PrinceMax wrote:
Flexible morality? Look at threads involving Chris Christie. I don't recall him mocking someone's appearance yet that didn't stop many people here from ridiculing him over his weight. In fact some of the same people who were outraged about the Michele Obama joke have made fun of Christie's appearance.
I don't know if it's because she's a black female that she's off limits or if it that she's on the left, but there certainly seems to be a double standard in play.
My feeling is that generally family members are innocent bystanders. Sure the first lady is much less of a bystander than the kids, but I think it's not too cool to go after their appearance. Go after their deeds. What Melania did yesterday was a good thing. But the jacket was a really bad idea. Specifically because of threads like this. It takes away from the good thing she did. Now all of the talk is about whether she is an idiot, an asshole, or just clueless.
Either way, going after Trump or Chris Christie because they are fat is kind of weak sauce along the lines of calling him Drumpf, or calling Obama Obummer, etc. In general when I see that kind of name calling in an opinion, my view of that opinion is lowered from the start. And my opinion of the person who use that gets lowered. If that's the best you've got...
I think that this was brought about by talk radio. I'm in my mid 50's and I clearly remember hearing snippets of Rush Limbaugh labeling groups that he didn't like (fem nazi, tree hugger, etc) and telling how evil they were. Then all you need to do is call somebody a [insert label here] and nobody has to listen to their opinion because now we all know that everybody under that label is not worth listening to.
It is intellectually weak to do that and intellectually weak to be swayed by it.
Kevin
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