OMFG. Some folks are complete idiots.

[Agschmid]

So here I am just reading the internet and I come across this article about how Hillary cheated on the debate by using a modified podium... apparently she had a built in TelePrompTer in her podium and that's the only reason she won.

This is just insane.

These people are just mentally unstable.

I can't even imagine what life is like when you live like that. The more this election drones on the more I have come to realize this really does just boil down to sexism.

And the bad news? It isn't going to stop.

As a man, I don't think I really ever realize how sexist society is. I'm slowly learning and it's horrifying to see it.

ETA: And NO I'm not going to link to it, you want to see it try google, and don't miss the Pepe logo right on the bottom right.

[C_U_L8R]

1. They not only lost.

They're losing on top of their losing.
What losers.

[Agschmid]

2. Some of them seem to realize how off base it is... but they are in the minority for sure.

[TheBlackAdder]

46. It's akin to the struggle during religious conversion when the subject is resisting influences.

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. People must justify why Trump lost.

[Agschmid]

4. What's going to happen when he loses the GE?

This is going to just get worse.

[Agnosticsherbet]

14. I suspect his suporters will spend all their grocery money

On another gun, and Republicans in Congress will discuss impeachment.

[rurallib]

28. I think repubs in congress are already working on impeachment for Clinton

while they don't have time to confirm judges they do have time for important stuff.

[justgamma]

31. Exactly!

I always said that they were working on the impeachment of Clinton in 2008. The election of Obama threw them completely off guard.

[Agnosticsherbet]

33. If you add "Anything But Clinton" policy a the Obstructionism

Like they did with Obama, I thing it is accurate.

[ReformedGOPer]

45. History repeats itself.

and Karl Rove will insist on walking to the Fox control room to verify.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

41. Yeah,...cuz he's a winner!!!

[Agnosticsherbet]

43. No. Some of his followers he will make big changes.

They want big change. They think Trump will tear up everything and make America shiny and new.
Many want the comfortable white America to come back. This is the Alt right crowd.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Google Hillary debate earpiece. They are all over that, too.

They can't explain Trump's loss in any other way.

[Agschmid]

8. I've read those as well.

It's just off the wall.

[maryellen99]

6. If you ask these misogynistic Trumpies what woman is more qualified than Hillary

They say Sarah Palin and Carly Fiorina LOL.

[Madam45for2923]

7. I guess it's their way of admitting she cleaned his clock!

[redstatebluegirl]

9. Then there is the "signal" she gave to Lester Holt.

A signal to interrupt Trump or give him a hard question. These people are mental midgets.

[Agschmid]

10. Yup.

[brush]

11. Sexism, and utmost stupidity, too.

Who are these dummies that believe that, that Trump's campaign wouldn't have caught that, or Trump himself wouldn't have caught that? Trump has proven himself to be dense but not that stupid.

Is out education system so bad in places that it's failing these people?

[Agschmid]

12. Apparently yes.

It's either mental instability, or educational issues.

[Grammy23]

15. My thought as well.

Seems like Trump would have noticed if she had a screen or iPad on her podium. And before it all began, there were sound checks, etc to make sure everything was good to go at the start time. Seems like someone would have noticed the difference......but these jackasses are grasping at straws to explain why their guy did so poorly. So they latch onto absurdities without one shred of evidence to back up their assertions.

[Democat]

13. The person who wrote all of that also thinks Trump won

They make up a thousands dumb excuses why he lost, and then they refuse to admit he lost.

[Xipe Totec]

16. When their only experience with women is blowup dolls, they can't deal with the real thing. nt

[Agschmid]

17. .

[yellowcanine]

18. Yes it was modified to accommodate her shorter height.

[Agschmid]

19. Yes it was :)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

20. Is there too much imagination in the world today? I don't think so.

They ought to get a little credit for thinking up interesting alternatives to reality.

[Motley13]

21. Gosh, poor maggpot, someone sabotaged hi mic also

No way he can blame his own ineptness. Has he ever been wrong????

[ffr]

22. They want to give us Donald for our own good. YOU ARE THE STUPID ONE!

That's the way they see it too, because RW TV & radio tells them so.

And people wonder why I volunteer my spare time to HFA. We need to get Dems registered or re-registered and to EV or vote on election day. We cannot have these crazies dictating Donald upon us!!!

[Missn-Hitch]

23. The take away - "It isn't going to stop".

You think Obama had obstacles, just wait and see.

