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MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:53 PM Oct 2015

Words Used to Describe Hillary Clinton by Her Opponents.

Loud - http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump--hillary-has-become-loud-and-obnoxious-531402307638
Obnoxious - http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump--hillary-has-become-loud-and-obnoxious-531402307638
Shrill - http://hotair.com/archives/2015/09/24/so-now-its-offensive-to-call-hillary-shrill/
Rude - http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424927/hillary-clinton-secret-service-treatment-abuse
Bitchy - http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/democratic-voter-focus-group-hillary-bitchy
Man-Hater - https://twitter.com/hardline_stance/status/651747088791941120
Ball-Breaker - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1886972/posts (you can buy Hillary nutcrackers, too)
Mannish - http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/02/28/cpac-speaker-zings-hillarys-mannish-pantsuits/
Harridan - http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/xxfactor_xxtra/2008/08/the_madwoman_in_the_blogosphere.html
Crone - http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2015/10/19/can-any-republican-defeat-ancient-socialist-crone-hillary-clinton-n2067428/page/full
Fishwife - http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?2459101-Trump-looks-at-Hillary-and-is-LAUGHING-!!
Witch - http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/02/hillary-clinton-a-6th-level-illuminati-witch-sadistic-monarch-slave-handler-2897540.html
Tranny - http://www.topix.com/forum/city/pikeville-ky/T171Q364S72K5PJPK

There's more. Any sexist name you can think of, you'll find it attached to Hillary Clinton at fairly prominent links. And people try to pretend there isn't a sexist component to opposition to her. Feh!

