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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 10:50 AM Aug 2015

Republicans Slut-Shame Megyn Kelly, Reward Trump

...what professional political observers missed was the fact that Kelly is a woman, a woman who put on the spot a man who happens to be the front-running presidential candidate of a party that boasts misogyny as its calling card.

The backlash against Kelly was not long in coming. NewsMax, the right-wing click-bait site, dug up Kelly’s 2010 appearance on the Howard Stern Show, touting it in its newsletter under the headline: “Megyn Kelly Rollicked With Howard Stern: Breasts, Penises, Sex,” as if talking about having sex with her husband was somehow on par with the misogyny exhibited by Trump. Then again, in the Republican mind, women who like sex—even sex with men—are to be vilified always, because a woman admitting to liking sex with a man is somehow far worse than a man displaying his contempt for and objectification of women.



http://prospect.org/article/republicans-slut-shame-megyn-kelly-reward-trump

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Republicans Slut-Shame Megyn Kelly, Reward Trump (Original Post) YoungDemCA Aug 2015 OP
I don't think she should be refered to as 'S' in any context HFRN Aug 2015 #1
How is this playing with Republican women, I wonder? virtualobserver Aug 2015 #2
"La-la-la-la-la! I can't hear you!!!!!! Trump is the new Reagan! La-la-la-la-la!" DetlefK Aug 2015 #3
+1 mercuryblues Aug 2015 #4
Megan Kelly ridiculed and participated in shaming Sandra Fluke. emulatorloo Aug 2015 #5
Typical unsurprising bullshit ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #6
 

HFRN

(1,469 posts)
1. I don't think she should be refered to as 'S' in any context
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 10:55 AM
Aug 2015

Even Trump wasn't suggesting that she was, he was disparaging her for the mere fact of being (biologically) a woman

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
2. How is this playing with Republican women, I wonder?
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 10:56 AM
Aug 2015

You could not design a more destructive campaign strategy than this (in terms of the general election)

emulatorloo

(45,538 posts)
5. Megan Kelly ridiculed and participated in shaming Sandra Fluke.
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 01:05 PM
Aug 2015

Gleefully joining in with Limbaugh and O'Reilly. Yes it is wrong for Republicans to go after her like this, but she has used the same tactics.

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