Spread the word! His new nick-name is "President Snowflake".

[DetlefK]

Last edited Fri May 19, 2017, 08:28 AM - Edit history (1)

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/van-jones-the-campaign-trails-trumpzilla-has-become-whiny-president-snowflake-in-the-white-house/

“What’s interesting is a different Donald Trump,” said Van Jones. “When he ran, he was this tough guy. This guy’s gonna get things done, this great negotiator. He was Trumpzilla. He was going to make Washington bow down. He was gonna drain the swamp.”

He continued, “Now he’s President Snowflake, okay? Everything he says is about, ‘Oh, they’re mean to me and they don’t like me and I just don’t understand it and it’s not fair.’ So, you have a big brand shift going on.”


EDIT:
Deleted that other one.

[cyclonefence]

1. I am not comfortable with "sissy-in-chief"

Maybe it's my age, but "sissy" was code for "homosexual" when I was growing up. Maybe that's no longer true, but I personally won't use the word. Even if you don't think it means gay, "sissy" means more than cowardly or even unmanly--it was often part of the phrase "sissy-girl" used to taunt boys who didn't measure up to the pack's definition of masculinity. There's a definite tinge of misogyny here.

"President Snowflake" otoh rings all my chimes.

[athena]

2. It's sexist.

I'm disgusted with the sexism here. It doesn't take much thought to realize that "sissy" is sexist, unless one believes women are the inferior sex. Thanks for speaking out.

The OP should be edited or deleted. It's offensive to women. People shouldn't have to be forced to see sexist language when they visit DU.

[Ligyron]

10. Agree but:

One of our problems is: that's what half the country thinks all democrats are - that word.

[athena]

12. Your reply is sexist, too.

If you don't believe that being feminine is a bad thing, why do you think it's bad that half the country thinks Democts are feminine?

Secism is clearly one form of discrimination that too many liberals still think is perfectly acceptable. That's what this thread proves.

[Ligyron]

20. Well, I'll be damned...

You're right. Shame on me.

[cyclonefence]

13. I see that the OP

has been edited, but if I'm not mistaken, "sissy" was not the poster's expression, but a quotation. I don't blame the OP for accurately quoting someone else's misogyny; my objection was to the suggestion that we should adopt the phrase ourselves.

In fact, I think it's important for us at DU to be exposed to offensive language used in public speech. I'm kind of undecided about triggers, but personally, as a woman, I want to know what the fuckers are saying about us. The worse they get, I figure, the stronger I grow.

[athena]

14. Would you say the same thing

if we were talking about words that are offensive to other groups? The n-word, for example? Or words that denigrate Jewish people or homosexual people? Or is it only when it comes to women that words that denigrate, insult, and attempt to humiliate us are supposed ro make us stronger?

I don't care whether the word was in the original; it does not belong on DU. And I think you would see that if it were a word offensive to another group.

[cyclonefence]

19. I want to be on your side

but yes, I think if someone in a public position had used any kind of slur against any group, I would want to know about it. DU is a site I trust--people here reliably challenge sources, as do I, so I am secure in repeating information that is verified here. And I think it's important for people like you (and to a lesser extent me, only because my consciousness was late in being raised) to know about those slurs and make sure everyone here is alert to them.

I would imagine that "sissy" is a term that might be used even among fairly enlightened people who aren't really thinking about what they are saying, and that kind of casual sexism--like casual bigotry of any kind--is imho the most dangerous kind. We kind of had the same situation here, with the OP. Our calling attention to the offensive word got it removed, and maybe sensitized some people to the offensiveness of the term. A Teaching Moment, if you will, that would not have occurred if the offensive term had not appeared here at all.

I would go even further and say that it's our duty to report and call out offensive language, and the more offensive the language is, the more important it is that it be noticed, reported and reacted to.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Remove 'sissy' please. Find something else. 'Asshole' in chief works for me.

I agree w/the other posters. It's sexist.

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. I still prefer Red Don. nt

[maddiemom]

7. Cute!

[Motownman78]

5. Delete the "Sissy" part

But "President Snowflake" is perfect.

[Progressive dog]

6. There are a lot of ways to describe Trump

without resorting to childish name calling.

[rock]

11. But only "childish name calling"

is super accurate!

[tavernier]

8. Nah.

"That Asshole" seems to be the one that most people I know start out with. Snowflake doesn't stick, no pun intended.

[3catwoman3]

9. Snowflakes are so pretty that I have been...

...reluctant to associate something beautiful with Trump.

President Glass Ass comes to mind.

[athena]

15. Thank you for the edit.

It was the right, and kind, thing to do.

[Kentonio]

16. Don't call him that for christs sake

He's an infant who reacts to offense with little or no thought. If he thinks he's being mocked as weak, he'll be bombing the shit out of people the day after.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Trump has always been a whiny punk...

Why do people think he's always suing people? Where were they?

[geek tragedy]

18. Glad VJ stopped blubbering long enough to see clearly that Trump did not become the President nt

[Skittles]

21. he is not now, will NEVER by my President

I have called him King Snowflake