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What Betsy DeVos Title IX Review Reminds Us About White Womens Enabling Of Toxic White Masculinity
NOTE: This is from a BLOGGER, not a news outlet so if you're looking for VERIFICATION, there is none, though just IMO it's probably an uncomfortable truth that needs dealing withA key tenet of the feminist movement is rape and sexual assault advocacy. Donald Trump openly bragged about the crime of sexual assault when he boasted about grabbing women by their “p*ssies.” His admission didn’t matter in November 2016; Trump was still elected. Women came out in overwhelming numbers to support Trump’s race-baiting, fear peddling, hate propagating, women disrespecting campaign.
Specifically, white women, many of whom fancy themselves as feminist, came out in overwhelming numbers in support of Donald Trump, Fifty-three percent to be exact. To them, it didn’t matter that Donald John would rather grab their vaginas than regard them as deserving of respect. The “grab ’em by the p*ssy” comment alone was/is reason enough to trust that Donald Trump sees only himself as deserving of any degree of respect, but one female Trump voter said:
“I think he’s a really good man, deep down. This guy has such potential, and I truly believe he cares about our country and wants to help everyone.”
Hunh?
He has a history of making racist comments. He has displayed a pattern of unscrupulous business practices. His campaign had no real agenda other than undoing initiatives of the Obama administration. He has shown no regard for the poor. He is a bully. He flaunts his wealth, status, and education in ways that are condescending and degrading.
Donald Trump is not a “really good man.” He definitely doesn’t want “to help everyone.” Finally, and most importantly, if he hasn’t reached his “potential” at 71 years-old, then making excuses for him isn’t being objective, it’s enabling his foolishness. Endorsements like the one above are the rotten core of why the toxic white masculinity that sits at the root of who Trump is and what he stands for, have been able to stand the test of time and aren’t just limited to Donald John Trump.
In fact, just last week Secretary Of Education, Betsy DeVos, taught some and reminded others that many white women have and may always enable toxic white masculinity no matter how much doing so lends itself to their own demise. This support of white male supremacy on the part of white women, isn’t new, though; it’s just new to being so blatant.
Specifically, white women, many of whom fancy themselves as feminist, came out in overwhelming numbers in support of Donald Trump, Fifty-three percent to be exact. To them, it didn’t matter that Donald John would rather grab their vaginas than regard them as deserving of respect. The “grab ’em by the p*ssy” comment alone was/is reason enough to trust that Donald Trump sees only himself as deserving of any degree of respect, but one female Trump voter said:
“I think he’s a really good man, deep down. This guy has such potential, and I truly believe he cares about our country and wants to help everyone.”
Hunh?
He has a history of making racist comments. He has displayed a pattern of unscrupulous business practices. His campaign had no real agenda other than undoing initiatives of the Obama administration. He has shown no regard for the poor. He is a bully. He flaunts his wealth, status, and education in ways that are condescending and degrading.
Donald Trump is not a “really good man.” He definitely doesn’t want “to help everyone.” Finally, and most importantly, if he hasn’t reached his “potential” at 71 years-old, then making excuses for him isn’t being objective, it’s enabling his foolishness. Endorsements like the one above are the rotten core of why the toxic white masculinity that sits at the root of who Trump is and what he stands for, have been able to stand the test of time and aren’t just limited to Donald John Trump.
In fact, just last week Secretary Of Education, Betsy DeVos, taught some and reminded others that many white women have and may always enable toxic white masculinity no matter how much doing so lends itself to their own demise. This support of white male supremacy on the part of white women, isn’t new, though; it’s just new to being so blatant.
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2017/09/11/betsy-devos-title-ix-review-reminds-us-white-womens-enabling-toxic-white-masculinity/
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It's the rest of the RePugs that supported this idiot's nomination as Secretary of Education - she who has had NONE!
So now she wants to bring the rest of the country down to her level. 
