General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy We Shouldnt Ignore The Misogyny In Trumps NFL Comments
Trumps comments calling athletes like Colin Kaepernick a son of a bitch for protesting the national anthem have rightfully provoked outrage and more protest among athletes nationwide. On the surface, his comments are a slap in the face to athletes protesting the oppression of people of color in the United States and those in solidarity with them. Also on the surface, however, is the same misogyny weve seen Trump spew time and time again. Trumps son of a bitch comment may have been directed at men like Kaepernick, but it displays his disrespect toward the mothers that raised these protesting athletes, the female athletes who have also been protesting, and the black women who have been killed or assaulted by police.
Son of a bitch isnt just some phrase used by angry dudes in film. Its a way of insulting a man, but at its underbelly, is an insult towards women. It implies that the man addressed is cowardly but the heart of this cowardliness exists in the woman that raised him the bitch who could not parent because she was too promiscuous. Similarly, Trumps son of a bitch comment implies an attack on protesting male athletes, but at its heart is an attack on women who have raised sons to stand up against oppression. People shouldnt be clapping when our president manages to belittle black men and black mothers in the same sentence.
Protest doesnt just concern male athletes either. Sons arent the only ones taking the knee. Trumps comments show that he fails to understand the intersection between protesting police brutality and feminism. Rejecting police brutality against black people means rejecting rights for black women, or rejecting feminism. Feminism involves respect of the female body. This respect includes protecting the female body from police brutality, and allowing the female body to protest against police brutality.
?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale
Read More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-we-shouldnt-ignore-the-misogyny-in-trumps-nfl_us_59c9e867e4b08d661550457b?section=us_women
He is a racist sexist pig, just like his supporters.
Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
Post removed
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)I don't understand how that doesn't count as an insult to their mothers, in addition to the players.
Warpy
(111,276 posts)Saying his mother came from a kennel is saying he's a dog, himself, or the product of bestiality with a dog. It has nothing to do with a living woman. You might want to look some of this stuff up.
Perhaps you'll have better luck expunging the English language of all perjoratives and have better success with it than we had getting rid of the "n word" and other hard fighting racist pejoratives. I doubt it.
Unless you want a life of utter frustration as you pursue linguistic purity, I suggest you find another windmill to tilt at.
You have read Cervantes, right?
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)There is too much subtlety in the dissection of the expression "son of a bitch." Trump doesn't comprehend nuance. There is too much complexity for Trump's mind to understand in this column Besides, he'd have to read it.
Simply, Trump hates everyone who isn't him, (and maybe Ivanka).
johnsonsnap
(56 posts)They just didn't get the irony of the statement. I don't think that term any longer means a literal "son of," but instead stupid people have changed the definition just as hateful people attacking dictionaries have ruined words like decimate with their lies. They lie about the meaning so much that dictionaries, that record common usage rather than correct usage, are force to publish lies.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Always made me laugh.