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Words Used to Describe Hillary Clinton by Her Opponents. (Original Post) MineralMan Oct 2015 OP
I've not seen any of those here. ibegurpard Oct 2015 #1
Crone Ive seen here. boston bean Oct 2015 #4
You haven't? Here: MineralMan Oct 2015 #5
All of those links, with the exception of one, are from DU2.. frylock Oct 2015 #9
DU2 is still DU. MineralMan Oct 2015 #12
But only with the supporters, and not the candidate.. frylock Oct 2015 #23
On your first link the poster was tombstoned. So even if it was posted on DU, it appears the Cleita Oct 2015 #84
Shrill...... Florencenj2point0 Oct 2015 #198
We've certainly seen shrill here mcar Oct 2015 #18
Was Wall Street whore in that list? It was used back in the spring, alerted upon....... George II Oct 2015 #165
Does any of those refer to a Democrat? Mass Oct 2015 #2
See my #5. MineralMan Oct 2015 #6
So, some people we know nothing about Mass Oct 2015 #15
I only mentioned "her opponents." MineralMan Oct 2015 #19
You knew darn well what reaction you were going to get by posting this OP with the political stillwaiting Oct 2015 #213
"Bitchy" LoveIsNow Oct 2015 #53
Who tries to pretend that no opposition to Clinton is sexist? Are you talking about repubs? Vattel Oct 2015 #3
See my #5 and do your own searching on DU. MineralMan Oct 2015 #7
Fail. Only one of those posts suggests that she is not a victim of sexism. Vattel Oct 2015 #13
3 out of 4 of those links are from DU2. frylock Oct 2015 #11
You didn't link to any here on DU leftofcool Oct 2015 #8
No, I did not. That was not my point. MineralMan Oct 2015 #16
Yes, some of the worst offenders from then whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #21
They don't like to acknowledge that. frylock Oct 2015 #56
Yup whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #62
so.... it must be a whine from the ignored Hillary supporters Mnpaul Oct 2015 #132
You forgot. Indepatriot Oct 2015 #10
Yes, but none of those are gender specific whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #14
what? No male candidate is referred to as shrill, loud etc.... Florencenj2point0 Oct 2015 #200
I don't see any sexist epithet there. Doctor_J Oct 2015 #22
Well of course you don't. sheshe2 Oct 2015 #185
Those are all true n/t arcane1 Oct 2015 #30
+1 dorkzilla Oct 2015 #72
Thank you MM mcar Oct 2015 #17
I said yesterday.... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #20
She does proceed with her head up. MineralMan Oct 2015 #24
blame them for being on guard? no. blame them for making stuff up? Doctor_J Oct 2015 #25
At least now Sanders calls his campaign's comments "inappropriate" Rose Siding Oct 2015 #26
That disappoints me. I liked that comment. Autumn Oct 2015 #29
Where did she accuse him of being sexists? Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #33
Read my post again please. Autumn Oct 2015 #37
Why should her supporters apologize for for Sanders inappropriate remark? Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #40
His remarks weren't inappropriate. Nor were they sexist as her supporters claim Autumn Oct 2015 #44
See post #26. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #47
Your point? I'm talking about Bernie being accused of sexism by Hillary supporters Autumn Oct 2015 #50
I am not trying to rewrite facts, I don't see a need to continue to post about this situation over Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #55
yes it is sexist.... telling a woman not to shout is sexist Florencenj2point0 Oct 2015 #201
You got a link to Bernie telling her not to shout? Take your time I'll wait for you to find it. Autumn Oct 2015 #204
Crybabyism AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #230
You won't find any instance of Bernie attaching any sexist name names to her or any woman. Autumn Oct 2015 #27
He addressed her by name. He did not say "gun debaters." SunSeeker Oct 2015 #32
Keep trying. Autumn Oct 2015 #36
What part of "I can tell Secretary Clinton..." do you not understand? nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #49
Which part of he was addressing her comments do YOU not understand? She was not yelling, Autumn Oct 2015 #51
"She was not yelling, why would he accuse her of yelling if she wasn't yelling?" SunSeeker Oct 2015 #52
Right, she wasn't shouting. thesquanderer Oct 2015 #93
Thank you!! arcane1 Oct 2015 #122
Great links proving the "shouting" wasn't directed at her. Autumn Oct 2015 #127
And yet he addressed "Secretary Clinton" by name, not "people on both sides." SunSeeker Oct 2015 #151
Actually, it would be odd NOT to JimDandy Oct 2015 #182
If he was addressing other people, he should not have addressed Clinton by name. nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #187
The fact that he was addressing his response TO her... thesquanderer Oct 2015 #203
Interesting point. SunSeeker Oct 2015 #214
that all THE shouting, not all YOUR or all HER shouting frylock Oct 2015 #57
He used her actual named instead of "your." nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #156
Imagine that. He addressed her by her correct name and title. Why, I ougghtta... merrily Oct 2015 #166
Well.... sheshe2 Oct 2015 #174
Untrue and a non sequitur, but keep trying! You're bound to nail it soon or later. Law of averages. merrily Oct 2015 #175
Untrue? sheshe2 Oct 2015 #181
What is untrue - or at least opinion rather than fact - is... thesquanderer Oct 2015 #243
Then he should have addressed the people he was talking about instead of "Secretary Clinton." nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #177
One addresses the person TO whom one is speaking, not the ones ABOUT whom one is speaking. merrily Oct 2015 #192
His timing and wording indicated he was speaking to and about Clinton. SunSeeker Oct 2015 #212
He has used that exact wording for years to speak generally and not to accuse any merrily Oct 2015 #229
He has not been telling "Secretary Clinton" she's shouting "for years." SunSeeker Oct 2015 #231
Correct. He never told Secretary Clinton she was shouting and her claim of sexism is trumped up merrily Oct 2015 #232
Oh but he did. IF he didn't mean it, he should say so. nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #233
No, he did not and he has said so. merrily Oct 2015 #234
Got a link? nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #235
He said it on national TV several times. merrily Oct 2015 #236
No, he never apologized nor even said he didn't mean it. SunSeeker Oct 2015 #237
He did say her interpretation was not his meaning and he had nothing for which to apologize. merrily Oct 2015 #238
Republicans are assholes. We know that already. arcane1 Oct 2015 #28
"Hillary is too stupid to be President." SixString Oct 2015 #31
! bvf Oct 2015 #46
Oh dear! frylock Oct 2015 #58
LOL. Nice catch! JimDandy Oct 2015 #186
Jeez! Figures.... whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #63
More proof. Scootaloo Oct 2015 #66
Good lord, is it All An Act for EVERY Clinton supporter? arcane1 Oct 2015 #75
They certainly don't have anything bad to say about the fakes Fumesucker Oct 2015 #249
Ooofa...that's gonna leave a mark...nt dorkzilla Oct 2015 #78
Ooofa? Is that some kind of technical term from the Lexus owner's manual? merrily Oct 2015 #146
It's a special organic lavender and seaweed-infused sponge that's a favorite with latte-drinkers dorkzilla Oct 2015 #189
I admit it. I have a little bowl of lavender on my nightstand. merrily Oct 2015 #191
Ha! My step-family (and ex-huband) are Jewish dorkzilla Oct 2015 #194
When I am at a Seder, I feel the desert sand under my feet, no exaggeration. merrily Oct 2015 #195
Shpilkes! I have that too! dorkzilla Oct 2015 #207
Thanks. I'll have to look into walking meditation. merrily Oct 2015 #208
Hillary is too stupid to be President **IF** .... Martin Eden Oct 2015 #79
I did not. They be a strange group, them Hillary supporters. nt cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #96
Wow UglyGreed Oct 2015 #102
I thought he posted at Free Republic and was against Obama? Am I remembering wrong? Autumn Oct 2015 #118
Nope. Posted at FREEP against Obama, posted here supporting Obama, posted against Hillary in 2008, merrily Oct 2015 #158
Oh yeah. Lot of... evolving there. Autumn Oct 2015 #160
I see your point. merrily Oct 2015 #172
... Fumesucker Oct 2015 #123
Same guy? Unbelievable. Broward Oct 2015 #125
The Great Lakes' answer to Steven Leser Doctor_J Oct 2015 #133
We never learned what she did to become an "un-liar" in his eyes. WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #178
I love the "death to the fascist wing of the Dem" dorkzilla Oct 2015 #210
Meh. They can talk all the shit about me they want... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #255
"What I wrote was based on incorrect information." WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #179
A phony hypocrite is exposed. 99Forever Oct 2015 #193
I guess I find it hard to Puglover Oct 2015 #202
I'm reccing this thread... Dr. Strange Oct 2015 #220
Yeah...I stayed out of this thread, but now I'm suddenly interested. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #244
El.Oh.El AzDar Oct 2015 #246
And your point is? Armstead Oct 2015 #34
My reply for those a-holes: "Oderint dum metuant" DinahMoeHum Oct 2015 #35
Uppity meow2u3 Oct 2015 #38
What is the rationale for hypocrite being sexist? TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #100
I'll go with warmonger and corporatist. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #39
Yep. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #42
The same title also apply to Sanders. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #43
You're funny. Or deluded. I'm not sure which. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #67
I might be funny, no not deluded. Check his record on voting for military action and check to see Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #89
I'm willing to concede Sanders isn't perfect on these issues. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #143
Then by some of the talking points here Sanders would be a war hawk. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #180
Not even a teensy funny. merrily Oct 2015 #137
Surprisingly, "shouty" isn't on there. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #41
Most if not all of those are from her right-wing opponents KamaAina Oct 2015 #45
The entire point of the OP is to lump all "opponents" together as one. arcane1 Oct 2015 #48
The OP is a master of disingenuous rhetoric. Maedhros Oct 2015 #69
That's the sense I get. Really gives me a warm fuzzy to pull that lever for the leading candidate to Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #74
What's REALLY weird is when her supporters call her an "inveterate liar". cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #54
Did you catch this gem? frylock Oct 2015 #61
LOL You two are ruining perfectly good fake bullshit! arcane1 Oct 2015 #71
Mineralman said Hillary Clinton was too stupid to be President? Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #77
Correct, Mineralman said Hillary Clinton was too stupid to be President. frylock Oct 2015 #99
The same Mineralman who created this thread said Hillary Clinton was too stupid... Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #105
The person who said "Hillary Clinton is too stupid to be President" is the same Mineralman.. frylock Oct 2015 #106
Interesting. Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #108
Shocking, even. frylock Oct 2015 #115
Honestly it is pretty shocking and a fine example of being hoisted on one's own petard Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #116
I'd be too ashamed and embarrassed to post here for a few days myself.. frylock Oct 2015 #117
Indeed. kenfrequed Oct 2015 #221
It's evident that some people just have no shame. frylock Oct 2015 #242
The internet doesn't seem to forget kenfrequed Oct 2015 #219
I agree Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #222
Do you ever wonder... kenfrequed Oct 2015 #223
Is Cha now a Hillary supporter? Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #81
Cha is a regular on the Clinton Cave site now n/t arcane1 Oct 2015 #83
This message was self-deleted by its author misterhighwasted Oct 2015 #92
hillaryclintonsupporters.com is a site that people go to talk shit about DU's Sanders supporters.. frylock Oct 2015 #101
DU okasha Oct 2015 #130
Try again. frylock Oct 2015 #131
Perhaps you're too close to the phenomenon to see it clearly. okasha Oct 2015 #134
Naw, my view is just fine from here.. frylock Oct 2015 #138
We agree! I see exactly the same thing. okasha Oct 2015 #139
No, we are not in agreement. frylock Oct 2015 #224
Boom~ sheshe2 Oct 2015 #149
More info: arcane1 Oct 2015 #120
This message was self-deleted by its author misterhighwasted Oct 2015 #129
For something so easily dismissed, you sure typed a lot of words to discredit it. arcane1 Oct 2015 #142
This message was self-deleted by its author misterhighwasted Oct 2015 #153
I'm not " critisizing another for visiting anoter site" arcane1 Oct 2015 #215
I'm a member there ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #144
This message was self-deleted by its author misterhighwasted Oct 2015 #157
JHC! sheshe2 Oct 2015 #147
I knew Cha better when I used to hang out here. misterhighwasted Oct 2015 #161
I will miss you mister. sheshe2 Oct 2015 #164
Oh. My. God. NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #159
I can't believe that there's more than one site discussing politics........ George II Oct 2015 #163
Just don't reveal names. NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #171
Do we have to repost your bon mots from that other site again? Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #183
And plotting to "prod" people into getting their posts hidden arcane1 Oct 2015 #216
.... sheshe2 Oct 2015 #169
Well, excactly. n/t NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #173
Chairperson of Hillary's DU effort. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #94
Cha said Hillary is an inveterate liar? Wow... Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #107
Also said Hillary is morally depraved. Autumn Oct 2015 #121
But she meant that in a good way MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #135
WAS morally depraved. now she's the best choice for leader of the free world. Doctor_J Oct 2015 #140
Yes, WAS. Mineralman literally pulled that in this thread. Clinton WAS stupid he says. Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #150
SHAME on you for pointing this out. Puglover Oct 2015 #209
The OP once believed gays shouldn't be around children, so anything is possible. arcane1 Oct 2015 #218
Yes it's entirely possible to go from "moral depravity" to... Autumn Oct 2015 #228
People pretend any opposition to her is sexist Android3.14 Oct 2015 #59
Oooooh, oooooh, Mr. Kotter!! I have one: "Mentirosa"... AzDar Oct 2015 #60
But Bernie's opposition to her isn't any of that, Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #64
But remember, it's we liberals who are the real fucking problem. Scootaloo Oct 2015 #65
I think you should address your own extremely nasty barbs at her being quoted in this thread Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #68
Inveterate liar was a different DUer dorkzilla Oct 2015 #87
And then there is Reply #14 Puglover Oct 2015 #205
Wow, so she's become LESS warmonger-y since '08 dorkzilla Oct 2015 #206
And???? 840high Oct 2015 #70
Loud? Obnoxious? Rude? thesquanderer Oct 2015 #73
Really. Why are those in there? redgreenandblue Oct 2015 #188
HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON.... retrowire Oct 2015 #76
Google it. MineralMan Oct 2015 #80
"Too stupid to be president" is a compliment, I suppose? arcane1 Oct 2015 #82
Seems MM UglyGreed Oct 2015 #113
Are you claiming that this is common on DU? MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #85
Nope. I didn't mention DU in the OP MineralMan Oct 2015 #88
So then you must be claiming that DUers say there's no sexism MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #95
Lots of things are puzzling, Manny. MineralMan Oct 2015 #98
Absolutely. because I just read a link where you said Hillary Clinton is too stupid to be President. Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #110
She was that year. Obama won. MineralMan Oct 2015 #112
Hmm your statement just now sounds full of shit. Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #114
Full, indeed. merrily Oct 2015 #199
Do you still believe "Romney Wouldn't be a bad VP pick by any means"? Autumn Oct 2015 #124
Remember that you're talking to people okasha Oct 2015 #162
Why is Hillary co-opting his old, stale ideas? frylock Oct 2015 #225
She isn't. okasha Oct 2015 #239
Uhhh... no. frylock Oct 2015 #241
I have no idea what goes on in your memory. okasha Oct 2015 #247
My memory may be faulty, but my ability to search the net isn't.. frylock Oct 2015 #248
Your memory probably is faulty, and so is your "research,." okasha Oct 2015 #250
I'll rely on the word of other posters on this forum who disagree. frylock Oct 2015 #251
Now you're wasn'theresplainin'. okasha Oct 2015 #252
I get it. As a straight, white male I'm supposed to stfu. frylock Oct 2015 #253
LOL! merrily Oct 2015 #168
"She's smarter now"? You really want to fucking say that in 2008 Autumn Oct 2015 #176
You do realize that the US President is MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #197
Not claiming, but dishonestly implying. arcane1 Oct 2015 #91
Sure seems that way MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #97
There's always the tried and true "incorrect information." WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #184
Oh Goddess. MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #196
Holy shit! dorkzilla Oct 2015 #211
It's almost as if it's all an act, and the poster is nothing more than a hack. arcane1 Oct 2015 #217
How incredibly vile. frylock Oct 2015 #226
Overly sensitive is one I see used for women. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #86
Yes. It's a systemic problem. MineralMan Oct 2015 #90
That does not mean that no woman is overly sensitive. Some women are, and some men are. merrily Oct 2015 #119
I will not search the links you provided. I feel no need. guillaumeb Oct 2015 #103
Kicking and reccing for exposure. frylock Oct 2015 #104
Point is, there was no sexist component to Sanders remark about shouting about gun control. merrily Oct 2015 #109
Hotair.com? Breitbart? Hmmmmm... AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #111
K&R for the hypocrisy Fumesucker Oct 2015 #126
Novel. I've never kicked or recommended for hypocrisy. Maybe I should start? merrily Oct 2015 #136
Outstanding effort should be recognized and rewarded Fumesucker Oct 2015 #141
outstanding effort? No offense to you or MineralMan intended, but did you and I read the same OP? merrily Oct 2015 #145
He utterly destroyed what credibility he had left, if any Fumesucker Oct 2015 #148
How much credibility would you say he had before the OP of this thread? merrily Oct 2015 #155
About this much... Fumesucker Oct 2015 #167
LOL! He thinks she's stupid to be President, so her opinion hardly matters to him. merrily Oct 2015 #170
did you miss the part where Mineralman said Hillary Clinton is too stupid to be President? Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #152
No, I did not miss that. If I could rec some of the posts on this thread, I would. merrily Oct 2015 #154
This thread went from dreadful strawman BS to fucking awesome in the course of 24 hours. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #245
Oh noez! 99Forever Oct 2015 #128
"people try to pretend there isn't a sexist component to opposition to her."- they do? Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #190
Gee, so we need to make it all better for her by making her Prezident! djean111 Oct 2015 #227
ignore......... smiley Oct 2015 #240
And since every strong woman in the country has been called the same, they will vote for her. McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #254

