The dark truth behind Donald Trump's hatred of Kamala Harris' laugh

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The dark truth behind Donald Trump's hatred of Kamala Harris' laugh
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By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED AUGUST 1, 2024 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) "Don't laugh. Just don't laugh. Don't laugh under any circumstances."

In a recent interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News, Donald Trump did not mince words about how he wishes Vice President Kamala Harris would behave. The Democratic nominee for president is known for her easy and boisterous laugh, which contrasts with the unlaughing Trump or his forever stern-faced wife, Melania Trump. As many political analysts have pointed out, Republicans aren't doing themselves any favors by freaking out over the fact that Harris has a sense of humor. The ongoing GOP outrage that Harris sometimes expresses joy only reinforces the Democratic accusations that Trump and his allies are "weird." Laughing when something's funny is normal. Coming unglued because other people laugh is not.

And yet, Republicans keep shaming Harris for laughing, no matter how weird and joyless that makes them seem. The main reason for this poor choice appears to be that Trump is downright obsessed. The GOP is a Trump cult now. Republicans cannot help but reflect and parrot the fixations of their leader, no matter how much it unnerves the un-weird. Trump is not a fan of women laughing, which is no doubt one reason his wife rarely even cracks a smile.

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I suspect what sets off misogynists like Trump is the way a woman's laughter reminds them that women are autonomous human beings, who have full interior lives. For such men, they prefer to imagine women as appendages of men, who have no motivations outside of pleasing and serving men. A woman who laughs at a man's jokes is acceptable. You don't see Trump getting mad at the MAGA women who laugh at the faux-stand-up routine that he does at his rallies. But a woman who laughs out of genuine joy aggravates misogynists.

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The hostility to dancing is typical of right-wing rhetoric on Harris. On Fox News, Jesse Watters complained that Harris appeals to "wine moms" and characterized her interviews as "ditsy sit-downs with fan girls" to "talk about date nights." The idea that women might relax with a glass of wine or talk about fun stuff with friends seems banal to most people, but misogynists come unglued. It's the same thing behind their bizarre hatred of cats, or at least of women who have cats. Owning a pet is something a woman does for herself, not for men. As feminist philosopher Kate Manne pointed out in a recent interview with Salon, these men are furious that a woman is "looking anywhere else other than a man's eyes. It's that simple. How dare you avert your gaze from men to appreciate others, including cats." ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/01/the-truth-behind-donald-hatred-of-kamala-harris-laugh/

[FalloutShelter]

1. It is said that men are afraid a woman will laugh at them,

And women are afraid a man will kill them.

Just sayin’

[mopinko]

3. beat me to it. margaret atwood.

[FalloutShelter]

5. Yep!

She is one of my heroes.

[mopinko]

7. same same.

[BoRaGard]

2. "You'd scowl, too." - Mel (RR*)

"...if you were locked into a weird relationship with a psychopathic liar, cheater, draft-dodger, and republicon gutter slut who consorts with Brown Nosers and Couch Fuckers." - Mel (RR*)

* russian-asset republicon

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Frighteningly accurate clinical description.

Trump berated a female journalist yesterday who dared ask him a question before first inquiring about his health.



Sickos who hate are creepy and dangerous.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Abusers hate it when others laugh and have fun.

They want to kill and steal any joy or merriment in their victims.
They want them to be miserable.

[Hugin]

8. I've heard it said...

That the reason antisocial personality humans mock and torture their victims is because they are unable to experience their own emotions. They have a flat affect. So, they literally don’t know what any emotion feels like. It fascinates them that they can evoke these responses and they resent those who can evoke joy and happiness in themselves or others. I have come to believe that this is the root of the crude and vulgar attempts at humor from some in the right. They think it’s funny when in actuality death threats are terrifying.

The worst of these I’ve ever encountered can not feel pain or at least how an average human experiences pain. They are extremely dangerous to both others and themselves.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Keep LAUGHING and SMILING Kamala!

With Kamala Harris exuding joy, appreciation, humility before the throngs of people present to hear her words, they are reminded that it is not all doom and gloom. SHE is the real deal and the people present know it.

Which has the RW and MAGAts up in arms over the excitement that is being generated. YES WE KAM is happening. And WE ARE NOT GOING BACK is a message that is resonating.