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niyad

(113,550 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:14 PM Apr 2015

Rand Paul: Sexist Women Won’t Stop Sexisming Me!

Rand Paul: Sexist Women Won’t Stop Sexisming Me!

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Shhhhhut up, sexists

Look, Rand Paul already explained to us idiots that he is NOT sexist just because he has a habit of being a jerk to lady reporters. He is a jerk to ALL reporters, so there! But he has thought about it some — after Fox News lady Megyn Kelly told him a couple weeks ago, in her opinion “as a female reporter,” that it is sexist to say Rand Paul is sexist — and you know what? He has decided, all on his own (shut up, he is NOT also a plagiarist too), that it’s pretty sexist to say that, and YOU YES YOU are the real sexists!

Well, the funny thing about it is it’s kind of a sexist position to think that somehow women announcers are less capable to handle themselves than men. I don’t think that. But everybody that was complaining about it, thinking it had something to do with gender — basically, that’s insulting to the people doing the questioning. Really, the problem is is [sic] that we have a lot of media that are just so far on the left, that we just don’t have any neutral questions. If you go on there as a Democrat, they laugh and yuk it up and, you know, talk about how great things are going. But it’s a little different when Republicans are on the national news.

Oh, we get it now! When Rand Paul shushed “woman announcer” Kelly Evans and explained to Savannah Guthrie that she was doing her job all wrong by “editorializing” instead of asking the kinds of questions he’d rather answer — he was not insulting them, and certainly not because they are chicks, no sir! But boy, it sure is insulting to them to say that he was. Why are you so sexist against those perfectly capable and yet totally inept girl talkers, HUH?

Hey, wanna know the hard-hitting appropriately journalistic question (asked by Simon Conway, a man, not that it’s relevant) to which Dr. Paul was responding? This is what real “doing the questioning” looks like:
This is the part that really made me laugh. Which is how the mainstream media went after you after your encounter with Savannah Guthrie, because I’m thinking, you got Joe Biden — way too touchy feely with every woman that comes within, close enough for him to actually touch — I find it really, really creepy — and all we hear from them is “Ah, Uncle Joe!” You quite rightly point out that Savannah Guthrie isn’t asking you a question, and you’re the one with a problem with women. I find it amusing. I don’t know what it did to you, but it made me smile."
See, those broads editorialized at Rand Paul and did NOT ask him questions, whereas this dude editorialized at him and did NOT ask him questions, and while Rand Paul did interrupt the ladies to tell them how they are doing it all wrong, he just yukked it up with the dude because it’s so funny how people say Rand Paul is sexist, when they are obviously sexist for saying that. Take heed, women announcers, if you don’t wanna get shushed. That is how you “question” Rand Paul the right way.

Read more at http://wonkette.com/583547/rand-paul-sexist-women-wont-stop-sexisming-me#xSswhEkHRWwUSwLc.99

