John Kerry criticized for saying Trump has 'the insecurity of a teenage girl'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former U.S. secretary of state John F. Kerry is being criticized for comparing President Trump to a teenage girl during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

Kerry visited the late-night talk show Friday to promote his new memoir, “Every Day is Extra.” Shortly after Kerry sat down, however, host Bill Maher brought up a Trump tweet from the day before, in which the president had accused the former secretary of state of having “illegal meetings” with the Iranian government.

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Online, though, Kerry’s comments were not as well received. Though some lauded the comparison as “absolutely priceless” and a “mic drop” moment, many expressed disappointment in Kerry, even if they agreed with his assessment of Trump.

Others cited young women like Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and Parkland shooting survivor-turned-anti-gun-violence activist Emma González — or even their own past teenage selves — as examples of teenage girls who were far from insecure.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/john-kerry-criticized-for-saying-trump-has-the-insecurity-of-a-teenage-girl/ar-BBNpJ2Y?li=BBnb7Kz

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Breaking: some people on twitter complained about something!

[Sneederbunk]

6. What are we going to do now?

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. Well, folks could light their hair on fire and run around in circles

That always seems to help

[Stand and Fight]

2. We are fast becoming a nation of ninnies. Good grief. Stop being so sensitive.

[pennylane100]

5. Are ninnies male or female?

I would use a sarcasm sign here but I do not know how.

[pennylane100]

3. I thought his remark was somewhat inappropriate when I first read it.

He should have thought it through.

[Demovictory9]

22. me too. Teen age years are a time of insecurity for both sexes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. That was my thought too

[USALiberal]

4. It was sexist. Why use a girl as an example? Stupid thing to say. nt

[Loki Liesmith]

12. Oh god

[phleshdef]

13. He used an 8 year boy as an example in the same sentence.

[pnwmom]

16. I had the same reaction -- till I saw that he FIRST mentioned 8 year old boys.

That's what made it okay, but it's often quoted without that part.

[phleshdef]

18. Its not like John Kerry goes around saying non-PC stuff all the time. But he is also 74 years old.

When you are that age, sometimes comments that no one would've thought twice about in the "old days" are gonna slip. I have to remind my grandmother about certain things she says all the time... like she had no idea the R word for people with mental disabilities was a big no no now.

[pnwmom]

23. Right. There are LOTS of expressions that older people heard growing up

that progressives are more aware of as problematical now.

[Caliman73]

19. True. Having been a teenage boy, I can say that I....

and most of my friends were the epitome of insecurity. Though we masked it and feigned confidence with crude jokes, sports talk, and other masks; insecurity is not a feminine or masculine trait. It is a human trait.

Kerry is right about the insecurity, but he definitely could have done without the gendered insult.

[donkeypoofed]

7. Spanky's insecurities are more like a toddlers

No disrespect to toddlers intended.

Also - I think John more.meant the teen girl comment as an ode to "drama"

[Caliman73]

20. Toddlers are not really insecure.

They lack the self awareness to be insecure. Unless there is some kind of attachment injury, they are pretty secure and the world tends to revolve around them.

I think Kerry could have said, "teenager" and it would have been just fine.

[donkeypoofed]

28. Ya don't think so? really? ever heard of separation anxiety?

[Caliman73]

34. Yes. That is completely normal.

Which is why I mentioned that unless there is an attachment injury. Toddlers are not particularly insecure. Separation anxiety occurs when the primary care giver of the child leaves. The child becomes anxious, but is fairly quickly comforted. Once the primary care provider returns the child happy to see them. Separation Anxiety has to do with a lack of object permanence in the child. Once the child understands that the primary will return, then they are fine.

The kind of insecurity that Kerry was speaking about is the self doubt that permeates people in this culture because of the messaging that we are not good enough. It can certainly stem from childhood experiences, but teenagers (boys and girls) are notoriously insecure which is why Kerry made the comparison.

Trump likely suffered an attachment injury based on his inability to empathize with others, to remain in any kind of committed relationship, and his need for constant praise.

[BlueTsunami2018]

8. Some people simply must complain about everything.

And attack our own people for the slightest “infraction”.

Eyes on the prize people, Kerry isn’t our enemy.

[BootinUp]

9. Yeah, anything more important maybe? Nt

[TheBlackAdder]

10. He's got the menstrual cycles of a teenage girl, unpredictable, irregular and varying intensities.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. I thought it was ageist and shitty.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Oh.

[dflprincess]

17. Anyone who objects to this

never had to deal with my nieces between the ages of 12 and 16. - I still have nightmares.

[jalan48]

21. The PC Police won't like this one bit.

[Zambero]

24. Correction: "Teenage girls have the insecurity of Trump"

A 180 reversal of Kerry's blurb. Sound any better?

[spanone]

26. He later clarified, he meant to say 'a pre-teenage girl'

[rusty quoin]

27. I have a daughter who hated the whole teenage years.

Kerry was on point of what it is like. Not every girl was like that, but the system is like that.

My wife had been through it and thank God my daughter was much like my wife and hardly gave into that system of peer pressure to the point of being a social outcast.

It was more important to do what they believed. But I don’t think most girls do so, because of insecurity.

[Hekate]

29. Oh good grief.Have any of these people considered how the TARGET feels about it? It's aimed at TRUMP

For gods sake I imagine it really pisses him off to be compared to a teenage girl, and that is the point after all.

Concerned. So concerned. Sooooo concerned.

[Behind the Aegis]

30. KNEW IT!

Soon as I heard him say it, I knew there would be those hypersensitive assholes who would jump into action. No surprise. We can see it in play here too. Again, no surprise. It really does make one wonder, who is really the enemy?

[Kurt V.]

31. pretty dumb thing to say.

[loyalsister]

32. This thread demonstrates why Trump has support

Those who were sick of people spoiling their fun by pointing out the bigoted sentiment behind exploitating demeaning stereotypes loved his in your face hate. It set them free to reclaim the joy of scrapping civility and decency while disregarding what it means to be the subject used to ridicule someone who couldn't be more deserving of criticism.
The evils of political correctness were interfering with the the satisfaction of flinging a snark they hope will be recognized as clever. Now they have a champion who is willing to cut loose sitting in the oval office.

[shanny]

33. My immediate thought was that Kerry

was being deliberately provocative. This is our former top diplomat, the one who put together the deal with Iran.. What on earth would possess him to say those things?

Unless he was trying to spark a galvanic reaction. #TFA

[politicasista]

35. He should have said

"Trump is a vile, racist, sexist, xenophobic piece of trash." We all know he is, but nothing wrong with repeating that truth