Family members and spouses are often pulled into the political battleground as their significant others begin the journey of hopefully becoming President of the United States. This is something we see occur frequently because of affiliation to the candidate rather than matching political beliefs, as close family are seen as responsible for the rise of a political figure that they don't agree with - as we see with right-wingers holding animosity against Michelle Obama because her husband Barack is 'coming to take our guns and put us in FEMA Camps', supposedly.
Whether the hopeful Presidential candidate is Democrat or Republican, there have been numerous tasteless jabs at politicians families and spouses who are merely along for the ride, this including 2016 defeated Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wife Jane Sanders. Mrs Sanders was the target of several pro-Hillary and Trump-supporting twitter accounts who decided that she needed to be taken down a peg and rather than disagree with her political stance, it was ultimately decided to ridicule Jane about the way she looks. I guess nothing shows those sexist 'BernieBro's' like targeting another woman based on nothing else but how pleasing on the eye they happen to find her.
However, it would be irresponsible to say this particular issue is only being perpetrated by a single group, it happens to be a universal issue in the current political climate. Sitting President Donald Trump has also had his family and significant other become the focus of such attacks within a week of winning the election, Anti-Trump protestors decided to overstep the mark when showing their feelings toward the new President and displayed a "Rape Melania" sign, it seems some people are more hateful than what they're protesting against.
A minority of liberals also decided to tear down Trump's son, Barron, on the basis of supposedly being autistic, no evidence or thought were put into the assumptions in the hope of getting to Trump - fact-less speculation that Alex Jones and Infowars would be proud of. Whether or not Barron happens to be autistic is no reason to thrust an 11 year old into the spotlight simply because you do not agree with Donald's political positions. Adding further insult to the Trump children, Saturday Night Live writer Katie Rich decided to stoop as low as she could to call Barron Trump "this country's first home school shooter." Stay classy, Katie.
Perhaps the more targeted and vicious attempts at showing your unhappiness towards Former President Barack Obama was, in the case of Alex Jones and Infowars, to label his wife Michelle Obama "the First Tranny" as, according to Jones, Michelle has a larger body frame which he's never seen on a black woman before, I guess we are now using what Alex has or hasn't seen rather than facts in order to prove a statement as racially charged as this. Another member of the Right-Wing Nut Club, Pat Robertson, has also decided to share his 'extremely credible' opinion on Michelle Obama and also showing his monumental hypocrisy when claiming Michelle doesn't "look or act like a First Lady" as she is pictured wearing a sleeveless dress showing her bare arms, how dare she not cover her arms! Now when Melania Trump's integrity is called into question after posing nude while modelling, Pat claimed that her pictures are "pure art that shows the beauty of God's work." Nope, no double standard here, lets move on.
The amount of irony that goes through hopefully a small minority of peoples minds is alarming, these particular idiotic human beings can throw around insults about someone on the other political 'team' like there is no tomorrow, but if you decide to criticise their beloved, idolized leader suddenly criticism is no longer allowed, to some, you're allowed to talk about how Bernie Sanders is really a dirty Jewish communist, but if you speak negatively about Donald Trump you all of a sudden become "FAKE NEWS".
Regardless of political belief we should all draw a line in the sand when it comes to attacking First Ladies or family members simply for holding different views than you, attack their policy position and substance rather than deciding that it's okay to call someone's child intellectually disabled or bring a presidential hopefuls wife looks into the discussion.
Whether the hopeful Presidential candidate is Democrat or Republican, there have been numerous tasteless jabs at politicians families and spouses who are merely along for the ride, this including 2016 defeated Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wife Jane Sanders. Mrs Sanders was the target of several pro-Hillary and Trump-supporting twitter accounts who decided that she needed to be taken down a peg and rather than disagree with her political stance, it was ultimately decided to ridicule Jane about the way she looks. I guess nothing shows those sexist 'BernieBro's' like targeting another woman based on nothing else but how pleasing on the eye they happen to find her.
A minority of liberals also decided to tear down Trump's son, Barron, on the basis of supposedly being autistic, no evidence or thought were put into the assumptions in the hope of getting to Trump - fact-less speculation that Alex Jones and Infowars would be proud of. Whether or not Barron happens to be autistic is no reason to thrust an 11 year old into the spotlight simply because you do not agree with Donald's political positions. Adding further insult to the Trump children, Saturday Night Live writer Katie Rich decided to stoop as low as she could to call Barron Trump "this country's first home school shooter." Stay classy, Katie.
Regardless of political belief we should all draw a line in the sand when it comes to attacking First Ladies or family members simply for holding different views than you, attack their policy position and substance rather than deciding that it's okay to call someone's child intellectually disabled or bring a presidential hopefuls wife looks into the discussion.
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