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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere are all Donald Trump's insults to women that Megyn Kelly asked about
"Youve called women you dont like, fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals.
It was well beyond Rosie ODonnell. Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about womens looks. You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?" Kelly asked Trump.
Trump, unsurprisingly, was less than apologetic.
But he does have a long history of insulting women on Twitter and elsewhere. Here's a bit more detail on his history.
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/6/9114625/republican-debate-donald-trump-women
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)NOT ONE of them called him out in defense of the women in their own lives.
Grandmothers, mothers, wives, daughters, granddaughters.
Not ONE including Carly Fiorina, even took Trump's remarks as an insult to their own women, not enough to speak up. They had the opportunity but stayed silent. Today & next week is too late for them to say a word against Trump's remarks. They had the floor to speak & never uttered a word in disagreement.
WHY? They should all be held to account for their silence because with their silence, they as well as agreed with Trump.
The entire GOP is sick joke.
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)They had the opportunity to disagree with Trump's insults, and they didn't even bother.
Should easily show the American public what the GOP really thinks of women...but it won't.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)Not that he had all that many. But what woman in her right mind would vote for that jackass?
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)But I live in Texas and I see it every day. Some of the women down here (emphasis on "some", because it certainly is NOT all of us!!!!) seem perfectly happy to be submissive, they explain away any bad male behavior with a "boys will be boys" comment, and they don't seem to get upset when a man calls a woman ugly names. Perhaps it is their upbringing, or lack of upbringing. I was raised by a single father (mother died when I was young) and was surrounded by strong female role models growing up. I not only embrace equality, I demand it.
Those same women who support GOP values are vehemently opposed to a woman's right to choose. And let me go even further - I am in animal rescue here in Texas and some of the current issues being discussed in the circle of rescue communications involve whether or not to spay pregnant female cats and dogs. In a city that euthanizes thousands and thousands a year for lack of homes and lack of space, that seems like it should be an obvious decision. But there are groups of rescuers (many are women) that refuse to spay a female animal. Once that animal gives birth, these same people have NO issue with taking the mom and the litter to the pound where they have little chance of getting out alive.
I've never figured any of that out.
I simply comfort myself by knowing that *I* am not that way. I am greatly offended by the lack of equality, I am completely pro choice and I don't understand how these women can't see through the guise of the GOP and at least have enough self-respect and self-worth to demand equality.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)What is the reasoning? I do know that there are some people who think spaying is okay but neutering a male is wrong because, well... it's their balls and it ain't right.
I worked at a vets office recently and had a client who didn't want to microchip her cat because it seemed "a little too big-brotherish" for her. She seemed to think that a micro chip is a tracking device and didn't want the government tracking her cat.
Yep.
Edited to add - I know this is a bit OT but I am very curious!
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)Yes, I see the resistance to neutering male animals all the time. And I guess that's the same concept as some yahoo who won't spay a female. They are "projecting" their thoughts and beliefs and fears onto the animal. I've seen many men who, when confronted with neutering their dog, instinctively grab their own crotch, so I guess they think neutering their dog is going to somehow hurt their own masculinity or something. So maybe it's like that for those opposed to abortion.
But I am serious. There is one right wing extremist woman who runs a local rescue in a small suburb of my city. She refused to abort a litter of puppies, but when they were about six weeks old and she didn't have them adopted, she sent them to the pound and I know they were put down. I do not understand the depravity in someone doing that, except I suppose in her wrecked up thinking, she wasn't the one who killed them.
Back on topic, however, I do believe there is a true relation between these women who eagerly give up their rights and vote for Republicans, and simple, standard self-esteem. They must really loathe themselves.
tblue37
(68,414 posts)neutering a male animal means cutting off its penis! One otherwise intelligent older man I knew back in the 1970s asked me (when I pressured him about neutering his tomcat), "But then how will he go to the bathroom?!"
