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She added, We recently had this big kerfuffle ― this condemnation of Kathy Griffin ― for the picture she had of herself holding a head of Trump like a play on Perseus holding the head of Medusa, Clinton said.
They were selling T-shirts and mugs at the Republican [National] Convention with Trump holding my head. Nobody said a word. Not a word!
The anti-Clinton merchandise created during the 2016 campaign was disgustingly sexist, featuring profane slogans calling her a bitch, tramp and even more crass terms.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-severed-head-kathy-griffin_us_59ba4515e4b0edff97196c80
BootinUp
(47,186 posts)calimary
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I do not know how she coped with all that crap. I just don't know how she managed it. She's gotta be the strongest woman on earth. I keep thinking - a latter-day Joan of Arc.
iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)R B Garr
(16,975 posts)Couldn't agree more.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)and start spitting it back. Hard.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Take assertiveness training if you have to.
And make friends with being "impolite".
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)I didn't see one but I was in ICU for 10 days starting the 18th so I wasn't paying attention to much back then.
The clod says it was a gag.
If it was a "gag" why not use an animal or a witch? (although the asswipe might say that he did use a witch)
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http://www.11alive.com/news/local/marietta/gruesome-marietta-halloween-decorations-portray-a-decapitated-hillary-clinton/337599124
Yup. All in fun.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Pretty sickening double standard.
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)My feelings exactly.
LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)Which is WHY I don't want to hear ONE word about Kathy Griffin.
NOT...ONE...DAMN...WORD.
I wish Dems had bought up HILLARY'S severed head, but uh no they didn't. Something about flying high, being better than them
Pointing out obvious double-standards is NOT a bad thing ....
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Yes. We can't do it all, Dem leadership. We can't make the media take notice.
You have to take them down publicly on their hypocrisy and lies, and you have to keep up a steady drumbeat.
Gothmog
(145,553 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)The severed head among them.
But the Tee-shirts....
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... from the beginning to the end, the double-standards couldn't have been more obvious (and insulting and infuriating).
What's even more concerning is when I see people whose hatred and resentment toward Hillary makes them feel justified in actually DEFENDING the double-standards (or by playing dumb and denying that it exists at all).
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Really upsets me to see the angry certainty against her, from Liberals!
SunSeeker
(51,691 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)So much fucking truth
Initech
(100,102 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)😡😢
Initech
(100,102 posts)And then there was some right winger calling Michelle Obama "an ape in high heels". And they have the nerve to say we're disrespecting their president? GTFO!!! We're just getting started!
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)That's not a reference to the Obama primary campaign, is it?
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)You don't see that kind of nastiness on the Democratic side, yet Republicans get outraged or have a fainting spell at the least criticism. Perseus/Medusa? How many Trumpers would even get it? It came to my mind, being an English major, but I really wouldn't blame anyone else for not thinking the same. I assume that was Griffin's reference, but there are plenty of bloody heads displayed in history and literature. OTOH, Obama with a bone through his nose and a spear, etc. didn't get anyone fired, as far as I know; and I found it VERY offensive.
betsuni
(25,612 posts)Response to DesertRat (Original post)
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certainot
(9,090 posts)and what isn't acceptable and what's important in US politics - that's why trump's guys studied talk radio in 2014
how can there be hypocrisy if 1500 radio stations say it all day?
Sparkly
(24,149 posts)aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)"One popular image among Trump supporters featured (him) holding up my severed head, like Perseus in ancient Greek mythology..." - HRC
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