The offensive, sexist, anti-Clinton badges for sale at a Trump rally

[La Lioness Priyanka]

The woman card may not exist, but sexist badges certainly do.....

Meanwhile last night, at a Trump rally in South Bend, Indiana, there was clear evidence that being a woman is no straightforward boon, and the discrimination Clinton faces because of her gender was on display in the form of sexist badges.

Jenna Johnson, a Washington Post political reporter covering the Donald Trump campaign, tweeted a picture of pins bearing offensive slogans, which were for sale outside the rally: “KFC Hillary Special 2 Fat Thighs 2 Small Breasts … Left Wing” read one; “Life’s A Bitch, Don’t Vote For One” went another.

Some Trump supporters on Twitter were quick to point out that the badges weren’t official Trump merchandise and that the slogans had been used against Clinton in her previous campaigns, but that defence is weak when sexism has been so ingrained in Trump’s campaign. Trump is, after all, a man who has said pumping breast milk is "disgusting" and that a woman news anchor who disagreed with him had "blood coming out of her wherever".

https://www.the-pool.com/news-views/politics/2016/18/hillary-clinton-sexist-badges

[cali]

1. Incredibly offensive and stupid as hell

[3catwoman3]

2. Waiting for the preumptive nominee to...

...say this is not how he wants his campaign to be run...chirp, chirp, chirp.

[maryellen99]

34. Think Trump or one of his fellow repukes will call Hillary the C word?

Yes I think so.

[emulatorloo]

3. Not surprising.

Not going to endear him to women voters, be they Republicans, Democrats or Independents

[Fresh_Start]

28. Sadly women are other women's worse critics

so women who are disposed to trump won't be bothered at all

[La Lioness Priyanka]

40. That's not true at all, multiple studies show

Women are much pro women then men are

This is a sexist truism

[Fresh_Start]

59. I'd love to see the studies...I can't find any

and what you are saying doesn't match with my experience.

There are entire categories of criticism reserved for women.
Stay at home moms saying working moms are selfish and harming their children and
working moms saying stay at home moms have it easier
just for one example

Not to mention
Women prefer theoretical male bosses over theoretical female bosses
THe gap narrows if the woman already has experience with a female boss.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

65. some are here

http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec04/women.aspx

also, what you said was that women are the worst critics of women. Women do criticize other women, but LESS so than men criticize female leaders.

both men and women prefer male leaders under certain circumstances (depends on how agentic the job type is), but invariably women prefer female leaders MORE than men prefer female leaders.

there is a consistent bias against women, but it is less from other women than from men.

[Fresh_Start]

70. its not really talking to the point

its talking about how women feel about women as a gender.
Its not talking at all about the behavior of criticism.

[UTUSN]

4. "incredibly offensive" is who they are, like the PurpleHeart-bandages on KERRY. n/t

[Scootaloo]

5. They're such charming people

[dembotoz]

6. old designs been around for years

[emulatorloo]

32. To Trump fans, everything old is new again.

[Katashi_itto]

7. Don't tell me you Hills are surprised?

I mean seriously. This is just lite stuff right now.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. Wtf kind of comment is that? Everyone should be appalled by this

Not just Hillary supporters

And what were we supposed to do, not elect a woman because their would be sexist attacks.

This attitude is dumb af.

[Buddyblazon]

11. As I said below...

Yelling sexist would matter. But Trump supporters just don't give a shit what they're called.

[Katashi_itto]

13. What, I should be appalled by an expected action?

This is a love tap to what's coming.


They haven't even started.

[suffragette]

36. It's possible to be appalled and disgusted, but not surprised

That's how I view it and I support Bernie.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. lol

Your comment was a sad joke

[yardwork]

19. You little ladies should have expected this when you put yourselves forward like this.

Proper ladies remain submissive toward and respectful of men. Women who try to rise above their appropriate womanly roles, attempting to step into the realm rightly set aside for men, should expect to suffer indignities. After all, is it not somewhat obscene for women to promote themselves in the public world? Is not the proper place for women at home, caring for children and serving as helpmeets for their husbands?

Now that the Republicans have chosen a strong man as their nominee, it would be gracious of Hillary to stop pretending to run for president and defer to another man.

If she persists in this inelegant and immodest course, we can assume that even more unfortunate disapprobation will be heaped on her, reflecting poorly not just on Hillary, but on Democratic women as a whole.

[sufrommich]

21. She asked for it.

[yardwork]

24. Yes. And all of us women must suffer because of her immodesty.

[sufrommich]

25. We should all shut up about such things

and take our lumps.

