Unpopular(?) opinion time: I'm okay w/ people mocking SHS's appearance

[RockRaven]

I generally try to avoid body-shaming and criticizing people based on their appearance (I'm fallible though and I'm sure I do at times, whether on purpose or without realizing it).

But I really don't care if people mock Sarah Huckabee Sanders, be it for her eyes, her weight, her hair, her voice, the way she dresses. I don't care. I've got no f*cks to give. It's no skin off my nose, not a single solitary epidermal cell.

She has chosen to spend her limited days on this earth defending, justifying, excusing, and otherwise shielding from criticism -- including by misdirection or changing the subject -- the most vile, undignified, boorish behavior and language from Trump. Every single thing he says and does she defends and excuses, including exactly this matter: body-shaming, appearance mockery, expressing disgust towards disabilities. He's being doing it for DECADES, and is extraordinarily shameless about it. Now he has not only the biggest stage in the world but an army of enablers like her.

She has forfeited any grounds for complaint, even by ally or proxy. She has staked out the position that this type of thing is not to be criticized or complained about. Well then, she can reap what she has sown. Enjoy. Or choke on it, I don't care. This type of behavior will not be criticized by me when it is aimed at her or other Trumpists.

And when it comes to Trump himself, and his ridiculous combover or gigantic (I-eat-crappy-food-despite-being-rich-enough-to-do-otherwise-and-don't-exercise-despite-having-leisure-time) ass I may even engage in a bit of it myself without regret.

I could be wrong. I might change my mind. But that's my opinion for now.

[S.E. TN Liberal]

1. RockRaven,

She was not mocked for her appearance or her body.

You should do more checking the facts before making such a claim.

[Rorey]

3. I've seen a lot of mocking posts here

She wasn't body-shamed or face-shamed at the WHCD, but there have been more than a few here who have done that.

[RockRaven]

4. I'm not talking about WHCD in this post, if that's what you are referring to

A variety of media I consume has done so including TV shows, podcasts, social media posts.

If you want to criticize me about shooting my mouth off before "checking my facts" feel free to do so when warranted --I'm sure I do it often enough; I don't believe this is one such case.

[S.E. TN Liberal]

20. RockRaven,

I reread your post and see I wrongly assumed it was about the WHCD.

My mistake, and I apologize for my previous reply to you.

[loyalsister]

25. And Aunt Lydia is attractive

or maybe intentionally not. That was the body shaming joke that I thought was below a level of decency I expect from people I respect or just care to listen to.
Was not impressed with the pedophile joke because I know survivors whose lives were ruined by it.

[Rorey]

2. I generally try to refrain from doing it

But I can understand why some might. Given that she defends the worst offender I've ever seen, I think she should realize that some of that might come her way too. If her skin is that thin, she's in the wrong line of work.

[blogslut]

5. Michelle Wolf did not mock SarahHuckabeeSander's appearance.

She said that SHS burns facts and uses the ash to create a perfect smoky eye.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. THIS! But I think many people thought she said "fat" not "facts"

I'm one of them. When I first heard the joke I thought Michelle said "Sanders burns fat and uses the ash to create the perfect smokey eye." and I thought "Huh?"

[Thekaspervote]

6. Great post!! Thanks

[TDale313]

7. When you mock someone's appearance

It’s not just them you are mocking or shaming or potentially making feel bad/worthless. I think that kind of body/appearance shaming is hurtful, and it has *nothing* to do with whether that particular target is a good person. SHS is a pos and danger to our Democracy for reasons that are far more important than what she looks like. The comments at the WHCD were much more on point than a fat joke would have been.

[deurbano]

14. That's how I see it too. (Including that Sanders is a POS and danger to our democracy...)

Although I'm okay mocking (mockable) things people choose to do appearance-wsie... like spraying their supposedly superior white skin orange.

[jimmy2.0]

8. Sarah Hucksand looks like

Marie Osmond ate Ernest Borgnine.

[blue cat]

16. Thank you for the belly laugh 😂

Too funny!

[S.E. TN Liberal]

26. jimmy2.0,

That is an image I would prefer never enter my mind.

I am guessing a great many around here are too young to know Ernest Borgnine.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Too funny!

[lunasun]

9. This is either a bad misinterpretation of Wolf's joke or a criticism meant to curry favor with the

...This is either a bad misinterpretation of Wolf’s joke or a criticism meant to curry favor with the Trump administration. Either way, saying that Huckabee Sanders achieves “a perfect smokey eye” with the ash from burnt facts does not qualify as “intense criticism of her physical appearance.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle-wolf-fires-back-at-new-york-times-reporter-maggie-haberman-over-whcd-criticism?ref=wrap

[whopis01]

29. There is a surprisingly large number of people

who assume that any comment about Sanders’ appearance must be a negative one. They are so convinced that anyone critical of Sanders would attack her appearance that they can’t actually understand the joke.


It is truly amazing and says a lot about anyone who thinks this is about her appearance.

[lunasun]

30. Like Wolf said to Maggie Haberman - That's in thier head not Wolf's

>>Hey mags! All these jokes were about her despicable behavior. Sounds like you have some thoughts about her looks though? 😘

And smokey eyes is a 'thing'
https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-get-smokey-eyes-345640

But they just want to make up what's in thier head as reality to what Wolf was doing

[davsand]

10. The inner ugly is busting out.

I don't typically go for jabs at people for the physical stuff. In the case of several of the orange anus posse member, however, I do think comments are appropriate. The inner ugly is what we are seeing.

YMMV.


Laura

[lame54]

11. Except - she didn't

[Bradshaw3]

12. If you read the thread the OP wasn't talking about Wolf

Speaking in general.

I admit I often feel the same as the OP.

[lame54]

21. Because of current events...

You can't seperate the too

[Nac Mac Feegle]

15. NO

Just. NO.

If you are not an agent provocateur attempting to sow discord, you are badly mistaken.

Do not lower yourself to their level.

Do not become them.

Do not permit them to engage in "The Libs do it."

Someone is only subject to abuse and ridicule for the things they CAN control. Their behaviors, their actions, their words are 'fair game'.

What they cannot control is not subject.

No body shaming, no appearance remarks.

Deeds and words are liable, not looks and shape.

Do not give them any legitimacy to play the victim



“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche

[akbacchus_BC]

17. No one as far as I can see, is mocking her appearance.

She is a liar and why she lies for a liar is beyond me. Perhaps, the pay check is her reason to lie. Trump mocked many women, and she is following his pattern. Trump is a fat ass and is inept to be the resident of the White House. He is making sure that the swamp is well attended, the piece a shit!

[TeamPooka]

18. Sanders looks like that mother who is always upset there's

Still a copy of Catcher In The Rye in the local library

[TheSmarterDog]

19. She represents a guy who mocks other people's appearance every day.

And she will endlessly defend those attacks every day. She's fair game.

[treestar]

22. I agree, there is a point where no rule

exists that should not be broken. I hate purism. No one should feel sorry for her after the things she has said, nor for the Dotard. They understand nothing else. If you don't push back, they consider you weak. And they wouldn't use that language, it would be "pussy" or "coward" or something else insulting.

[IronLionZion]

23. Have you enjoyed your 5 days as a DUer so far?

[RhodeIslandOne]

24. I'm with you

She’s a homophobic, racist liar. I wish nothing but suffering on her and her pig father.

Her face screams “Can I please speak to your manager????” Fuck her.

[Faux pas]

27. It's her

soul that's ugly.