I think (hope) such ignorance is not as common now, but I doubt that it has been entirely eradicated. I do think most are projecting their own issues (like the guy who told me he didn't want to stop his pet cat from "having his fun"
, but some probably are just confused about what neutering is.
Others are worried their pet will get fat or won't be playful any more.
I have persuaded several by pointing out the real dangers (from illness or injury) an unneutered animal faces.
Unfortunately, for many the issue is simply cost. Neutering is expensive. I have paid to have many friends' pets neutered over the years, and they have been grateful, since the only reason they had not done so was that they couldn't afford to pay for it. One of my cats is from a litter of four that were born because my friend's mother accidentally let her one-year-old girl kitty escape while in heat (the cat, not the friend's mother!).
As soon as those kittens were weaned, I had the mother cat neutered. I also had her female dog neutered. I had not known (because she was embarrassed to admit it) that her pets had not been neutered. She just kept them inside, assuming that would suffice. But a female cat will just keep cycling in and out of heat until neutered or pregnant, and one thing i can guarantee is that eventually, an unneutered female cat will escape and get pregnant--if she doesn't get killed first while wandering around looking for mates. Also, a female in heat will attract every male in the vicinity, and you will have to listen to the incessant yowling of the female inside and the males outside.
Furthermore, mating is not exactly a candy and flowers experience for the female. The mating process is stressful and even physically damaging, especially if several toms are angling for a turn.
And of course an unneutered male cat or dog is probably going to have to fight other males for an opportunity to mate with a female in heat, and those fights can lead to serious injury or death to some of the male dogs or cats.
I wish every community and every shelter had a free or low-cost neutering service for people who cannot afford to have their pets neutered. It would save the city money to prevent the explosion of feral dog and cat populations. Shelters could also save a firtune by investing up front to get every pet neutered, instead of having to provide for (and usually eventually kill) all those unwanted animals that even a small number of unneutered pets will produce over time.
Although I often pay to have my friends' pets neutered when they cannot afford to, I actually can't afford the expense, either. However, since I have gone to the same vet office since 1970, and they know not only that I always pay my bills, but also that besides always bringing in my own pets for regular care, I bring them innumerable new clients and pay for the care (not just the neutering) of many that are not even my own pets, they allow me to set up payment schedules when the cost is more than I can handle at once.
For example, one family's Bichon Frise that I was fond of needed X-rays and then surgery for bladder stones. The cost was about $1700 for the exam, the X-rays, and the operation, so after I made a $200 deposit, they let me pay it off at $100/month over time. I also paid for all of her heartworm meds, her regular check-ups, and her annual shots. The family's father didn't believe in spending money on pets (he resented that the mother had allowed the kids to have a dog in the first place), so if I had not paid, the poor, sweet pup would have had a very rough time of it.
I tease my vet that over the years I have probably been responsible for financing his house and putting his two kids through college!
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)First off, thank you for all that you're doing! There are many people out there, just like you and me, who are foregoing the Caribbean vacations, etc. to try to stop some of the killing. The first step to solving the overpopulation problem is spay/neuter of as many as possible, and many of us are putting our hard earned money toward doing that.
And like you, I, too have stepped up many times for people who couldn't (or sometimes wouldn't) spend the money for vet care that would give a dog or cat several more years of quality life. I cannot bear to see them suffering.
catrose
(5,357 posts)I'm working to save my third "family pride" where the young cats were obviously pets at some point, but tossed outside to fend for themselves. I don't understand how you can love and care for animals and then throw them out or take them to the pound to be killed. And the pregnancies are so hard on some of the young mother animals.
I'm so used to Emancipet and Animal Trustees in my area of Texas, which offer low cost or free vaccinations and spay/neuter that it surprises me when I find a large city without those services. I was going to Dallas to pick up some young tom cats, and I really wanted to get them fixed before I drove them home, but even the low-cost places were twice as expensive as my options back home.
My reaction to seeing a man mistreat or insult his mother, his ex, or any woman is that someday he'll do that to me. I guess Republican women don't think like that, an "I got mine" mentality, perhaps.
