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Politicians shouldn’t need “daughters and wives” to know Trump is a misogynist creep.

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Trump’s comments condone sexual assault. They suggest that he and his willing interlocutor, Billy Bush, can’t see their female colleagues as anything but collections of fuckable or unfuckable body parts. They exhibit a complete disregard for women’s humanity, agency, and internal lives.

But to some men who’ve watched the video, there’s only one reason to protest the candidate’s unwillingness to extend basic decency and respect to people who are women: daughters.

…A popular strain of Twitter reaction from the peanut gallery asks, “How could a man with daughters say such a thing?” as if it’s totally understandable why a man without daughters might casually boast about committing sexual assault.

Politicians shouldn’t need “daughters and wives” to know Trump is a misogynist creep.

Sigh….

You Don’t Need A Daughter To Know Trump Bragging About Sexual Assault Is Vile 

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…Romney and Bush and the other men who framed their criticism of Trump this way certainly mean well. But their comments imply that women are only worthy of basic respect in relation to men. Without wives, daughters, sisters and granddaughters, would men be unable to muster some base-level compassion for female human beings? …Most men are better than that.

…By refusing to simply condemn Trump’s horror, and instead framing it as an insult only to women or to “our daughters and wives,” these men are treating women as objects. Kind of like how Trump treats women as objects ― calling them pigs, rating their looks, etc.

There seems to be this idea out there that men can only understand sexism, rape or harassment if they think about the victim as a daughter or wife. Why would that be? It’s about thinking of women as possessions. Imagine if Trump was bragging about stealing a [guitar.] And you had to tell someone, “Imagine if I stole your guitar you really love,” in order for them to understand that stealing was wrong.

…When you only conceive of women’s humanity in relation to the men in their lives, that becomes the only way to explain the horror of sexual assault.

…In these men’s estimations, women are only people when they are connected in some way to other men.

Please understand that’s absurd. Women are people all of the time.

…To summarize: Women are humans. Humans don’t deserve to be assaulted. The end.

You Don’t Need A Daughter To Know Trump Bragging About Sexual Assault Is Vile | Huffington Post
Amen.

Pro athletes slam Trump’s ‘locker room talk’ excuse: ‘Sexual assault is NOT locker room talk’ 

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As professionals who retreat to the locker room on a daily basis, several current and former stars from the sports world agreed that the locker room Trump is referring to is one they’ve never seen before.

Pro athletes slam Trump’s ‘locker room talk’ excuse: ‘Sexual assault is NOT locker room talk’ – DeadState

hmmm

From ‘Locker Room Talk’ to ‘Muslims Report Stuff,’ the Internet Strikes BackYork Times

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Another prominent thread began after Mr. Trump answered a debate question about Islamophobia from an audience member, Gorbah Hamed, by saying: “We have to be sure that Muslims come in and report when they see something going on. When they see hatred going on they have to report it.”

From ‘Locker Room Talk’ to ‘Muslims Report Stuff,’ the Internet Strikes Back – The New York Times

I was watching the debate and when Trump said the bit about reporting things I turned to my Peanut Gallery co-conspirators and said,

“Yeah, I totally know what he means. Except, I think it is white mostly-Christian people who need to start doing that instead. I mean, I get nervous when I see a single white male walk into a movie theater. What is that  bulge around his waist? Is it a gun or a spare tire? Those people can go crazy at the drop of a hat, man. We need to start reporting when white men act weird or do something to threaten our national security.

…Speaking of which. IS there a number I can call to report Trump?”

Donald Trump Says Central Park Five Are Guilty, Despite DNA Evidence – NBC News

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Wading into a racially-charged case from his past, Donald Trump indicated that the “Central Park Five” were guilty, despite being officially exonerated by DNA evidence decades after a notorious 1989 rape case.

 

The five men were convicted as teenagers after implicating each other under intense questioning over a brutal sexual assault on a jogger that dominated the tabloids. Defenders said they were coerced into confessing and all five were later cleared by DNA evidence and a separate confession in 2002 from another criminal who took credit for the assault.

New York paid them $41 million in a settlement in 2014 over their ordeal.

Donald Trump Says Central Park Five Are Guilty, Despite DNA Evidence – NBC News

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with him???!

President Obama Coaxing Bill Clinton Onto Air Force One Is the Best Thing You’ll See Today

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“C’mon Bill!”

President Obama Coaxing Bill Clinton Onto Air Force One Is the Best Thing You’ll See Today

I f’ing love this.

Hey, just because you’re the leader of the free world doesn’t mean you’re not living on Bill “42” Clinton’s planet. The one man in the world who could keep the POTUS waiting. Hahahahahahahaha

Teachers Union Claims The ‘Trump Effect’ Is Warping Kids’ Minds 

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The National Education Association says Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant stance is emboldening schoolyard bullies.

Teachers Union Claims The ‘Trump Effect’ Is Warping Kids’ Minds | Huffington Post

And adult sized bullies too.

…Which makes it all the more important for our elected officials to display principled leadership on race and immigration. Anything else is fueling the fire that is the unruly mob.

Duckler: When taking a knee means you’re standing up tall

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Duckler: When taking a knee means you’re standing up tall

The reactions this young man has endured because of his peaceful protest are a prime example of why we need better leadership than the kind who are willing to drape the flag of nationalism over their xenophobia and call it patriotism or acting in the interests of national security.