frylock

(34,825 posts)
9. All of those links, with the exception of one, are from DU2..
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:07 PM
Oct 2015

and no, people aren't trying to "pretend there isn't a sexist component to opposition to her." People are dropping the bullshit flag on the implication that Sanders' comment about shouting was inherently sexist. Better luck tomorrow.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
23. But only with the supporters, and not the candidate..
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:21 PM
Oct 2015

as we know, bringing up past statements of Hillary's is considered to be an attack.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
84. On your first link the poster was tombstoned. So even if it was posted on DU, it appears the
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:58 PM
Oct 2015

poster was a troll. That leaves you with three. The last one was an apology for calling her that name, which frankly I don't find offensive if used against me. I like dogs, especially a female one that protects her puppies, and don't mind the comparison. So that's two, one from a poster with less that 1500 posts and who seems to have not participated on DU for a very long time. So that leaves one that still posts on DU. The word is crone, which is a word for an old woman and actually a goddess, part of the triple goddess of Maiden, Mother and Crone, the three stages of life women go through, but if you find the word offensive, well you are a man I assume.

Florencenj2point0

(435 posts)
198. Shrill......
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:07 AM
Oct 2015

right here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3435076 from an Obama supporter who then apologizes, claims not to have understood the sexist connotation and goes on to say, that Hillary's voice is irritating..... oy, I guess it is if you think women talking sounds like shouting.

George II

(67,782 posts)
165. Was Wall Street whore in that list? It was used back in the spring, alerted upon.......
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:23 AM
Oct 2015

....and of course survived a jury.

Mass

(27,315 posts)
2. Does any of those refer to a Democrat?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:55 PM
Oct 2015

Honest question. I do not have the time to read this, but I notice most of those are RW sites and the threads I saw where attacks on Sanders. I have no doubt some of the attacks on her are sexist, but none of those I saw referred to on DU were.

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
6. See my #5.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:01 PM
Oct 2015

I didn't say DU, in the first place. I said "her opponents."

Sexist name calling is part and parcel of opposition to her. I just searched Google. I wasn't looking for DU references.

You can do that if you like, though.

Mass

(27,315 posts)
15. So, some people we know nothing about
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:13 PM
Oct 2015

except they define themselves as Democrats in a focus group by Halperin are sexist (including women). OK, though I am not sure condescending is sexist, and it is worth noting the person who said bitchy (which is sexist) is a woman.

Still, I have never seen anybody on DU say that no Democrat was sexist. I may have missed the threads who said that, but the threads I answered saying that it was not sexist were all related to Sanders. So, I am unsure what your post was related with.

I am from MA and have seen sexist Democrats voting for Baker rather than Coakley, so you do not have to convince me some Dems are sexist, but I am unsure how it relates to posts I have seen on DU. I may have missed them though.

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
19. I only mentioned "her opponents."
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:16 PM
Oct 2015

I was not party specific in any way. That's a different search. I didn't do that search. I could, I suppose. I'm betting I could find plenty of examples. Hillary Clinton has opponents everywhere, and they attack her as they can.