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)Yes, people particularly dump cats out thinking that they can fend for themselves. People who do that are complete idiots. I don't understand how someone can contradict themselves by allowing a pregnancy to come to term, which as you indicate can be very hard on some animals, and then take the puppies/kittens to a kill shelter where they damn well KNOW that these babies have NO chance of getting out. To me, that behavior is savage.
We are starting to get some decent low cost spay/neuter services in my area and it does make a world of difference. It allows us to stretch our resources further and fix more cats which is a win/win situation for everyone!
Thanks for all that you are doing!!!
catrose
(5,357 posts)I now have my house filled and overfilled with new fosters (after not fostering for many months!). And just saw a note from the Big Spring Animal Shelter that they're putting down 10 cats & 4 dogs tomorrow morning. And I'm in tears.
I'm glad you've got a good low cost place for your rescues. As you say, it makes all the difference in the world.
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)The ones they kill in the shelters rip at my heart strings as do the strays on the street. I'm in San Antonio, and it's horrible down here. The attitude is just get a pet, play with it for a while, and then toss it out.
People suck!
tblue37
(68,414 posts)supposedly exclusive relationships and then end up with those men as husbands or boyfriends themselves. What makes them think those men will be any more honest and faithful with them than they were in their previous relationship?
catrose
(5,357 posts)DinahMoeHum
(23,558 posts)1. She's stupid.
2. She herself is in on the racket.
3. She's married to a man who is in on the racket.
hamsterjill
(17,488 posts)I think you're absolutely correct!
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)..laughing at the women comments at the debate.
It's just a big joke to these people.
phylny
(8,818 posts)You know, someone is being bullied and instead of being horrified and stepping in, they laugh. Segments of people in our country have evolved into bullies.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)will tell them that Donald Trump is only jesting and that the liberal media is making a big deal out of his comments only because they fear his boldness...
Believe me there are woman out there who will support Donald Trump if he gets the nomination....He will however definitely lose the vote overwhelmingly..
Syzygy321
(583 posts)the only understandable reason to stay silent. A woman who speaks for women's equality is retaliated against: she is generally hated and feared and mocked (feminazi, castrating bitch, shrill, strident, no sense of humor, not welcome in the club.)
The men, I guess, were afraid of being called pussies. Men (even liberal men) seem afraid that being an ally of women will shrivel their ...reputation ... in the eyes of other males.
Male DU'ers, weigh in on this please.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)The other 9 on stage with him had their chance to react right then and there. The 7 from the previous debate could have posted something on Twitter condemning his behavior but didn't.
I agree Fiorina is in a bad spot to call Trump out. She put up a decent performance (from what I've heard, I didn't watch that one) yesterday and could move into the top 10. It could be she was waiting for one of the other males to come out and call Trump on his misogynist behavior, but then again that would show she doesn't have the guts to stand up for herself as a woman. My guess is the same as yours, she and her campaign decided to not say anything hoping during the next debate she would have a chance to be on the same stage. That would give her a clear shot at Trump.
This is all guessing though, I could be totally wrong.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)....in the moment.
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)...and she said it on CNN and elsewhere.
Fiorina came out of this looking good.
dumbcat
(2,160 posts)Are you saying that Trump, or other male candidate, saying disparaging things against any particular woman or women is the same as disparaging ALL women?
Conversely, if a female candidate, like Hillary, says anything disparaging about a particular male, is the same as disparaging all males?
Or is there some difference in the cases that I am not perceptive enough to understand? Is it just the particular insulting words he used rather than the disparagement in general?
NJCher
(43,014 posts)is to be frowned upon. That is not the way we want to conduct ourselves.
Trump is very crude in his expression. Can you imagine our diplomatic corps trying to accomplish anything with him at the helm?
Education gives one the means to express an idea without resorting to name-calling and bombastics. Trump has the education, but he's not using it.
The person who is using it is Bernie Sanders. Go after the idea, not the person. That is how a professional operates.

