CRY-BULLIES: the perfect term to describe Trump and the GOP
Someone who "engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behavior while claiming to be a victim."
I think it's so useful to find a really short, simple, and salient term to describe the frustrating behavior of the lunatic fringe of the GOP. Instead of enumerating all the ways it's so pathetic for them to be crying and whinging about committee rules they put into place themselves, or the ways in which they abuse others' rights while hate-screaming about how they want to take their country back... just use the term "cry-bullies." It says it all.
Many thanks to u/6p6ss6, here: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/dmlg5w/apprentice_contestant_says_she_has_documents/f527wc6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
For giving credit to this author:
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/08/the-rise-of-the-cry-bully/
Here's a snippet:
Last week in a nearby town, a sign on personal property showed a clear anti-L.G.T.B.Q. message. Many community members, to advocate unity, inclusiveness. and love for all, did a rally to promote just that. While at the rally, there were cars that swerved at those partaking in the event, even shouting profanities and recklessly abusive comments such as “go kill yourself.”
One anti-L.G.T.B.Q. person commented on social media about the rally. “What’s next, they want to take away our right to be straight?” While attempting to diminish, judge, and insult the right for people to live how they are, they claim theirs are the rights in jeopardy of being taken.
They put their thoughts on social media and claim they are being publicly attacked on their “private” social media profile. It’s an internet Munchausen’s Syndrome of sorts—causing one’s own misery, then complaining about it.
Cry-bullies appear to mirror through their own actions what they are claiming in victimhood. They are narcissists who complain about selfishness, takers who shout out against greed, and bullies alleging to be victims.
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