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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone else getting labeled as a "Vagina-Voter" for supporting HRC?
Was this a Russian troll thing in 2016 and I am just hearing about it now?
GOP strategy?
The attacks are pretty nasty and venomous, like theyre spitting hatred, so Im wondering if this has become a common line of attack for Russian troll world.
I thought I heard it all by now.
FarPoint
(12,207 posts)I must be in a smalI circle....
blm
(112,919 posts)to hear. Called every name in the book. This was a first.
Vagina voter is being used as a pejorative, but, I think Ill wear it proudly.
FarPoint
(12,207 posts)I think it's more juvenile in an attempt to hurt or minimize women....a male with inferiority complex tend to go to this level..
Yea, I have a vagina ...and I vote...end of the story.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)salin
(48,954 posts)sounds rather incel-ish as a term/insult
obamanut2012
(25,906 posts)By Trumpers and OnlyBernies.
struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)Response to blm (Original post)
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blm
(112,919 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)Also a Bernie bro even though I'm a 66-year-old woman. But Gloria Steinem made Bernie an honorary woman in 1996, so I believe that I have been falsely accused of sexism.
blm
(112,919 posts)carried away.
I try to discern if this style of attack is a deliberate strategy from Russia troll farms or the American incel types. I imagine some are just lazyminded follower types.
roody
(10,849 posts)if you support Bernie, you are sexist. Her name is Emily Tisch Sussman, and make that a billionaire.
blm
(112,919 posts)this thread comes down to.....the thoughtlessness in sweeping generalizations.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)it only takes a tiny handful of deplorable types to poison the atmosphere.
murielm99
(30,656 posts)Most of us are women. It has always been that way. Even when we work and are wives and mothers, most of the activists I know are women.
I think that term may have originated on the internet, promoted by supporters of one particular candidate. Those supporters are known for their nastiness. That is where I encountered it first.
I laugh at the term. I laugh at them.
blm
(112,919 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)And I have a few right-wingers on my FB feed. I have noticed an increase in Clinton bashing, ridiculous memes with false information. So they must be dragging her up in right-wing circles because they can't defend Trump's actions.
blm
(112,919 posts)Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Since I consider women equal and powerful in their own right, I refuse to accept being called either a vagina or a pussy as a slander but as a compliment. I can only wish to be as logical, strong, independent, and compassionate as most women that I know.
blm
(112,919 posts)Just more surprised that I hadnt heard it before.
dlk
(11,432 posts)He was an avid Bernie supporter.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)What an incredibly stupid concept.
blm
(112,919 posts)Maybe theyre ramping it up again because we have a few women running again.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)mcar
(42,208 posts)in 2016.
blm
(112,919 posts)It spread.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)This site was heavily trolled for a while back then.
Some pretty bad posts survived juries while some which were innocuous but positive about Hillary did not.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Or for those who dont like this attribution (and the nondenial that went with it) ... lets just say it was part of the overall anti Hillary campaign.
murielm99
(30,656 posts)vote with my vagina."
What a stupid thing to say. What an obscene thing to say. I don't care if it is meant to be symbolic, it is sexist and insulting to all women, no matter who they support!
No one else votes with their vagina, either. We use our hands, no matter what type of voting system is employed in our precincts.
She is a rich privileged woman who needs to STFU.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)blm
(112,919 posts)But, Ill field it as a compliment while I plot the insultors internet demise. Heheh
sakabatou
(42,082 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,454 posts)And I will be again in 2020.
blm
(112,919 posts)Just surprised I missed it in 2016.
Bradshaw3
(7,454 posts)Appeal to older white males who are insecure. Unfortunately it works on some.
TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Yes, it was a real taunt for those of us who supported HRC in the 2016 primary and then HRC vs the Mafia Don.
Best words, doncha know.
kcr
(15,300 posts)Of course, Susan Sarandon. It probably originated with her: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/i-dont-vote-with-my-vagina-why-susan-sarandon-is-not-backing-hil1/
https://www.salon.com/2015/11/14/vagina_voter_witnessing_the_sexism_hurled_at_hillary_in_08_and_the_assumptions_made_about_her_supporters_changed_my_life/
This article has vagina voter, and also the classy one about how a uterus isn't a qualification. Fun times https://www.npr.org/2016/04/11/473792646/is-it-ok-to-vote-for-clinton-because-she-s-a-woman-an-8-year-old-weighs-in
blm
(112,919 posts)I think.
🤔
irisblue
(32,828 posts)Laughed in his red face.
RobinA
(9,875 posts)I don't know where, maybe here. I took in to mean someone who would vote for a candidate because she is a woman. When I saw it it was being used pejoratively, but I didn't take it that way. I don't vote for somebody because they are women, but if that's your jam, go for it. We can agree to disagree on whether it's a good idea. It's silly and juvenile to call names like that, but let's face it, the norm nowadays.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)But I remember the term being tossed around back then.
blm
(112,919 posts)of more women daring to run for national office.
ismnotwasm
(41,919 posts)Im surprised you missed that. Susan Sarandon joined in saying I dont vote with my vagina back when she was more politically visible.
Raven
(13,872 posts)Heh. Just a joke, jury. 😉