Monday, October 10, 2016

Stephanie Toribio- You know him, you probably hate him, its Donald Trump !!!

Gosh I hope no one gets offended by this one.

The recent release of a 2005 video of Donald Trump is revealing the hypocrisy of (some, many, most of) his supporters. In the video, Trump brags about how his status would let him get away with rape. When pressed about the subject, he tried to shift topics to ISIS. The base of his support, a bunch of "Christian conservatives", no longer support Trump, saying they "cannot commend Trump's moral character".
However...
He promises to build a wall, to ban Muslims, voter suppression laws, to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and he gets cheers, applause, support. He makes fun of disabled people and mocks women and his political opponents, and his supporters stay loyal. But this time, has he gone too far?? Some use "religious liberty" as justification for supporting Trump, but many religious freedom advocates use the actual definition of "religious freedom" to contradict itself. They oppose gay marriage or gay rights in general, allow discrimination among businesses based on sexuality, and are against trans* people using the restrooms they feel comfortable in. They support Trump because he is willing to force their religious convictions on everyone else. But many of his supporters now suggest a more "reasonable" person to take his place,BUT, they MUST have the same stance as Trump does now (Muslims are bad and so are mexicans and so are black people etc etc etc). Basically, the Trump tapes expose the hypocrisy of the "religious right".

Analysis: Trump already has a bunch of rape accusations from other women, but that "celebrity entitlement" of his makes it okay. I personally dont like Trump because he's a sexist hypocrite. He's actually bragged that he could shoot someone and his supporters would still stay loyal. But his "locker-room banter" is really unsettling to me. Especially considering that he'd go out with his own daughter (if she wasn't his kid of course, because that'd just be weird). Donald Trump has proven that he sees women as "aesthetically-pleasing objects" and that women are "disgusting animals" if they don't make him happy. Oh the tales we'll tell our descendents about this election.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/opinions/religious-right-hypocrisy-over-trump-tape-barber/index.html

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