doesn’t Break Through
Truth Social, Donald Trump’s (failing) social media site, is the playground for his id. He regularly amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories, vents with his signature random capitalization about witch hunts and rigged elections and boosts thinly veiled calls to recreate the Jan. 6 insurrection. Because it’s not a mainstream platform and Trump’s lunacy is baked into…
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This used to be a red flag at every newspaper’s letters-to-the-editor. Straight in the trash with it.
He capitalizes words he deems worthy. What he demands is made noun, just by thinking about it.
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I’m just gobsmacked that a new Trump scandal (the Arlington incident) has actually turned into more than a one-day story.
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I’m waiting for it to die its natural death. I have to agree with you that I didn’t expect it to get any legs, especially after the attack victim dropped charges.
But the more disappointing part of this story is the lack of response from the interested parties on the side of the cemetery. There should’ve been more of a stink. Maybe because no one wants to give TIFBG any more publicity, it’s quieting down, but I’d really like to see this one remain in the spotlight.
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That particularly vile smear against Harris made me sick to my stomach.
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Ms. Brutus and I are watching the Harris rally in Savannah, GA.
The atmosphere is electric. The venue is packed to the rafters. The rally attendees are on their feet cheering Harris and booing Trump.
Just incredible!
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Just turned on C-SPAN.
ETA: must’ve missed the rally - all I got was constant stream of attendees taking photos with cellphones. Oh, well.
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his team not only held an illegal campaign event with the graves of recently dead soldiers as a backdrop, but also physically fought and retroactively smeared a cemetery employee
This is what Citizen Trump does to our military now.
What would a President Trump think he can do?
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The results of November 5th will decide if DJT’s grotesque behavior is “baked in” or whether he “gets away” with it. I am not a mind reader, but my sense is that voters will reject this insolent buffoon.
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Someone online referred to it as sexual harassment and I think that’s exactly right. It’s not just crude, it’s an attempt to intimidate and demean.
Incidentally, while most people only harass a few protected groups, i think the convicted felon is close to a full bingo card:
- What are examples of harassing workplace conduct that would be covered by federal law? Some examples of harassing conduct include, but are not limited to, saying or writing an ethnic, racial, religious, or sex-based slur; displaying symbols such as a noose, religious or ethnic hate symbols, or racist cartoons; sharing pornography or sexually demeaning images in the work environment; imitating a person’s disability-based limitations or mocking a person’s accent; threatening or intimidating a person because of their religious beliefs, their religious attire, or their lack of religious beliefs; or groping, touching, or otherwise physically assaulting a person.
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To me every women who votes for him makes me sick all over.
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We will see if it comes up in the Dana Bash interview but so far the Harris campaign hasn’t made a big deal out of the Arlington story. A mention or two but they haven’t blown it up. I think this is how Harris/Walz is going to deal with Trump attempts to grab the news cycle. Smart on their part. Before long he is going to actually have to grab some woman’s privates in front of cameras to get the attention of the press.
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I just finished reading Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, the thesis is that a whole bunch of jobs in our society are just made up work that serves no purpose and are bad for society and for holder of the job.
I guess this lady died of sheer boredom. Nobody missed her for four days.
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But misogyny has always been the special sauce of the MAGA movement, the glue that keeps a party with no remaining ideological coherence together
I thought misogyny was the ideology.
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Unasked questions: Why did this woman not have backup? If she won’t bring charges, will her superiors? Otherwise, she was put in an untenable situation and then left to hang out and dry. Trump et al are not the only ones guilty of shameful behavior.
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From what I recall, there are volunteers …
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He wants to hurt someone. Masochists need not apply.
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misogyny has always been the special sauce of the MAGA movement
"Two all beef patties, misogyny, lettuce, cheese… "
Yuck. Remind me not to patronize MagaDonald’s.
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Not even for the Chicken Big Mac?
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I think it’s because of the venue, Arlington. I also think it’s because it’s not just reporting on what happened, but there are pictures, and now video evidence that his and his campaign’s intention was to film a political ad.
Most of the outrageous things that DonOLD does are reported on, we don’t always get see the result. Add into to this that it happened in a national cemetery, and we know what he thinks of the military.
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