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
213. You knew darn well what reaction you were going to get by posting this OP with the political
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:21 AM
Oct 2015

issues that we are currently dealing with between the campaigns.

Your feigned ignorance is so ridiculous. Too cute by half.

Stir, stir, stir that pot.

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
7. See my #5 and do your own searching on DU.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:02 PM
Oct 2015

I did a few and found them all. You can peruse for yourself.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
13. Fail. Only one of those posts suggests that she is not a victim of sexism.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:10 PM
Oct 2015

And it is very old. You can find a few people crazy enough to defend any view. I don't see why that warrants your remark about people pretending that no opposition to Clinton is sexist.

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
16. No, I did not. That was not my point.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:14 PM
Oct 2015

I'm sure I could find some here, as well, most from the 2008 campaign. Anti-Hillary sentiments have a long history here. Many of the words used in conjunction with her name by "her opponents" are sexist in nature. I referred to "her opponents" in a general sense, not by party. But, I've seen many sexist descriptions of her, here.

There's a search tool up at the right corner of this page. Try it. Just type in Hillary and the word in question. I didn't do that, because I was looking for her opponents using those words. I don't think I mentioned DU in the OP. That's because I wasn't talking about DU, just her opponents.

 

Indepatriot

(1,253 posts)
10. You forgot.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:07 PM
Oct 2015

WEATHER VANE
WAR HAWK
WALL STREET
POLL-DRIVEN
PRO DEATH PENALTY
OPPORTUNISTIC
THIRD WAY
ONE PERCENTER

and lots more, but I've got work to do....

Florencenj2point0

(435 posts)
200. what? No male candidate is referred to as shrill, loud etc....
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:11 AM
Oct 2015

and no male candidate is called a bitch or a cunt or told to stop shouting for that matter.

sheshe2

(83,635 posts)
185. Well of course you don't.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:06 AM
Oct 2015

Star Member stevenleser (26,364 posts)
153. Did you read EarlG's banning statement? It's crystal clear.

"Called Hillary Clinton the c-word. Thought he was being clever about it. He was not."



No one was fooled by NYC_SKP's post:

NYC_SKP
55. Welcome to DU, Feel the Bern! And yes, it's a Cunning Stunt!

I say that to myself every day, over an over.

It can be a tongue twister!

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- http://steveleser.blogspot.com/ - http://www.facebook.com/MakingSenseWithSteve

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026782193#post153

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
20. I said yesterday....
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:18 PM
Oct 2015

That I fully understand why Sanders supporters would take offense and aggressively defend Sanders and themselves. I think the jab between Clinton and Sanders was very minor. This campaign season has just been that polite. Then a short time later someone connected to his campaign said something offensive. I still won't call it sexist. There was a clear attachment to Sanders yet I don't think it is reflective of Sanders himself or his supporters. I would take some of the charges over the last day pretty personal myself.

At the same time, can you blame any Hillary supporter for being on guard in this area. That includes myself. Much of that part of what she goes through is why I not only support her as a politician, but as a strong woman and role model as well. She just keeps going with her head up every single day.

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
24. She does proceed with her head up.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:21 PM
Oct 2015

She is a strong, confident person. That's just what we need as President. She brooks no nonsense, another attribute of a good President.

I support her. She will be our President in 2017. I'm ready for Hillary.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
26. At least now Sanders calls his campaign's comments "inappropriate"
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:23 PM
Oct 2015

WP:

Sanders calls his campaign manager’s Clinton VP comments ‘inappropriate’
snip>
Responding on Thursday to host Thomas Roberts on MSNBC, Sanders said of Weaver’s comments: “I think that every campaign has statements come out which are inappropriate. That was inappropriate.”

Sanders has been fending off suggestions of sexism from Clinton boosters since late last week, when Clinton took issue with one of Sanders’s comments on gun control from the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Sanders said that he favors sensible solutions to reduce violence but told Clinton that “all the shouting in the world is not going to do what I hope all of us want.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/29/sanders-calls-his-campaign-managers-clinton-vp-comments-inappropriate/


So that happened.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
29. That disappoints me. I liked that comment.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:29 PM
Oct 2015
Will Hillary come out and say that her supporters accusing him of being sexist is inappropriate?

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
44. His remarks weren't inappropriate. Nor were they sexist as her supporters claim
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:58 PM
Oct 2015
As a Senator from a rural state, what I can tell Secretary Clinton, that all the shouting in the world is not going to do what I would hope all of us want, and that is keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have those guns and end this horrible violence that we are seeing.


Nothing sexist about that.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
50. Your point? I'm talking about Bernie being accused of sexism by Hillary supporters
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:21 PM
Oct 2015

Hillary wasn't shouting, Bernie didn't accuse her of shouting. Bernie responded to her talking about gun control. Bernie addressed the tone of the gun control debate when he used the word shouting.
Bernie said his campaign manager’s Clinton VP comments were ‘inappropriate’. I personally found that comment hilarious.
Hillary and her supporters are accusing Bernie of being sexist by saying he inferred she was yelling . He was not. Will Hillary come out and say that her and her supporters accusing him of being sexist is ‘inappropriate’ ? I doubt it. But that shows Bernie is the better person.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
55. I am not trying to rewrite facts, I don't see a need to continue to post about this situation over
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:37 PM
Oct 2015

And over. Sanders has said inappropriate remarks have been made, that be enough without bringing this up again, I dont think Sanders needs to continue to face this.

Florencenj2point0

(435 posts)
201. yes it is sexist.... telling a woman not to shout is sexist
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:14 AM
Oct 2015

as if women are supposed to always talk in soft tones, but that's Bernie, he never could stand women telling him anything he didn't want to hear. And who is he to tell anyone not to shout, it is the only volume he has.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
230. Crybabyism
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 03:18 PM
Oct 2015

This is an election. If she can't handle even the mildest critique, she shouldn't be running.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
27. You won't find any instance of Bernie attaching any sexist name names to her or any woman.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:24 PM
Oct 2015

It's stupid for people to pretend Bernie was talking about her tone of voice and not the tone of the gun debate. Feh indeed!

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
32. He addressed her by name. He did not say "gun debaters."
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:37 PM
Oct 2015

If that is what he meant, then he should say sorry, I should not have addressed it to "Secretary Clinton" but to "gun control debaters."

But even then, that would be a put down of gun control proponents, who have not been "shouting" but have been utterly reasonable, unlike the NRA and gun nuts.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
36. Keep trying.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:47 PM
Oct 2015
As a Senator from a rural state, what I can tell Secretary Clinton, that all the shouting in the world is not going to do what I would hope all of us want, and that is keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have those guns and end this horrible violence that we are seeing.
She had talked about him and he responded to her

Are you saying that Hillary shouts that much? All the shouting in the world. Yeah right. That IMO was addressing all the shouting from gun control proponents, the NRA and gun nuts. Read the gun forum here, none of them are really reasonable, most of those discussions get heated which is why discussion of guns is only allowed in the main forums during high profile events.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
51. Which part of he was addressing her comments do YOU not understand? She was not yelling,
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:24 PM
Oct 2015

why would he accuse her of yelling if she wan't yelling? He was talking about the tone of the gun debate. I think we are done with this. Bye.