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Rand Paul: Sexist Women Won’t Stop Sexisming Me! (Original Post) niyad Apr 2015 OP
from the comments section (just HAD to share!): niyad Apr 2015 #1
That is hilarious! nt sufrommich Apr 2015 #3
So that is what's on top of his head!! I always wondered. Now if only, we can solve the mystery of Hiraeth Apr 2015 #14
welcome to du. I do believe the tribble protection association should be notified. as for niyad Apr 2015 #16
ah, here we go: niyad Apr 2015 #17
omg ... it is too funny ... look it - Hiraeth Apr 2015 #20
That person wins the internets for today. hifiguy Apr 2015 #40
Tribbles??? Beacool Apr 2015 #48
Hilarious! myrna minx Apr 2015 #50
God that picture of him shushing Evans is brutal sufrommich Apr 2015 #2
makes me want to locate my old dart set (NOT the electronic kind) niyad Apr 2015 #4
Niyad,you crack me up sometimes. sufrommich Apr 2015 #6
it is my privilege to bring a bit of humour into what are sometimes really bleak days. niyad Apr 2015 #8
... BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #35
i read your post. then i went back and looked, really looked at that picture. seabeyond Apr 2015 #10
I think that's what's so brutal about it. sufrommich Apr 2015 #12
ya. i agree. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #34
seriously. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #36
men have to understand we women have a lot of experience with this. we are seeing the populist doing seabeyond Apr 2015 #37
that's the thing...many men have NO INTEREST in understanding a woman's experience. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #38
you are exactly right. we get that, also. something else they do not know/believe. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #42
very frustrating when you're trying to explain a large feature of your life experience, BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #43
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #39
even more frighteningly funny is you think paul has a chance. lmfao seabeyond Apr 2015 #46
I would be holding up... 3catwoman3 Apr 2015 #45
god, I hate that fucker. nt cyberswede Apr 2015 #5
each time I see him, want to smack him. niyad Apr 2015 #19
ya. we hear that all the time. and if not that? we are emasculating them. sigh.... lol seabeyond Apr 2015 #7
when you think about it, what they are saying is that they fear our power (or worry that niyad Apr 2015 #9
so many of them? really think they are just being daddy patting us on the head, for our own good. seabeyond Apr 2015 #11
I nearly broke the wrist of the last guy who actually tried to pat me on the head. niyad Apr 2015 #13
ok but the reality is niyad. the men we love in our lives, do the same. and they do not do it seabeyond Apr 2015 #21
Rand is such an asshole. FSogol Apr 2015 #15
beginning to think that is an insult to assholes. niyad Apr 2015 #18
Not when you consider they're full of shit too. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #25
you do have a point there. niyad Apr 2015 #27
Yeah, at least most assholes serve a purpose. Rand doesn't. n/t FSogol Apr 2015 #26
Great comment Thespian2 Apr 2015 #28
I am beginning to truly believe that this planet is being used as some sort of garbage dump niyad Apr 2015 #29
He reminds me of the shitweasels in that Stephen King book. hifiguy Apr 2015 #41
Stand with Rand! NuclearDem Apr 2015 #22
misandry!!!!! nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #23
It's nil desperandum Apr 2015 #24
Not to be disrespectul but... Helen Borg Apr 2015 #30
you cannot disrespect someone who is not deserving of respect. niyad Apr 2015 #31
What does that word--"sexisming"--mean? KansDem Apr 2015 #32
reverse sexism as a verb, apparently. niyad Apr 2015 #33
If you can't beat em... RecoveringJournalist Apr 2015 #44
editorialize 'this' KG Apr 2015 #47
. . . niyad Apr 2015 #49

niyad

(113,550 posts)
1. from the comments section (just HAD to share!):
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:15 PM
Apr 2015


Villago Delenda Est • 20 hours ago

I believe we've fully established that Rand Paul is a jerk to women, to men, to flowers, to small dogs, to kittens, to hamsters, to granite, to every star in Orion, to hobbits, to squirrels, and most assuredly to tribbles, one of which he has enslaved and glued onto his head.

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)
14. So that is what's on top of his head!! I always wondered. Now if only, we can solve the mystery of
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:32 PM
Apr 2015

what one earth is on top of Donald Trump's head!!

niyad

(113,550 posts)
16. welcome to du. I do believe the tribble protection association should be notified. as for
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:34 PM
Apr 2015

the donald, I believe someone identified the creature a few weeks ago. alas, I don't think I saved the id. will look for it, though.

niyad

(113,550 posts)
17. ah, here we go:
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:37 PM
Apr 2015
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--wankXCMG--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18mjbs3hfdwkkjpg.jpg

Rare Caterpillar Resembles Donald Trump's Hair

A recently videotaped caterpillar bears an uncanny resemblance to bigwig Donald Trump's hair. The insect, a rare yellow-colored caterpillar of the flannel moth, now has the nickname “Donald Trump Caterpillar.”

Wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer and conservation biologist Phil Torres spotted the caterpillar in an Amazon rainforest, according to a Daily Mail report. The two men run photography tours from Posada Amazonas, a 30-bed rainforest lodge in Peru.

As you can hear in the video, they didn’t know what to think of this creature when they first saw it. (In Spanish, someone at the end says, “What IS that?”)

