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Ms. Toad

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9. I certainly hope that members of DU

Wed Jun 9, 2021, 01:32 AM

Jun 2021

don't idolize the abhorrent behavior of trump enough to imitate it.

Body shaming - regardless of whether the target engages in it himself - hurts everyone who sees it who has ever been the victim of it.

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Brian Williams on Trump's pants - [View all] womanofthehills Jun 2021 OP

Body shaming is body shaming, Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #1

It was about the pants though. I guess if you are saying that the pants are so big Maraya1969 Jun 2021 #5

That's really all you have seen in the, at least, dozen threads on it in DU Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #11

Why are you defending the very odd and creaseless pants? brush Jun 2021 #40

Would you make fun of a Democrat in the same way? USALiberal Jun 2021 #41

We're not talking about a Democrat. We're talking about cruel... brush Jun 2021 #46

So making fun of appearance is fine if you don't like somebody? USALiberal Jun 2021 #48

Where were you when trump was insulting women, the handicapped... brush Jun 2021 #50

So your upset trump made fun of looks.... USALiberal Jun 2021 #51

Give it a rest and have laugh on the orange toad for a change. brush Jun 2021 #52

Lol, great logic! Thanks! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #53

And your logic is what in defending him? brush Jun 2021 #57

Becuse, for one thing, Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #58

Sorry about your relative, but that has nothing to do with... brush Jun 2021 #64

Anybody's lifetime I would say.. I missed Cha Jun 2021 #67

Hi, Cha. There are other shots that show his whole lower leg... brush Jun 2021 #76

Body shaming sheshe2 Jun 2021 #6

I certainly hope that members of DU Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #9

I do not see anyone here 'idolizing' it. sheshe2 Jun 2021 #10

Mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #12

K sheshe2 Jun 2021 #14

His body is a shameful thing to observe. Polly Hennessey Jun 2021 #20

So there's overweight Democrats, want to make fun of them to? USALiberal Jun 2021 #43

And how do you think it makes obese members of DU feel Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #56

I'm fat Bettie Jun 2021 #59

. Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #68

Thank you. Bettie Jun 2021 #71

Agreed as to the tailoring - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #73

Yes it does Bettie Jun 2021 #75

Thank you. I learned in elementary school that saying, "Well, he did it first!" didn't work so well. Treefrog Jun 2021 #38

+1000!! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #42

I dunno treestar Jun 2021 #60

And - just like any stigmatized group- Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #62

People will do it, whether it is OK or not treestar Jun 2021 #63

So let's let the majority vote on rights for all minority/stigmatized groups - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #65

Who was that 'it' directed that comment to: "She was bleeding from her whatever." sprinkleeninow Jun 2021 #23

Sometimes it's just, well, deserved. calimary Jun 2021 #26

+1,000 malaise Jun 2021 #35

Lol, " don't even start with me" so you don't like discussing? USALiberal Jun 2021 #55

And pants shaming is pants shaming. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #33

Right.. Cha Jun 2021 #69

Williams' snark is the best in the business. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #2

Williams is really good at that stuff. Hoyt Jun 2021 #3

I used to call him The Wedding Cake Guy for his conventionally "perfect" appearance, UTUSN Jun 2021 #4

More like Tailor shaming aeromanKC Jun 2021 #7

Yup. Trump's supposedly very rich & supposedly has very good taste. It's not body shaming to RockRaven Jun 2021 #17

This Layzeebeaver Jun 2021 #27

Yes, it's not really his weight that is shamed here treestar Jun 2021 #61

And maybe putting his pants on backwards? Cha Jun 2021 #70

LOL treestar Jun 2021 #77

Tailors aren't magicians. Hard to fit pants around a body deformed from greed. GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #19

President Taft was a "big" man, yet every photo there is shows him nattily attired in a 3-piece.... Hekate Jun 2021 #31

His pants are really weird though. senseandsensibility Jun 2021 #8

They're the wrong trousers! trusty elf Jun 2021 #21

Brian Williams greytdemocrat Jun 2021 #13

Several years back Karma13612 Jun 2021 #37

I've lost over 140 lbs in three years. I should send the former guy my fat man pants. brewens Jun 2021 #15

Bravo!!! What an accomplishment! Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #34

LOL LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #16

Wow, it's like a skirt in comparison. He could get something in a OnDoutside Jun 2021 #18

Rt TY! Well put Chris D Jackson! Cha Jun 2021 #72

special made at a tent & awning in palm beach !!! monkeyman1 Jun 2021 #22

It's the 3-inch LIFTS that make the pants look this way. secondwind Jun 2021 #24

Those lifts and tent-pants cause him to list like a sailboat. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2021 #25

He leaks like an old Sur Zobra Jun 2021 #28

The heavy creases are an indication of the obesity and that he was sitting down for a very long time Layzeebeaver Jun 2021 #29

Do you know what a crease is? Those aren't creases, they're big... brush Jun 2021 #47

lol. OK wrinkles they are! Layzeebeaver Jun 2021 #54

lol Cha Jun 2021 #74

Maybe. Also curiously there's no crease, and then those big, brush Jun 2021 #44

i'm surprised he snarked out the family of four remark orleans Jun 2021 #30

Williams' humor is bland, good-natured quips, like Johnny Carson or Obama. Hortensis Jun 2021 #32

Nah, those weren't bell bottoms at all. brush Jun 2021 #45

Excellent! Owl Jun 2021 #36

Now that's funny. Vinca Jun 2021 #39

Ok, so, um, yea. Body shaming is body shaming... SKKY Jun 2021 #49

Has anyone considered that those pants might actually be skin tight on him? 11 Bravo Jun 2021 #66