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
52. "She was not yelling, why would he accuse her of yelling if she wasn't yelling?"
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:27 PM
Oct 2015

Precisely my point.

thesquanderer

(11,970 posts)
93. Right, she wasn't shouting.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:14 PM
Oct 2015

from
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/10/hillary_clinton_is_smearing_bernie_sanders_as_a_sexist_it_s_an_insult_to.html (including links)

Let’s be clear: This isn’t what happened. During the debate exchange, Sanders answered O’Malley with the same point about “raising our voices.” Sanders has been giving this answer for years. He did it in July, after an O’Malley super PAC ad attacked him (“We have been yelling and screaming at each other about guns for decades,” said Sanders). He did it again in August, after a male surrogate for Clinton attacked him (“I can get beyond the noise and all of these arguments and people shouting at each other”). He did it again in October, after the mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon (“People on both sides of this issue cannot simply continue shouting at each other”). Sanders gives this answer to everyone.


His point is simply that people on both sides of the gun issues have been shouting for years instead of working to find common ground.

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
151. And yet he addressed "Secretary Clinton" by name, not "people on both sides."
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:53 PM
Oct 2015

He directed his remark to her. Odd choice of words if he meant other people.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
182. Actually, it would be odd NOT to
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:36 AM
Oct 2015

reference the person by name, to provide context, when the answer is relayed through a third party (reporter).

What IS odd is the doofus in her camp who came up with this certainly never vetted it widely in camp. If he had, her team would have quickly found these similar remarks Sanders made to others through out this campaign season and would have realized immediately that they wouldn't get away with trying to pretzel that sound bite into a sexist remark. Political campaigns are usually more saavy then this. That doofus has probably already been shunted to her campaign's back rooms.

thesquanderer

(11,970 posts)
203. The fact that he was addressing his response TO her...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:57 AM
Oct 2015

...does not have to mean he was talking ABOUT her.

Really, for the people who are seeing sexism in his statement, do you think it matters that he said

"what I can tell Secretary Clinton, that all the shouting in the world is not going to do what I would hope all of us want"

rather than

"what I can tell you, Anderson, is that all the shouting in the world is not going to do what I would hope all of us want"

?

That would have been an equally viable response, but nobody would have seen that as an accusation that the moderator had been shouting, right? So who it is addressed to is really besides the point.

Another point... I would say he didn't even use the word "shouting" literally, in ANY of the many times he has used it and similar words (yelling, screaming, raising voices... see my post #93), because even when you hear people taking their extreme positions (say, Wayne LaPierre) they are not typically literally shouting. There is a figurative use of these phrases, that simply implies people are speaking without listening, that they are more interested in making their points rather than in trying to solve the problem. So let's say that he actually did mean to specifically include Clinton and O'Malley among those he was talking about (remember, he said basically the same thing in response to O'Malley as well), it would logically be in this respect, since, of course, neither of them were literally yelling about the topic. And I think that is a fair reading, too... in this respect, not literally accusing Hillary of shouting, but perhaps including her among that group who he feels is more interested in making political points than in solving the problem... or at least, within the context of the answer she had just given. But that, too, would not be sexist.

Either way, the fact that he said basically the same thing to O'Malley should prove that his perpsective wasn't sexist (if you think such proof is really needed).

His response to O'Malley: "But here is the point, Governor. We can raise our voices, but I come from a rural state, and the views on gun control in rural states are different than in urban states..."

His response to Clinton: "As a senator from a rural state, what I can tell Secretary Clinton, that all the shouting in the world is not going to..."

So:
To O'Malley, he is saying: we can raise our voices, but it won't accomplish anything.
To Clinton he is saying: all the shouting in the world won't accomplish anything.

He gave her the same answer he had just given him. Suddenly it's sexist?

So there are multiple angles from which this accusation just doesn't hold water, i.e. regardless of whether or not you think he was intending to include HRC among the "shouters."

(and the thought obviously wasn't being addressed only at HRC, as he had used the same line many times, including in response to O'Malley just moments before)

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
214. Interesting point.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:22 AM
Oct 2015

So when responding to O'Malley's gun control comments Sanders said O'Malley was "raising his voice." But when it came to the woman on the stage, Sanders said she was "shouting." Those are not the same thing. One is much more of a pejorative, and he chose that one for the woman. Interesting.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
166. Imagine that. He addressed her by her correct name and title. Why, I ougghtta...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:24 AM
Oct 2015

He's said that same thing for years--that people shouting at each other about gun control doesn't get anywhere or fix anything--but "of course" when he repeats it to her, it becomes sexist.

Give me a damned break.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
175. Untrue and a non sequitur, but keep trying! You're bound to nail it soon or later. Law of averages.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:46 AM
Oct 2015

thesquanderer

(11,970 posts)
243. What is untrue - or at least opinion rather than fact - is...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 05:56 PM
Oct 2015

...that the bill in question was actually "the most reprehensible pro-gun legislation in recent memory. "

He did vote against the bill that would let victims of gun violence sue gun manufacturers, which is the bill that opinion piece is talking about. No one is disputing that he voted against that bill, and it is fine to disagree with him on that vote. It does not mean he's against gun control. He has voted for numerous other gun control measures. The highest rating the NRA has ever given him is D-.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
192. One addresses the person TO whom one is speaking, not the ones ABOUT whom one is speaking.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:59 AM
Oct 2015

Let's not act brand new.

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
212. His timing and wording indicated he was speaking to and about Clinton.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:13 AM
Oct 2015

He said it in response to her gun control statements.

You obviously interpret it differently. We're both allowed to have our own opinion.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
229. He has used that exact wording for years to speak generally and not to accuse any
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:41 PM
Oct 2015

individual of anything--and certainly not to be sexist. There are good faith opinions and then there are bs accusations of sexism.

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
231. He has not been telling "Secretary Clinton" she's shouting "for years."
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:12 PM
Oct 2015

The words he used, addressed to Clinton, were sexist. If he didn't mean that Clinton was who he was referring to as shouting, why doesn't he just say so, say he is sorry for his choice of words, and move on?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
232. Correct. He never told Secretary Clinton she was shouting and her claim of sexism is trumped up
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:20 PM
Oct 2015

and bogus.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
236. He said it on national TV several times.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:26 PM
Oct 2015

I've stopped googling for people. I'm sure you'll find it in seconds if you try.

SunSeeker

(51,504 posts)
237. No, he never apologized nor even said he didn't mean it.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:43 PM
Oct 2015
Sanders was miffed, telling CNN's Jake Tapper earlier today that Clinton was 'taking words and misapplying them.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3288950/Bernie-Sanders-laughs-suggestion-s-sexist-saying-Hillary-Clinton-shouting-gun-violence.html#ixzz3q5MpRmr5
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That is not saying he didn't mean it. That is not even acknowledging that what he said could be construed as sexist. He thinks it was perfectly ok to tell Hillary she was "shouting" about gun control. Instead of blaming Hillary for "misapplying" his words, he should take responsibility for how he applied his words. "Laughing" it off shows he disregards the damage done by sexist language.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
238. He did say her interpretation was not his meaning and he had nothing for which to apologize.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:51 PM
Oct 2015

Her trumped up story is on her. She should apologize to him for making up stuff like that.

But, of course, you moved the goalpost from he should have said that he did not mean that to he didn't apologize.

SixString

(1,057 posts)
31. "Hillary is too stupid to be President."
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:37 PM
Oct 2015

"MineralMan wrote:
Hillary is too stupid to be President. Her RFK remark sealed the deal. It won't go away, and will also end any chance she might have had at being the VP choice. Way to go, Hill..."


http://forum.darwincentral.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=13378&start=75

frylock

(34,825 posts)
58. Oh dear!
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:47 PM
Oct 2015

And suggesting that she might have had a chance to be VP? Isn't that considered sexist as well by today's standards? And I literally mean TODAY, as in TODAY.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
66. More proof.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:28 PM
Oct 2015

For the supporters of Hillary Clinton, it's not about getting Clinton into the white house.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
75. Good lord, is it All An Act for EVERY Clinton supporter?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:51 PM
Oct 2015

Or is it only fake with the loudest ones?