Cher
dumbcat
(2,160 posts)That was a nice reply, but didn't answer my question. Kinda like a lot of things last night!
Hekate
(100,133 posts)His language is truly in that category and that gutter mentality.
Now, does that answer your question clearly enough?
dumbcat
(2,160 posts)There were four interrogatives in my post. Can you answer the first two, which will lead to the last two?
Hekate
(100,133 posts)But I don't have time.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)I think when a man has a history of making crude, nasty comments directed toward women in the public eye, other women are not going to feel warm and fuzzy toward him. Calling breastfeeding "disgusting" will upset many women. You know that is so. Calling a woman a fat pig makes many other women feel targeted. If Hillary called Christie a "fat pig," do you think she would survive the backlash? I don't think she would be that insensitive and lacking in social graces at any rate. Certainly, no one would be praising her "honesty." I seriously doubt she would make a comment about Trump's hair either.
Now, some candidates make the negative comments in ugly ways under their breath thinking they are clever. When Rand Paul accused Christie of hugging Obama after the hurricane, I could read between the lines at what he was saying. He's a racist. He said it twice. That Christie could get hugs from Obama. Because we all know what that means. Racist prick. Now, I just called him a prick. I am not running for public office though.
dumbcat
(2,160 posts)Thanks.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)It's about calling a woman's need to pump her breasts "disgusting".
Nobody said he's "disparaging ALL women", but he's displaying a pattern of misogynistic behavior. Why is that so hard to understand?
dumbcat
(2,160 posts)I saw the part about disparaging "all" women in another thread and confusingly brought it over to this one. I shouldn't have done that.
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)Anyone who reduces women to their body parts IS disparaging all women.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And would seemingly make any man proud to have her as a daughter, yet his comments about women are so hateful. You would think that Ivanka would have a positive influence on him in some way, but apparently not. I wonder if she even wants anything to do with him at all.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)He probably believes this based on life experience. That's why he doesn't respect women. I don't think he respects many men either.
iemitsu
(3,891 posts)I thought his frank comments on how political contributions result in later favors was interesting.
Especially since he both labeled the system corrupt and admitted his own support and use of that corrupt system.
Trump is an entertaining candidate but a frightening one. He has no sense of how public servants are supposed to comport themselves on the campaign or in life.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)Most serve us or at least give lip service to the idea. Trump wants us to jump in the Magic Christian's pool full of shit to retrieve money he's thrown in. For kicks. To prove his power. He's a megalomaniac and a fascist. Probably thinks he's John Fucking Galt. I do not see how any voter would find him appealing.
iemitsu
(3,891 posts)It is for his amusement. Probably his whole candidacy is about that.
And the republican rabble can't wait for their turns to go fishing for shit stained dollars.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)Diving for dollars:
The Magic Christian (complete):
annabanana
(52,802 posts)lastlib
(28,096 posts)WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)He looks at his own daughter sexually? Why is he allowed to be within 3,000 miles of her?
odd_duck
(107 posts)Why didn't the so-called fux snooze "moderators" ask the Huckster (or others) why they have called LGBT people, Liberals, and Progressives names?? Huh, yeah, see............
I mean, it is an equitable approach to calling out name calling, don't you know.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)I suspect Faux only wanted to derail Trump. And I would go so far as accusing the Bush camp of instigating the attack on Trump. They want to make sure women don't vote for the man.
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)Someone has to say, "The emperor has no clothes."
And I don't care who says it.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)While I dislike what he's saying, I'm glad he's dragging the Republican Party through the mud. The Republicans deserve it for all the shitty things they've done over the past twenty plus years (since Clinton took office). Of course I could sit here and list them all, but we know what they did.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)Him and Palin. The hair hopper and the half-term ex-governor.
jalan48
(14,914 posts)Republican's love to bash liberals for being too politically correct. It has always resonated with their base. Now Trump is forcing them to call him out on his behavior, if he wasn't such an ass it would be funny watching them squirm.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)It is not surprising the GOP has no understanding of this concept.
jalan48
(14,914 posts)W T F
(1,188 posts)No, it's not the temperament of a man you should elect president, but it is the temperament of a man who is running for the republican nomination.