Torres told the Daily Mail, “I’ve seen some bizarre looking caterpillars in my time of working in the field, but this was definitely the weirdest one I’ve ever seen. I wasn’t sure what I was looking at at first; it was this big yellow fuzzy thing.”

. . . .

http://io9.com/rare-caterpillar-resembles-donald-trumps-hair-489010765
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
10. i read your post. then i went back and looked, really looked at that picture.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:24 PM
Apr 2015

how many times, figuratively and literally, have we had the same done ot us.

i can tell you from experience. a lifetime. we all have. we know this. and none of us are gonna pretend otherwise.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
12. I think that's what's so brutal about it.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:28 PM
Apr 2015

Very few women would not have a visceral reaction to it,it speaks for itself.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
37. men have to understand we women have a lot of experience with this. we are seeing the populist doing
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 02:10 PM
Apr 2015

exactly this. shushing us.

we have tried to say this clearly the last couple weeks, and i do not think our men are getting this.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
38. that's the thing...many men have NO INTEREST in understanding a woman's experience.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 02:39 PM
Apr 2015

Anything said by a woman is distrusted/devalued; research shows this.

Grrrrrrr.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
43. very frustrating when you're trying to explain a large feature of your life experience,
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 02:57 PM
Apr 2015

And you get a big "so what? I can't relate! You're too sensitive! You need to let that go......" etc. etc.

Response to sufrommich (Reply #2)

3catwoman3

(24,039 posts)
45. I would be holding up...
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 03:18 PM
Apr 2015

...a different finger in response to his disrespectful and demeaning gesture.

What insufferable twerp.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
7. ya. we hear that all the time. and if not that? we are emasculating them. sigh.... lol
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:22 PM
Apr 2015


bad women.

niyad

(113,550 posts)
9. when you think about it, what they are saying is that they fear our power (or worry that
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:24 PM
Apr 2015

the dangling appendage just doesn't measure up)

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
11. so many of them? really think they are just being daddy patting us on the head, for our own good.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:26 PM
Apr 2015

that is why being called a girl, while being a grown adult woman, is not so good.

they really really really want to say, and do say.... be a good little girl and listen to the adults talk.

there is not a meanness or anything else. they, and we.... have been raised this way.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
21. ok but the reality is niyad. the men we love in our lives, do the same. and they do not do it
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:44 PM
Apr 2015

cause they are asses. THEY think, they are being caring men in our lives. it is their place to take care of, ..... regardless of the fact they do not do shit and we have had decades of good decisions, evidence we are quite capable of taking care of self.

the whole fuggin' roles society demands we play. those men and too many women reinforcing, saying stupid ass, in your face obviously incorrect trash, ... men are biologically programmed and women biologically incapable.

this shit seeps into the best of people

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
28. Great comment
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:10 PM
Apr 2015

I am always amazed at the collection of sub-humans the Repukes are able to assemble...

niyad

(113,550 posts)
29. I am beginning to truly believe that this planet is being used as some sort of garbage dump
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:12 PM
Apr 2015

for the less-than desirables from other worlds, not-so-cleverly disguised as humanoid.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
41. He reminds me of the shitweasels in that Stephen King book.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 02:45 PM
Apr 2015

IIRC it was "Dreamcatcher." And the word fits him so perfectly.

nil desperandum

(654 posts)
24. It's
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:04 PM
Apr 2015

as though a clown car of never ending idiots keeps exiting the car and stepping up to point out just how much these repubs dislike women and just about every other group that's not wealthy white guys.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
32. What does that word--"sexisming"--mean?
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:36 PM
Apr 2015

Yesterday I read a "joke" told by Ted Cruz about hymens which didn't make any sense whatsoever. Now today Rand Paul uses a term I can't find in the dictionary.

This is turning out to be the most bizarre primary in my lifetime!

44. If you can't beat em...
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 03:13 PM
Apr 2015

If you don't have a valid answer to a charge against you, attack attack attack the person making the charge with anything you can think of - valid or not. Deflect the discussion away from valid issues.

Sadly, it works on a non-critical-thinking public. I've seen it in person many times over the course of my journalistic career.

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