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
249. They certainly don't have anything bad to say about the fakes
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 09:57 PM
Oct 2015

I suppose they have to take what they can get.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
189. It's a special organic lavender and seaweed-infused sponge that's a favorite with latte-drinkers
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:41 AM
Oct 2015

I usually use it in my post-yoga and Vipassana meditation class bath, after I've had my evening chai tea latte that I drink in my finely appointed Lexus on the way from the totally groovy Unitarian center in town.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
191. I admit it. I have a little bowl of lavender on my nightstand.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:52 AM
Oct 2015

It's supposed to make you sleep better.

my post-yoga and Vipassana meditation class bath


Your meditation class bathes communally? Now, that's something to contemplate! This is a whole new side of you, dorkzilla!


I went to a Unitarian Center once, but it was for a Passover Seder. True. I am not Jewish, but I love Passover Seders (also true). When I say that to someone who is Jewish anywhere near Passover, I tend to get an invitation.



dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
194. Ha! My step-family (and ex-huband) are Jewish
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 07:13 AM
Oct 2015

When I was married I HAD to go to Seder; my aunt always invites me now but I get very creative with excuses -she no longer accepts my atheism as an excuse. If you want to come next year I'll go with you

Lavender is my favorite-I grow a lot of it in my garden so I always have some, fresh or dried, around the house. One whiff and I calm down. I've taken to putting on lavender oil before one of my marathon MRIs or other fun tests just to keep me grounded and relaxed. Honestly for me it works wonders.

Actually I take meditation classes at a Buddhist monastery about 20 miles north of where I live; I usually do a walking meditation now because my poor old back can't take sitting that long anymore. There is a vegetarian lunch afterward but that's about as communal as it gets, you dirty minded woman

merrily

(45,251 posts)
195. When I am at a Seder, I feel the desert sand under my feet, no exaggeration.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 07:41 AM
Oct 2015

I get transported back in time and place to somewhere my ancestors never were!

I used to hear people at the office talk about how much they'd eaten at the Seder the night before, how good the food was, how stuffed they were, etc.

At my first Seder, I was trying to fill up on the first foods on the table because I thought they were the whole meal. I was like, "Parsley and salt water? From this, people get stuffed? Seriously? What on earth were those people talking about?"

One whiff and I calm down.


Try a bowl by your bedside, light some votives and read a book or watch some really good TV. Heavenly.

Sorry about all the MRIs, puddin', but I'm glad the lavender oil helps.

Meditation classes at a Buddhist monastery sounds really cool.

I don't remember what I was watching on tv, but this woman used her own home as a meditation center over the weekend now and again. Made her meals in advance, rang a gong to signal the start of the mediation period, etc. That was cool, too. I don't think I can be peaceful that long, though. I have shbilkies. (sp?)


There is a vegetarian lunch afterward but that's about as communal as it gets, you dirty minded woman.


A communal bath would be more fun. My mother took me to a Turkish bath somewhere in our town when I was about 4 or 5. Lots of naked women walking around, chatting casually and dumping bowls of water over their heads. I was bewildered.

At least introduce a group hug, for pity sake.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
207. Shpilkes! I have that too!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 09:32 AM
Oct 2015

Walking meditation is great for people like us. And since I have quite monkey mind it helps too because instead of trying to clear my mind (that ain't nevah, evah, evah gonna happen) I can concentrate on the actual steps.

I'm going going to try the lavender on the nightstand tonight! Thanks for the good idea...I need all the calming ideas I can g we t right now.

Martin Eden

(12,843 posts)
79. Hillary is too stupid to be President **IF** ....
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:54 PM
Oct 2015

... she actually believed the Bush administration's bogus case for war in Iraq and that he would act in good faith with the authority she voted to give him.

I sincerely doubt Hillary Clinton is that stupid.

Much more likely she knew the case for war was a pack of LIES.

Which means HRC was either on board with the neocon agenda, or she just made a political calculation in the post-9/11 environment that it was better for her career to be "tough" on national security.

Consequences be damned.


One small consequence is that she (along with every other politician who voted for the IWR in 2002) forever lost my vote in Democratic primaries.

I'm still struggling with understanding why any Democrat who was paying attention can give her a pass on that.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
158. Nope. Posted at FREEP against Obama, posted here supporting Obama, posted against Hillary in 2008,
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:12 AM
Oct 2015

"supported" Bernie here a short time ago and "switched" support to Hillary after that.

Had lengthy, though, IMO, not especially riveting or convincing, explanations for each of those revolutions evolutions.

Wanna make something out of it?

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
178. We never learned what she did to become an "un-liar" in his eyes.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:25 AM
Oct 2015

Graceful loser is how it was explained.

Can't wait for MM's explanation as to how she became "un-stupid." Perhaps we'll get the ol' "What I wrote was based on incorrect information." excuse.

And maybe Chae will explain how Hillary's no longer:

--a lying, pandering fighter for yourself

--a proven LIAR

--morally depraved

Gawd almightly, I LOVE this site!

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
210. I love the "death to the fascist wing of the Dem"
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 10:44 AM
Oct 2015

Just above the 3rd quote. My how people can change! Then to spend time on another site talking shit about Bernie supporters...how disappointing.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
255. Meh. They can talk all the shit about me they want...
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 10:52 PM
Oct 2015

their opinions mean nothing to me. But what I really want to know is whether MM, while acting as precinct captain and canvassing, phone banking, etc. (DUers are lectured ad nauseam about GOTV), uses "Hillary is too stupid to be President" to rally the troops. Question is -- which political party's troops?

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
179. "What I wrote was based on incorrect information."
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:27 AM
Oct 2015

Maybe that will be trotted out again.

Excellent find, SixString!

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
193. A phony hypocrite is exposed.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 07:12 AM
Oct 2015

As if it wasn't already glaringly obvious.

So, watcha gotta say now, Preacher?

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
34. And your point is?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:43 PM
Oct 2015

On your list, the vast majority here would agree are sexist and out of line and just plain rude. (The non-sexist insults, IMO, are Rude, Obnoxious, and Loud, as they are also applied to men.)

But if Hillary were a male the same opponents would be using equally obnoxious words, some non-gender specific, others referring to parts of the male anatomy.

And Heavens to Besty, look at some of the terms that DUers toss towards Republicans. And do you remember the good old days when GW was president? he was regularly referred to by that "speciest" term The Monkey.

Insults are insults. Bad manners are bad manners. There's always a difficult line between legitimate criticism and over-the-line insult.

But whatever, that's what happens in politics, regardless of the gender.

TheKentuckian

(25,018 posts)
100. What is the rationale for hypocrite being sexist?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:28 PM
Oct 2015

Madwoman seems to be pretty off the wall too. Never once in history have I heard madman to sexist so how is madwoman? Do you contend that one must always be gender neutral to not be sexist?

At some point there is a such a thing as being very thin skinned and I'm going to say you are way on the other side of it when you are trying to sell hypocrite as sexist and right on the other side of the border whining about madwoman.

Also, no aggressive isn't always a good thing either. If you are an aggressive warmonger that is bad regardless of gender so some context might be in order on that one too.

Half your little list is complete bunk. Feigned injury to play victim for political benefit aka dishonorable and dishonest.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
89. I might be funny, no not deluded. Check his record on voting for military action and check to see
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:02 PM
Oct 2015

How he votes on the F-35. He is helping Lockheed Martin a lot.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
143. I'm willing to concede Sanders isn't perfect on these issues.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:03 PM
Oct 2015

But I know who voted for the Iraq war and who didn't.

