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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDont like what a woman is saying? Call her ugly.
After millions of women descended on downtowns around the world to march in support of womens rights Saturday, several conservative lawmakers took to social media for commentary. Did they critique the marchers message? Nope. Question the efficacy of protests? Not that either. What they did was make fat jokes.
Just think about this, Judge Bailey Moseley, a state judge in East Texas, wrote on Facebook. After just one day in office, Trump managed to achieve something that no one else has been able to do: he got a million fat women out walking.
Indiana state Sen. Jack Sandlin posted a similar sentiment on Facebook; he shared a meme that featured a photo of marchers in pink hats under the words In one day, Trump got more fat women out walking than Michelle Obama did in 8 years. (Sandlin claims hes [n]ot sure how that ended up on my Facebook wall, but according to the Indianapolis Star, [s]creenshots show Sandlins account sharing the message directly from another Facebook page, not another account sharing to Sandlins Facebook page.)
If were keeping score, Sandlin gets bonus points for fat-shaming marchers and getting in a dig at Michelle Obama at the same time, but he loses points for originality North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey shared the same image on Facebook and Twitter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/26/dont-like-what-a-woman-is-saying-call-her-ugly/?utm_term=.68cab95c4249&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Of course being called ugly by some of these schlubs is the ultimate in irony.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)better than the most qualified person on paper to run in our history, you know, because she was a woman.
get the red out
(13,461 posts)Personal insults indicate someone has no argument against the message that has upset them.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Many posts here on DU call Kellyanne Conway ugly, a hag, etc. Really she is not, leaving aside consideration of the inappropriateness of shaming women for the way they look, that they're not pretty enough, etc. She is a rather normal looking woman, even reasonably attractive, if we want to be honest about it. Let's not be like them.
Phoenix61
(17,002 posts)It is totally acceptable to note that she is a lying, evil, piss poor excuse for a human being, ther moral compass is non existent, and what ever soul she possessed upon her birth she sold a long time ago.
Ms. Toad
(34,062 posts)I'm actually not at all fond of her looks. That said, her looks are totally irrelevant, but invariably commented on.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... and she's much too old to try and get away with the "pop-star" heavy-heavy dark-and-smoky eye look
These are simply BAD CHOICES. Or she's accepting BAD ADVICE.
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)Of course no human being deserves to be rated like a meal at the local pub, but it's always fun to crash the egos of assholes like this by turning the tables on them.
So, I have a question for the women reading this:
What would you rate Donald Trump?
jmg257
(11,996 posts)mopinko
(70,078 posts)MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)...and that is what abusers do when they want to tear down their significant other.
And "fat" to these guys and any abuser is, like, anyone over 130 pounds or over a size 6.