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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Smith says what we're all thinking about Trump's treatment of women
Article's a few days old but still worth reading.
http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/will-smith-trumps-treatment-of-women/
Sixteen years into the Willennium, Earth is reckoning with the candidacy of one Donald J. Trump, and Will Smith is outraged over his treatment of women.
Making the rounds promoting his new film Suicide Squad (in case you haven't already seen the trailer before every YouTube video), Smith spoke up about the way Trump speaks about womankind.
For a man to be able to publicly refer to a woman as a fat pig, that makes me teary. And for people to applaud, that is absolutely f**king insanity to me, an emotional Smith told Australia's news.com.au.
He added, My grandmother would have smacked my teeth out of my head if I had referred to a woman as a fat pig. And I cannot understand how people can clap for that. Its absolutely collective insanity."
Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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Mosby
(16,297 posts)malaise
(268,903 posts)Bye Bye
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Lithos
(26,403 posts)hatrack
(59,583 posts).
Scruffy Rumbler
(961 posts)I love good parody....unfortunately, this isn't one.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,884 posts)Last edited Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:20 PM - Edit history (2)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________he has raped literally 100's of women and most notably the 30 or so women who have come forward and filed complaints against him"
Take Nancy Reagan's advice and just say no to drugs
Clarification: That is a quote of the person I responded to. The part below the line are my words.
hlthe2b
(102,216 posts)i.e., quotation marks around your subject line AND your thread comment that follows.
The changes to the jury system allow for little context now...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,884 posts)Happy now? I was quoting the deleted post to show how absurd the statement was. First time I've ever heard the 30 women claim.
hlthe2b
(102,216 posts)and THAT is how you respond? Really?????
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)hlthe2b
(102,216 posts)Did you mean to tell me to chill?
wow... I guess that the heat from the primaries seems to continue in some respects....
I have felt badly that some posters have gotten alerts and hides because the new system did not allow for enough context and this would have been a post that likely would have been hidden given the comment to which it was directed was no longer there.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)"Happy now?" isn't much of an attack.
hlthe2b
(102,216 posts)why should I--someone trying to help the poster--deserve ANY KIND OF ATTACK? Are we now joining the likes of our opponents in being unable to acknowledge others trying to help us, or apologize, or admit we are wrong?
Geebus. Next time, I will just let them get their hide.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #9)
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tblue37
(65,298 posts)In a gray box. The "blockquote" button will offset the passage quoted. Use both and that will neatly set your words apart from the quote:
like so.
[font size = "+1" font color = "red"]***FYI, I used "blockquote" twice to enlarge the offset. [/font] [/font]
sarae
(3,284 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)Ivana Trump said UNDER OATH that he raped her and now a woman has claimed he raped her as a young girl.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Link to the Federal Court case file.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/316341058/Donald-Trump-Jeffrey-Epstein-Rape-Lawsuit-and-Affidavits#fullscreen?platform=hootsuite
tavernier
(12,375 posts)It's a crime of violence.
Not being funny. This has been a serious question in some rape cases.
Lefthacker
(264 posts)I know a lot of folks don't listen much to celebrities when it comes to politics. Particularly when it comes to policy differences between the parties. However, W Smith is just pointing out a person who doesn't even exhibit a ability to demonstrate any traits of basic human decency.
I hope more people start to make these simple points.
Like the courageous Mr. Khan said, Trump has zero empathy toward mankind. It is absolutely scary to me that a candidate can garner 30-40% of the electorate.
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)Old men's obsession with young women is creepy all by itself
There's an age where the young lack sufficient life experience
and wisdom to be interesting
spooky3
(34,434 posts)them (with a few exceptions).
It's very easy to see this dynamic for what it is if you simply reverse the genders. How would most people react to an old woman (even with wealth, fame, etc.) pursuing a handsome young man?
Yes, we all know there are other factors such as intelligence, personality, etc., but presumably people can find others who can match them on these factors in age ranges similar to theirs. And, you rarely see a wealthy old man pursuing a young, intelligent, fascinating, but less-than-average-looking woman. So I just don't believe that dynamic operates often.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Thank you, Will!
pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)Initech
(100,061 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)An example that a lot of boys need to see.