And I know who wants to get even more aggressive in Syria and who doesn't.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
180. Then by some of the talking points here Sanders would be a war hawk.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:28 AM
Oct 2015

Also, Sanders says he is willing to take military action as president, make them both on the same level.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
45. Most if not all of those are from her right-wing opponents
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:58 PM
Oct 2015

not Bernie supporters, as has been bandied about here.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
48. The entire point of the OP is to lump all "opponents" together as one.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 06:03 PM
Oct 2015

If there's a different point, I'm unaware of it.

Bread and Circus

(9,454 posts)
74. That's the sense I get. Really gives me a warm fuzzy to pull that lever for the leading candidate to
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:50 PM
Oct 2015

Or not so much.

Bread and Circus

(9,454 posts)
105. The same Mineralman who created this thread said Hillary Clinton was too stupid...
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:45 PM
Oct 2015

...to be President?

frylock

(34,825 posts)
106. The person who said "Hillary Clinton is too stupid to be President" is the same Mineralman..
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:47 PM
Oct 2015

that posted this OP.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
117. I'd be too ashamed and embarrassed to post here for a few days myself..
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 09:20 PM
Oct 2015

but I like to think that I possess a small bit of humility.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
221. Indeed.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:45 PM
Oct 2015

Personally I think Hillary is highly intelligent and probably has some good intentions. I just think she is wrong on policy, that she is too chained to her donors, and that her third way ideology actually ends up being more of the same regressive policy economically speaking.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
219. The internet doesn't seem to forget
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:39 PM
Oct 2015


It is kind of odd.

Even though I was dead set against Hillary in 2008 I don't think I called her an "inveterate liar" or "too stupid." This says a lot to me about the people that said these things and the kinds of things they will say and what they will do.

I did fume and rant and rave about her policy positions, her backers, and the Third way/DLC/Blue dog factions within the party. Sometimes I think I might have been a bit over the top. But I don't recall tossing around words like that.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
223. Do you ever wonder...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:02 PM
Oct 2015

That maybe some of these yahoos that seem so good at getting people riled up and creating all kinds of web drama aren't actually here to help any candidate at all? Do you ever wonder if they aren't just here to spread anger and frustration and angst?

I mean it always seems to be either prersonal stuff, or personality, or optics.

Response to arcane1 (Reply #83)

frylock

(34,825 posts)
101. hillaryclintonsupporters.com is a site that people go to talk shit about DU's Sanders supporters..
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:31 PM
Oct 2015

Can you link to the equivalent website used by Sanders supporters?

frylock

(34,825 posts)
138. Naw, my view is just fine from here..
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 10:57 PM
Oct 2015

what I see is a bunch of people who have run their gums for half a year get wadded when their shit talk gets returned in kind. Don't hate the player.

Response to arcane1 (Reply #120)

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
142. For something so easily dismissed, you sure typed a lot of words to discredit it.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:02 PM
Oct 2015

Of course, they hid all the forums from the public, so they could act in secret. You might not be getting the full effect.

Response to arcane1 (Reply #142)

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
215. I'm not " critisizing another for visiting anoter site"
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:08 PM
Oct 2015

But since they hide their content now, you may not get the full picture.

ismnotwasm

(41,956 posts)
144. I'm a member there
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:19 PM
Oct 2015

It's a great site and not nearly as obsessed with DU as certain people are obsessed by it. I'm also a member of other Hillary support groups, Hillary Facebook groups, Feminist groups etc. I have a lot of fun that those places, and meet some almost intimidatingly smart people, people who know their way around politics and philosophy.

DU has been part of my life for a long time. I'm not one to just get up and leave, but I do like places where I can be totally comfortable, and that hasn't been the case for the last few months, although I think it's better lately.

Response to ismnotwasm (Reply #144)

sheshe2

(83,635 posts)
147. JHC!
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:41 PM
Oct 2015

+1000000000000000~

Thank you mister.

Stalking, yes that is what it sounds like. We are not allowed a voice anywhere on the internet now? They need to leave Cha alone. She is a sweetheart.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
161. I knew Cha better when I used to hang out here.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:17 AM
Oct 2015

I like her too. She is a spirited one alright, kind & funny as hell.
Tell her hello from me if you see her around.
I doubt I'll be back here for quite awhile.
I'm travelling a lot now & really busy.



NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
159. Oh. My. God.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:15 AM
Oct 2015

Imagine Hillary supporters going to other websites to discuss their candidate! Imagine DUers posting on OTHER sites!!!!

What is the internetz coming to?

This MUST BE STOPPED!!!

George II

(67,782 posts)
163. I can't believe that there's more than one site discussing politics........
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:22 AM
Oct 2015

........have you called the internets police, Al Gore, or even better the NSA?

Good thing Sanders voted for building more prisons years ago, we're going to need them with all this sedition happening on the internets.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
171. Just don't reveal names.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:34 AM
Oct 2015

Protect your brethren. Remember your oath.

We knew they'd be on to us eventually - it was just a matter of when.

This has opened that proverbial can-of-worms. Now the PTB will be searching the 'net for political sites that are NOT DU - and the price to be paid by the traitors will be enormous.

To arms, my fellow citizens! Let us wipe the scourge of "other websites" from our midst!

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
183. Do we have to repost your bon mots from that other site again?
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:41 AM
Oct 2015

That was pretty sleazy. And yet here you are.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
216. And plotting to "prod" people into getting their posts hidden
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:11 PM
Oct 2015


Spare me your phony hurt fee-fees
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
140. WAS morally depraved. now she's the best choice for leader of the free world.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:00 PM
Oct 2015

Evolution is an amazing thing.

Bread and Circus

(9,454 posts)
150. Yes, WAS. Mineralman literally pulled that in this thread. Clinton WAS stupid he says.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:48 PM
Oct 2015

I can only imagine with a straight face too.

Puglover

(16,380 posts)
209. SHAME on you for pointing this out.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 10:32 AM
Oct 2015

People evolve!

Not sure how one evolves from "moral depravity" but hey. It could happen.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
228. Yes it's entirely possible to go from "moral depravity" to...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:57 PM
Oct 2015

Shit. I got nothing, I don't know how one becomes "un morally depraved" unless one wasn't morally depraved to begin with. Your right. It could happen but Hillary didn't just up and change, she's the same as always. It's like her being "to stupid to be President" ( a disgusting thing to say) 7 years ago and now this last year she's suddenly smart enough? does that even mean? Women become smart when they turn 67 ?? That is so offensive. Hillary has always been an extremely smart accomplished woman. She hasn't changed at all. I think in both of those instances what they have to say about her shows a very clear agenda.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
68. I think you should address your own extremely nasty barbs at her being quoted in this thread
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:36 PM
Oct 2015

It seems very dubious that this is coming up again. You are linking to FR, where you said all those shitty things about LGBT and African Americans and John Kerry and Hillary and so on and so forth.

Between you and Steve, two of her 'supporters' have used some of the most vicious language about her I have ever seen anywhere. Too stupid? Inveterate liar? The two of you make Trump look soft spoken.

You really should talk about that a bit. Everyone else is.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
87. Inveterate liar was a different DUer
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:00 PM
Oct 2015

It was Cha. That makes me sad...I used to adore her and she's just so anti-Bernie supporter...the hypocrisy makes me absolutely puzzled.

thesquanderer

(11,970 posts)
73. Loud? Obnoxious? Rude?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:49 PM
Oct 2015

There's nothing gender-specific about those. Actually, it sounds like a description of Chris Christie.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)
113. Seems MM
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:57 PM
Oct 2015

as Yoda would say Pleading the 5th you are

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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
85. Are you claiming that this is common on DU?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:58 PM
Oct 2015

Or that Bernie Sanders, uses these? Or his supporters, in any significant numbers?