[yardwork]

27. We were warned.

[sufrommich]

30. We've left them no choice,really. nt

[Katashi_itto]

42. Lol...I can appreciate misplaced satire. However your not dealing with Bernie people anymore.

A fact that seems to escape you.

Trumps don't give a shit about anything you say.

30 years of disinvestment in the US and we have a Barbarian class rising out of it.

But hey if it makes you feel better to posture to a Bernie follower and ignore the barbarians at the gate...

Who am I to tell you differently?

Feel free to score some "points"

[leftofcool]

60. Pathetic but predictable.

[Beaverhausen]

10. THAT is your response?

Strange. But not surprising.

[Katashi_itto]

14. Meh, Bernie cared about issues you wanted to make it about gender. Now you have your wish.

[ismnotwasm]

22. This shit ain't new.

It's always about gender.

We didn't start the fire, but I'll be damned if I don't help put it out.

[Katashi_itto]

29. Cool go to the next Trump rally and protest it.

[emulatorloo]

33. Maybe Trump 'security' will beat her up.

They for sure like punching out Bernie supporters. A female Democrat would be a twofer for that crowd.

[ismnotwasm]

35. Why would I do that?

[Katashi_itto]

46. Ah a keyboard warrior

[ismnotwasm]

47. Perhaps

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. I am actually happy as peach

Trump delayed it. I was not looking forward to tear gas on Sunday

Yup, we intend to cover it.

[Katashi_itto]

50. Take care of yourself out there. It's a dicey venue.

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. I know.

[leftofcool]

62. Yea right.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

66. so we should have voted for bernie cos he has a penis, so he would be attacked less

because having a penis is less to do with gender, than having a vagina?

lol

[cali]

73. That poster said fucking nothing of the sort.

[nadinbrzezinski]

81. Show me where that person said that

ugly

[sufrommich]

17. There's a difference between surprised and disgusted.nt

[procon]

58. But it's not just an attack on a person named Hillary, yeah?

Its an attack on all women. Why don't you understand that? Donald Trump isn't just talking about Hillary Clinton when he says women are bitches and defines their worth by the way they look, that's been his attitude for decades. Undoubtedly there are women in your life that you hold in some regard, not as brainless, unfeeling collections of body parts for you to sexualize or marginalize them as valueless 2nd class citizens.

Criticise Hillary her her political views if you must, but not her gender.

[Buddyblazon]

9. These are merely hors doeurves

They're going to start ramping up the courses.

No one should be surprised by this. Ray Charles could see this shit coming. And here's the thing...we can scream misogyny all day long. They just don't give a fuck. Not going to stop the freight train that's headed down the tracks.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. Some people will not give a fuck but a lot of women will

[justiceischeap]

16. And some of those women will be Independent voters

The voters that anti-Clinton people love to proclaim will disavow Clinton because Sanders didn't get the nomination.

[Buddyblazon]

18. Will conservative women?

Some may. But the few I know through work don't seem phased in their mouth frothing support of him. I can't even get stunned anymore. People use to amaze me with their behavior. Now it's water off a ducks ass. Apathy setting in. Lol

[La Lioness Priyanka]

38. Not all but moderate women will

[riderinthestorm]

52. Trump is winning a solid 30% of women NOW even at his most misogynistic

He's exactly where he is because a solid group of women support him despite that. With Cruz and Kasich out, that percent will only go higher.

His support from women will go higher still when Trump tacks back to the middle.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. Which means he's losing 70. That's a huge gender issue

[riderinthestorm]

57. That's now at his most misogynistic. With Cruz and Kasich out,

Trump will garner the vast majority of those women voters, particularly the conservative women who voted for Cruz (60+%).

They're fervent Republicans and will never cross over to vote for Hillary. That leaves Kasich's women voters - 5% or so remaining, statistically insignificant.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

61. Psst, again, all Republicans

If he loses ANY of them, even if they just sit home, it's a landslide.

[riderinthestorm]

67. Republicans are kicking our ass in getting out the vote

You're seriously misunderestimating the hatred Republicans have towards Hillary.

If we're really only talking @ Trump losing Kasich's small percentage of moderate women voters, while the normally apathetic crazy Republicans crawl over glass to vote against Hillary, then Trump does win.

I'm not at all confident that moderate Republican women will vote for Hillary or stay home. I knocked on more than a thousand doors during this primary in 4 states and have had quite a few eye-popping conversations.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

69. Were these the same people who couldn't wait....

....to throw Obama out of office in 2012?

