I keep feeling compelled to make these men go sit in the corner on the naughty chair.

What is a common bigoted criticism of a gay man? "Not a real man."

Know who is really "not a real man?" A woman.

Man up? No, thanks, but no.

What is a strong woman often accused of being? A lesbian.

Putin is a megalomaniac who pines for the days of the old Soviet Union. If left unchecked, he will attempt to annex other former Soviet Republics, not just the Crimea.

It doesn't come as a surprise that a homophobic bigot who suppresses freedom of speech, cheats in elections and is a xenophobe; would also be sexist. Hillary must have gotten a good laugh when she heard his comments. She's heard far worse.

Every time Putin opens his mouth he proves that he really does belong in the Republican Party.

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She can probably shoot just as well as Putin. I may detest everything she stands for, but being "weak" is not one of her shortcomings.

talking about SP being weak-minded or having weak morals.

but not real a "sexist rant".

Really?

not a rant. He's goading Hillary. Has she responded?

shit.

But Putin is an interesting person. He's unique. He's a throwback, like someone out of the 19th century. And the Russians seem to like him.

is not sexist, is quite disconcerting. Think about it.

It's just not a rant.

But, when your reaction to someone is to go sexist (or homophobic, or anti-Semetic, or or or), that goes beyond unfortunate interactions with an individual. It pretty much just reveals your bigotry.

They were not comparing the men, but their actions and reasoning for invading another country. The analogy was not incorrect.

She pointed out the similarities between Putin's and hitler's excuses used to invade independent nations. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Are you suggesting that his sexist rant is justified?

He knows she will run circles around him, he's no politician, he's no diplomat, he's no leader.

He's an autocrat with delusions.

is homophobia:

But it turns out The Furies of Maidan is not a figment of his imagination. It is a real “investigative report” that aired last Saturday on NTV, one of Russia’s major television networks. Subtitled “Sex, Psychosis, and Politics,” the 30-minute feature makes exactly the same point as Zhirinovsky’s rant: that the displaced energy of sexually frustrated or pathological women was a driving force behind Ukraine’s Euromaidan revolution. In the dramatic words of the 45-second promo: “They like it hard. They are turned on by danger. And woe to anyone who fails to appreciate them.”

While the report could be mistaken for a clever if over-the-top parody clip, it is not. A wild mélange of paranoia, smear, sleaze, misogyny, and homophobia that makes Rush Limbaugh look politically correct, The Furies of Maidan offers a disturbing glimpse into the state of Russia’s government-run mainstream media—and into the toxic sludge of propaganda it regularly dumps on a largely uncritical public.

As it happens, one of the “furies” is an American, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who has been in the news as a strong backer of the Maidan protests that led to the ouster of former president Viktor Yanukovych. In real life, Nuland is married to historian Robert Kagan and has two children. But the NTV program makes no mention of that. NTV’s Nuland is “rumored” to be a person of “nontraditional sexual orientation”—that is, a lesbian. For proof, an “expert on sexual disorders,” Dr. Alexander Poleyev, points out that the American has a “mannish voice” and broad shoulders. Then it is revealed that even more sexual issues may be lurking in Nuland’s background: When she was in her 20s, she spent a few months working on a Soviet fishing trawler, and you know what happens when you’ve got a young woman on a ship with dozens of horny sailors.

The rather shaky logic of this would-be exposé, which simultaneously insinuates that Nuland is a mannish lesbian and a heterosexual nympho, is typical of the entire program. Take the opening segment, which deals with politician and academic Iryna Farion, a member of the far-right Svoboda party known for her obsession with the purity of the Ukrainian language. Farion has come under a lot of valid criticism, both from fellow Ukrainians and human rights groups, especially after a 2010 video that showed her haranguing 5-year-olds in a kindergarten about the evils of overly Russian-sounding nicknames. But Furies merely skims this unsexy subject, focusing instead on Farion’s alleged psychosexual issues. Footage of her meeting with a right-wing paramilitary group—in a tight red dress and high heels, no less!—is accompanied by narration explaining that “people who know Farion say she has long been prone to heavy breathing around men in uniform.” You see, 50-year-old Farion divorced her husband several years ago, reportedly after his second conviction for fraud—and, unable to find another man, has turned into a “mad fury,” perennially “unsatisfied” (nudge, nudge) with the situation in Ukraine.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/25/want-a-good-look-at-putin-s-pervy-propaganda-see-the-furies-of-maidan.html

Notice how it was Eve who convinced Adam to take a bite of the apple that caused God to throw both of them out of Eden. It was Delilah who seduced Samson and cut his hair. The stories are endless. Women have been historically perceived as willful creatures, who can't be trusted, who are not as smart as men, who are manipulative and who will use their feminine wiles to achieve their ends. Men are seen as victims of women, therefore they have the right to control them both in body and mind or they will be emasculated by these conniving creatures.

The article mentions Nuland and "the shaky logic" that she is simultaneously a lesbian and a loose woman. Well, that has been how Hillary has been perceived ever since her entrance into national public life. Remember the outrage over her comment about choosing to practice her profession instead of staying home and baking cookies? It's amazing that in the latter part of the 20th century such an innocuous comment was treated with such anger. To this day there are many people who are convinced that she's a lesbian, at the same time believing that Hillary and Vince Foster had a torrid love affair that culminated with her ordering his assassination. The lack of logic doesn't seem to faze them.

Hillary elicits a visceral reaction in some people that goes far beyond politics. The hatred is such that anything and everything is believed about her. One doesn't even have to go too far, read some of the comments on any article on Hillary that is posted on this site and you'll see what I mean.

Authoritarianism, sexism, disdain for democracy, large prison populations (tho we're number 1!!!), making money for the oligarchs...

There were already plenty of Freepers cheering his homophobia (which should be added to your list). His attack on Clinton generated at least five separate threads on FR.

Some of the Freepers still have a bit of residual uneasiness about praising a Russian dictator. In one of those let's-bash-Hillary threads, a poster named skeeter wrote, "I sincerely hope my saying 'Putins right' doesn't offend anyone." Not to worry, skeeter, it's been going on over there for a while.

She certainly had a good time of it cackling over Ghadaffi's death which was quite offensive given her position in Global Politics so sure that she speaks for all Americans she can't get over herself.

She fight's "dirty" and Putin gave back at her. Hey....it's just politics .....not to take too seriously
Even if our Politicians Global and Local behave like "Reality TV Show" participants.

Putin didn't just try to be dismissive of Hillary, but of women in general.

I think you should have asked Dilma Rouseff and Angela Merkel about this rant, unless you already consider them your servants. If so, I have a feeling you may get surprised.

comparing Putin to Hitler plays well over here, and macho sexist attacks on a famous American, who might be the next President, plays well over there.