If not, then your post is silly.

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
88. Nope. I didn't mention DU in the OP
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:00 PM
Oct 2015

at all. I was talking about her opponents in general. Thanks for asking.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
95. So then you must be claiming that DUers say there's no sexism
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:19 PM
Oct 2015

re: Clinton anywhere ever?

Because otherwise I'm totally puzzled as to why your OP exists.

Bread and Circus

(9,454 posts)
110. Absolutely. because I just read a link where you said Hillary Clinton is too stupid to be President.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:50 PM
Oct 2015

Puzzling indeed

Bread and Circus

(9,454 posts)
114. Hmm your statement just now sounds full of shit.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 09:02 PM
Oct 2015

Thanks for admitting it though... sort of... then disavowing it at the same time....

How can you not see the Irony of what you post in the OP and then contrast that your own statement?

What you said is worse than most of the crap you linked in the OP.

And then you come out and say "she was".

How can you not be embarrassed and at least apologize?

okasha

(11,573 posts)
162. Remember that you're talking to people
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:20 AM
Oct 2015

whose hero hasn't had a new idea in forty years.

And they think that's a good thing.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
239. She isn't.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:55 PM
Oct 2015

She has a far more extensive platform that not only names our national problems but offers specific steps toward reform.

You should know that.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
241. Uhhh... no.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 05:24 PM
Oct 2015

Remember Hillary's big week of evolution just prior to the first debate? Myself and others certainly do.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
247. I have no idea what goes on in your memory.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 09:20 PM
Oct 2015

I do remember that Hillary had a long-established and very public and continuing history of supporting LGBT's, when no one heard a peep out of Bernie. She has had a similar history of support with PoC, while Bernie merely adopted BLM's points.

And, of course, she totally obliterated the Republican witch hunt. All in a day's work for Madam Prez.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
248. My memory may be faulty, but my ability to search the net isn't..
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 09:50 PM
Oct 2015

yes, we know she supported DOMA because the Republicans were going to change the Constitution, or some such bullshit. And what better advocate could one ask for than someone who believed that marriage was a sacred bond between a man and a woman a little over a decade ago? But there I go, Logicsplaining again. And of course her support for tough-on-crimes laws was quite beneficial to people of color. Who can argue with that? Don't know what her obliteration of the Republicans has to with our discussion here, but for some people, just sticking it to the Republicans is good enough for them. Issues are secondary to such matters of importance.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
250. Your memory probably is faulty, and so is your "research,."
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:56 PM
Oct 2015

Those of us who lived through the LGBT civil rights movements, some of us also people of color, know exactly who our friends were and are.

Bernie was on R&R, not on the front lines.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
251. I'll rely on the word of other posters on this forum who disagree.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 12:00 AM
Oct 2015

Yep, Hillary marched while talking about the sanctity of marriage. That's some fucking stellar advocacy for you there.

Autumn

(44,972 posts)
176. "She's smarter now"? You really want to fucking say that in 2008
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:47 AM
Oct 2015

she wasn't smart enough to be President? A Lawyer, a Law Professor, a former First Lady and a United States Senator, an author, a 60 year old woman comfortable and charming enough to stand on equal footing with world leaders and she wasn't fucking smart enough to be President? You have the temerity to scold people who have called her none of those names on your list while you have a post out there where you proudly proclaim that "Hillary Clinton was too stupid to be President."

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
197. You do realize that the US President is
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:01 AM
Oct 2015

the most powerful person on Earth.

And that you said Clinton is stupid, not just that she said something stupid.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
91. Not claiming, but dishonestly implying.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:04 PM
Oct 2015

Fortunately most of us aren't stupid enough to fall for it

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
90. Yes. It's a systemic problem.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:03 PM
Oct 2015

It's time for a change. A woman as President would be a good thing, as long as it is a Democratic woman. Hillary will be a good one.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
119. That does not mean that no woman is overly sensitive. Some women are, and some men are.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 09:30 PM
Oct 2015

At one of the sources the OP lists, Hillary is compared to Richard Nixon. Is that sexist? If so, is it more "sexist" toward women or more "sexist" toward men?

Why?

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
103. I will not search the links you provided. I feel no need.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:35 PM
Oct 2015

But when accusations of sexism are leveled at Bernie Sanders by HRC or by someone in her campaign, my first thought is that if the accusation is based solely on the "shouting" comment, there is no basis for assuming that the motivation was sexism. If Sanders had demonstrated a pattern of misogynistic language that would be a different situation.

This sounds to me like a huge stretch to infer sexism from that comment. Plus there is no indication to support the idea that Sanders was referring specifically to Sanders.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
109. Point is, there was no sexist component to Sanders remark about shouting about gun control.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:48 PM
Oct 2015

Point is, most women her age have put up with much, more more without whining about it or having surrogates whining about it.

Point is, her making up shit about Sanders' comment being sexist hurts women in the workplace who actually have to earn a living and need every raise they get.

When most women get groped or propositioned or made very uncomfortable on the job, somehow the Secret Service never gets there fast enough.

What you've listed are sources that say something--anything--negative about Hillary. News flash, all criticisms of a woman are not sexist.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
141. Outstanding effort should be recognized and rewarded
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:00 PM
Oct 2015

And I have to say this one was really above and beyond the call of duty.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
145. outstanding effort? No offense to you or MineralMan intended, but did you and I read the same OP?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:20 PM
Oct 2015

Posting links to several criticisms of Hillary = outstanding effort?

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
148. He utterly destroyed what credibility he had left, if any
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:42 PM
Oct 2015

I would say that's a pretty good effort...

merrily

(45,251 posts)
170. LOL! He thinks she's stupid to be President, so her opinion hardly matters to him.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:31 AM
Oct 2015

Please see also, Reply 158.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
154. No, I did not miss that. If I could rec some of the posts on this thread, I would.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:04 AM
Oct 2015

But, IMO, the OP does not = outstanding effort.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
128. Oh noez!
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 10:09 PM
Oct 2015

RWNJ sites said mean things about po victim Hillary.

Golly gee. And they've never been mean to any men.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
190. "people try to pretend there isn't a sexist component to opposition to her."- they do?
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:50 AM
Oct 2015

Well, obviously, any people who try to make that claim are full of ye olde shite, aren't they.

As are, of course, any people who would try to claim that since there IS a sexist component to some opposition to her, that ANY and ALL opposition to her is therefore "sexist".

Now, I'm not saying anyone here would try to float such a leaky boat of a logical fallacy, but I'm sure "some people" would.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
227. Gee, so we need to make it all better for her by making her Prezident!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:35 PM
Oct 2015

Issues still not important, I see. Well, they are important to me, and anyone who gets into politics, and knows how to sling a smear about being Muslim or having the support of hard-working white people, but cannot face the sticks and stones part - maybe should not be in politics.

I am a woman, and this playing of the gender card is downright embarrassing.

And - DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THE ONLY REASON WE ALL DO NOT SUPPORT HILLARY IS BECAUSE OF THIS CRAP?
Really? All the supporters of other candidates are not supporting Hillary because she is a woman? You think the GOP would have happily voted for her, but won't - because of names? or are you just concerned that names might affect low-information voters who do not look at the issues?

If Hillary is that thin-skinned, then she is not presidential material.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
254. And since every strong woman in the country has been called the same, they will vote for her.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 03:06 AM
Oct 2015

I wish there was a "stick out my tongue" smilie I could insert here.

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