Harry Monroe
(2,935 posts)I have no sympathy for Megyn Kelly. She has facilitated precisely the level of diminished political discourse that she is now a victim of. This has raised the stock of both her and Trump among those that liked either of them to begin with. That is the point of either's existence. When you make a career off of stirring up the feces in the monkey cage, you get a little poo flung on you. Embrace it and resume negotiating your next irrelevance at a higher price.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)so the blonde news bimbos all look alike to me. When one goes off the script in such spectacular fashion, I am 100% convinced her higher ups authorized it. This is the most calculating channel. They lie constantly, misrepresent the facts, make errors where GOP wrongdoers are "accidentally" labeled Democrats. When I think Faux, I think stolen elections, birthers, and Benghazi. Hard hitting propaganda. Liars and mouthpieces for the evil empire.
Skittles
(171,213 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,294 posts)They knew the arrogant Trump would over react when challenged by a woman (Kelly). Fox has bragged for days of their debate prep, with Sammon and the Fox moderators meeting for hours a day preparing questions. Establishment Repubs consider Trump an embarrassment, and would like nothing more than to remove him from the running.
The ideal result would be for Trump to explode on stage, live and uncensored. Instead Trump tweeted insults (bimbo, etc.) at Kelly through the night.
The real reaction came the following day, when Trump on CNN implied Kelly's question was inspired by her menstrual cycle, saying "she was bleeding from her...whatever".
So Trump is marginalized and the establishment Repubs are enhanced. Can I say "Mission Accomplished"?
I would not be surprised if Fox News consultant Karl Rove was involved here.
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)I am glad you mentioned Rove as I was hesitant to go that far; however, I also think he is quite capable of being the turdblossom in Trump's punch bowl.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)ebbie15644
(1,244 posts)It's not that they disagree with Trump, which is why he got as far as he did. The establishment knows he can't win and were looking for a moment to discredit him. Not that I think ANYTHING that comes out of his mouth is sane, it isn't. As for Megyn Kelly, she is a joke but no woman deserves that kind of disrespect. Even the ones that insist Santa is white.
trueblue2007
(19,217 posts)USA women will HATE Trump once all the video's become viral.
Zambero
(9,970 posts)He's a master of plausible deniability and word games. His combative style is like a perpetual motion machine. Once activated, it seeks all manner of outside energy, be it positive or negative, to keep it going. Some will see through him and others won't. I find it interesting that certain conservatives will indeed feign outrage to his sexist remarks, but only in the context of wanting to get rid of someone who is a huge distraction and could hinder their hopes for 2016 in a big way.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)That's a good description of himself.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Hmmm. So Donald Trump says shockingly rude things. Okay.
Where was the call out of Mike Huckabee, who opined that women only want birth control covered by insurance because "Democrats want women to think they can't control their own libido?"
Or Jeb Bush, who wouldn't veto a proposal to have unmarried mothers publish ads, replete with their sexual histories, in local newspapers, seeking the father, before seeking adoption?
Or Chris Christie, who hung out a female office manager to dry as though she had masterminded his bridge shenanigans without his knowledge or approval?
Or Marco Rubio, who believes in no exceptions to allow abortion in any case -- rape, or the mother's life be damned?
Trump has a big, stupid mouth. No one likes him, because he consistently acts like a jerk.
But Fox has a lot of gall to pretend to be shocked by, of all things, his attitudes toward women. Their "very best" national representatives may have marginally better table manners, but they have actually proven their hostility and contempt for women. Put one of them in office, and boorish name-calling will be the least of everyone's problems.
ImaPolitico
(150 posts)Now this one has to be one of the worst of all.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/gloria-allred-responds-to-donald-trump-the-world-does-not-revolve-around-his-penis/