Op-Ed Make America Hate Again: Many Trump Supporters Tweeted Megyn Kelly the ‘C’ Word Today

[fairbanksb]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/make...porters-tweeted-megyn-kelly-the-c-word-today/

This is mortifying. Following their fearless leader’s example, Donald Trump‘s ardent supporters are using their social media accounts to spread vitriolic hate. Trump has been publicly feuding with Fox News’s Megyn Kelly, insulting her repeatedly over the course of the last few months. Last night, the feud came to a head and Trump refused to participate in an upcoming debate that will be moderated by Kelly after Fox stood by her. Trump followers seized the opportunity to harass Kelly for his decision.

Trump’s supporters are almost rabid in their defense of their idol. I’ve experienced this firsthand on a few occasions when I’ve written about the GOP frontrunner. Reporting on his various antics and daily pronouncements — which is, you know, my job — will inevitably bring droves of his fans into my Twitter mentions and email inbox to tell me how stupid I am. Following data that was revealed by Vocativ today, however, I am sad to report that I feel nothing less than grateful for the relatively low-caliber insults I’ve received.

34 different Twitter accounts have targeted Kelly with the “c” word in the last 24 hours. 423 have called her a bitch. “Bimbo” clocked in at 404. “Whore” was leveled at the accomplished news anchor 88 times. These numbers are, of course, subject to change.

I may also boycott the debate tonight– just can’t force myself to watch @MegynKelly any more. She turned into a snarky, rude bitch.

— George Hatt (@gohatt) January 27, 2016

@megynkelly https://t.co/K0eXhjtSju WOW what a slut pic.twitter.com/KcBU5hyp2T

— wintrump (@onfirefortrump) January 27, 2016

What doesn’t seem to be changing is the frequency of the sexist knee-jerk reactions flying out of the Trump camp. Calling a attorney-turned-journalist a prostitute, hooker, or skank doesn’t appear to strike any of these people as a negative thing to do, let alone a pretty nonsensical one. The fact is, Trump himself is the one showing his legions of fans how to attack and demean women, complaining about his “haters” all the while.

I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2016

.@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2012

Hey @realDonaldTrump – In case you’re looking for that tweet you deleted .. I got it right here. pic.twitter.com/a6F98q5xGU

— Lenny Jacobson (@Lennyjacobson) April 17, 2015

There is nothing to say about this that hasn’t already been said. Sexist attacks are not new. In Trump’s perfect, “not politically correct” world, they will also never be old. Displays of blatant misogyny and general hatred like this are both disgusting and exhausting, but do warrant a closer look. Remember, all of this started because Kelly used her position as a debate moderator to confront Trump about his habit of calling women he doesn’t like “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.”

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[summerthyme]

If the shoe fits...

Summerthyme

 

[Mixin]

When a woman wants equal opportunity in a man's world, she can expect to take hard hits when she starts shit.

 

[packyderms_wife]

There is nothing to say about this that hasn’t already been said. Sexist attacks are not new. In Trump’s perfect, “not politically correct” world, they will also never be old. Displays of blatant misogyny and general hatred like this are both disgusting and exhausting, but do warrant a closer look. Remember, all of this started because Kelly used her position as a debate moderator to confront Trump about his habit of calling women he doesn’t like “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.”

I thought it was only Rosie O'Donnell he used these names against?

As for his non-PC behavior most people don't understand that in the billionaire set there really is no such thing as PC. Political Correctness is for the masses, and is a means by which to keep the masses under control. That said being a billionaire doesn't give one the right to be rude or to be an ass but he's right when he says that he's not PC.

 

[packyderms_wife]

When a woman wants equal opportunity in a man's world, she can expect to take hard hits when she starts shit.

the phrase if you can't take the heat then stay out of the kitchen comes to mind.

 

[Thunderbird]

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Pretty mild compared to the liberal whacks and death threats against Bush. Oh I forgot only liberals can have "passion".

 

[Millwright]

In typical liberal fashion, the author of the OP wants.to address the symptoms, not the problem.

She also writes for fembot, a site for young feminazis.

 

[4bears]

That's pretty mild compared to libs referring to tea parties as "teabaggers".
If you don't know what it means, don't Google it. :P

 

[Be Well]

 

[Hansa44]

What I notice most of all and everyone seems to forget is the msm started attacking Trump shortly after Trump announced he would run for Pres.

Vicious attacks! From reporters and the Megan K. and from all the media. Some of us here said "how does he do it?" Meaning run for pres. and dealing with all the hateful untruths about himself and M.K. was was one of them. These folks had said they were his friends until they started throwing shit at him. He finally tired of it and gave them all a fair warning. He said everyone that attacks him anymore, I will attack them 10-fold. And he did. In fact some became so afraid of attacking him anymore they refused to do it anymore.

The media got really flustered about that and couldn't figure out how he was doing this. It was weird. Some us here stuck up for him and we posted EVERYTHING the media was doing to him. We have threads here aqbout all that was happening.

Trump NEVER attacked first. He said he wouldn't and didn't. And the more the media and lying reporters talked about him the higher his polls went up.
I could go on and on about this but wont bother. Do your own research. We did. We'd find all this great info about him and posted it.

Well, you may get your wish. Hillery, Bush, Cruz, and all the other liars and low energy people may get in. That's how tptb want it and it looks like many here want the same thing. I hope not, but we all get exactly what we deserve.

 

[Hfcomms]

I certainly can't imagine why Trump would call her a 'lightweight' or 'bimbo' can you?? She certainly appears to have been hired for her investigative reporting skills.

Trump’s supporters are almost rabid in their defense of their idol.

That sounds familiar. Wait, I know. The exact same thing was said about Ron Paul supporters when he was running. Funny thing is when the mindless automatons were rallying around Obama as he was running for President the first time I never heard anything from the media about Obama's supports being rabid in defense of their idol.

 

[Buick Electra]

Ascribing Trump's supporters "Passion," (Thanks Thunderbird. I forgot all about that word until I read it and it sparked something Hillary said....was it about the #BLM movement?) to Trump are two different things. At worst, Trump has called her a bimbo. That comes nowhere close to the classless, sewer-relegated tweets from the OP. I do not condone or defend those tweets. They were wrong, tasteless, hateful, and obviously tweeted by people who are absent an average vocabulary. Which makes me wonder....how do we know these tweets are from Trump supporters? I wouldn't put anything past supporters of the RINO's tweeting this or even Dem supporters.

 

[Be Well]

Ascribing Trump's supporters "Passion," (Thanks Thunderbird. I forgot all about that word until I read it and it sparked something Hillary said....was it about the #BLM movement?) to Trump are two different things. At worst, Trump has called her a bimbo. That comes nowhere close to the classless, sewer-relegated tweets from the OP. I do not condone or defend those tweets. They were wrong, tasteless, hateful, and obviously tweeted by people who are absent an average vocabulary. Which makes me wonder....how do we know these tweets are from Trump supporters? I wouldn't put anything past supporters of the RINO's tweeting this or even Dem supporters.

Very good point.