[jaxind]

24. The Thing Is...

I don't think it has to do with her being a woman. I think it has to do with how they have absolutely hated and detested Hillary (and her husband) for years!!

[Agschmid]

26. I agree, but a lot of it is sexism.

Just see the terms they consistently use... "bitch" for example.

It's really telling.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. Yep.

[OldRedneck]

25. That's not the best part . . .

Here's a couple of claims I've read on the rightwing websites:

1. Hillary was passing signals to Lester Holt by winking and rubbing her nose. Holt then attacked Trump . . . at Hillary's command.

2. Hillary had an earpiece through which she was fed answers.

Yes, you are right . . . these people live on another planet.

[paulkienitz]

27. Sexism seems like a constant, but it ebbs and surges at different times

and the last few years have definitely been a surge. We've seen the rise of the manosphere, red pill ideology, the gamergate and sad/rabid puppies fiascos in "geek culture", the bro-ification of Silicon Valley tech culture which has reduced the number of women in computer industry careers, and so on. Lately the cycles seem to be roughly generational in scale... 1955 bad, 1970 good, 1985 bad, 2000 good, 2015 bad.

You could say that Hillary is trying to break the glass ceiling at the worst possible time, because not only is sexism up, but it's bolstered by a peak flareup of racism, reacting to Obama and BLM and then emboldened by Trump. A bit of a perfect storm. But acting against that is the longer term trend in which tolerance and diversity come out stronger after every challenge, and are undoubtedly on the winning side of history.

[getagrip_already]

29. boy, are they dumb.....

it wasn't built into her podium, it's in her contacts. She has high speed internet available in a heads up display. She also has a 30 second time machine on her wrist; she can just back up and give a better answer.....

[Hulk]

32. This whole election cycle is TOO FOOK'N LONG!!

We suffer as a nation with this two year blood bath of stupidity and anger. Why do we have to suffer for such a long period of time? They could decide the nominees in three weeks, and another three weeks for the nominees to show their wares. Enough of this dividing the country into deplorables and Clinton supporters. Sweet Jesus. I thought fox and the reich wing was bad. This is just insane.

[jberryhill]

34. Yep - other countries get this over and done with in weeks

[pnwmom]

35. "As a man, I don't think I really ever realize how sexist society is." Hey, better late than never.

Do you have a greater understanding why so many women have had Hillary's back ? We've been watching the witch hunt for 30 years -- ever since she decided to keep her maiden name -- and we know the sexism is real.

[IronLionZion]

36. I heard she was born in Kenya

and is a secret Muslim. There's something going on.



They spewed complete BS about our first non-white president, so why not go even further with our first female president. Maybe some more DUers can tell me how we are so superior to the other countries that have elected women and minorities decades ago.

[Bill USA]

37. you just got a glimpse into the Conservative Alternate Universe. IT serves to comfort them when the

real world is too tough for them - which is most of the time.


Secrets of the right-wing brain: New study proves it — conservatives see a different, hostile world

[Different Drummer]

38. I googled...

"Hillary used a modified podium" and got hits on all the usual right wing suspects. Good Lord...they seem to truly believe Dimwit Don has a chance!

[cynatnite]

39. I don't want to imagine the world these people live in. n/t

[OilemFirchen]

40. Can't be sexism.

Some of those who've favorited the thread - with names remarkably similar to former and current posters right here on the DU - are "women" and "feminists". Their DU profiles and posting history live on, and they would never lie.

Gotta be something else.

[Agschmid]

42. I don't believe them even for a minute, pretty sure it's all a front.

As usual don't believe everything (or anything) you read on the internet.

[kydo]

44. No way, I thought the official reason for losing had something to do with dragons and a bad mic

Now you are saying it was cause Hills had a James Bond ultra cool podium? Not buying it. Did said podium make popcorn? No? Then no way she even touch an ultra cool modified podium that doesn't make popcorn or hot chocolate. Its the dragons Hills released before the debate that burnt his mic that caused the coke induced meltdown on national tv in front of millions. No ultra cool podiums. That pepe follower must have read the wrong marching orders. What a loser.

[Agschmid]

47. Q Branch made it themselves.

[kydo]

48. Without popcorn? Stop it with your conspiracy theories.

Q branch includes popcorn makers as a standard for all ultra cool podiums. And no one smelled popcorn at the debate, just booze from the students playing the trump drinking game in the back rooms. Dragons burnt his mic, the dragons that Hillary released, that's the only conspiracy theory that fits.