[riderinthestorm]

71. I have no idea what you mean here?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

75. All I heard starting in 2009 thru 2012 was how Rethugs hated Obama

And sported racist bumper stickers and buttons as bad as the stuff in the OP by the way.

And yet, somehow, come Election Day all these angry people who hated Obama with a passion and wanted to "take the country back" didn't do jack shit.

[riderinthestorm]

76. Ah, ok. Obama's unfavorable #s were never nearly as high as Hillary’s

Trump scores a net negative of -33, with a favorable rating of 24% compared to 57% of voters who view him unfavorably. On the Democratic side, Clinton fares only slightly better with a net negative of -21, registering a 31% favorable rating and a 52% unfavorable rating, according to the poll.

In 2012 President Barack Obama was viewed favorably and unfavorably by an equal share of voters, while Republican nominee Mitt Romney scored a net negative of -7. In 2008, both Obama and Sen. John McCain had net positive ratings of 16 and 7 points, respectively.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

68. we are going to see the same gender problems mitt romney had but more enhanced

will all women vote for hillary, no. will a larger percentage of them vote for her over him, yes.

[riderinthestorm]

74. Unfortunately Hillary isn't Obama. She has zero charisma and terrible trustworthiness #s

She also won't get nearly the independent vote that Obama got which may render any gender gains irrelevant - she's got sky high disapproval numbers. Those margins are where her campaign falters imo.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

79. we'll see.

[whatthehey]

15. Predictable garbage

Will persuade precisely zero people who would ever consider a D (ANY D) vote, so net vote loss for us is bugger all.

Net gain? Probably not that large as you have to have been living under a rock for a generation not to expect this of today's know-nothing GOPers, but probably not zero. A few RW women may see the light, and even some men with consciences too. They all have female relatives after all.

[ismnotwasm]

20. Typical

These have been around for a while, truth to tell. A sexist is a sexist is a sexist.

[pampango]

23. Historically nasty campaigns depress turnout. Low turnout favors republicans. Expect nastiness.

As if Donald had any other way of campaigning.

[bemildred]

31. +1. It's going to be epic. Six months to go. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Not surprising at all

Will be a fun six moths, more like root canal fun...

Oh and for those of you screaming sexism... HORROR! yup and... still protected speech, What is funny is that I saw the same exact vendor at the Sanders and Cruz rally here in San Diego. People make a killing out of this. I talked to the guy for a minute or so. His view, if partisans are that stupid, he will cater to their needs, and wants. In my view he was the most rational person of the lot.

And yes, some of those were also sold at the Cruz rally. After you cover enough of these things, you get pretty inured to this shit. It is kind of funny... you do enough of these, and really... whatever.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

41. Did anyone argue that was not protected speech ?

Protected speech can still be criticized

[ismnotwasm]

43. The far more important aspect of "protected speech"

As far as I'm concerned. It's never "whatever" to me, but different strokes and all that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. I am just getting anything but a radical meh out of this...really

for the record he changed his merchandise depending on the group of partisans to be present.

And some of his stock, like those pins, the design is at least 10 years old. Especially the top one

[HughBeaumont]

45. Think about this:

In 2004, Rove and his merry band of assholes successfully painted a guy who volunteered to be a human target in Vietnam as a wimp who was somehow "unfit for command" (one of those guys being conspiracy theorist and birther Jerome Corsi, just in case one was wondering if there was a low to which they wouldn't stoop) and a draft dodging scion with a legacy of failure into a strong leader and a he-man cowboy.

Small wonder why we think nominating a carnival barker is perfectly normal but Bernie Sanders getting as far as he has is somehow "Commie Crazy Talk".

I fear we haven't seen the bottom yet. Assholes who don't see sexism will commit it en masse. This might just be the ugliest election in American history.

[panader0]

48. KFC should sue

[Buzz Clik]

51. Those whose knuckles drag in the dirt behind them as they lumber through life.

[riderinthestorm]

54. Ugly but completely unsurprising. nt

[Redwoods Red]

56. Way to reach out to women! Thanks, GOP vendors.

[liberalnarb]

64. You might want to add the fact that this isn't just typical tRump supporters sexism...

Those buttons were created by the California GOP BEFORE tRump even announced his Presidential bid. They were from 2013

[HuckleB]

72. Ugh.

[rurallib]

77. Those should make a great anti-GOP ad

the whole fucking party, not just Trump.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

78. agreed.

[Rex]

80. He is a POS that will go down in burning flames of failure!

Trump is going to Dump on himself so much that nobody will see anything but 6 feet of shit pile.