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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump’s idea of ‘locker room talk’ is as demeaning to men as it is to women - WaPo
There is really no such thing as locker room talk. Guys who try to banter this way are just hoping no one hears the note of desperate striving in their voices. Most of them havent been in a real locker room since they were in high school, which is probably why Donald Trumps snickering conversation with the sycophant Billy Bush sounded more like sauna chatter between a couple of junior brokers. Heres the problem with that kind of talk: Its not the talk of leaders; its the talk of bandwagoners and wannabes who are trying to make some invisible Man Team.
This was locker room talk, Trump said in Sunday nights Presidential debate. This was locker room talk. Im not proud of it . . . This was locker room talk. Yes, Im very embarrassed by it, and I hate it, but its locker room talk.
Fine. Give Trump the benefit of the doubt that his remarks caught on that hot mic from Access Hollywood about crotch-grabbing women were just words, and not actions worthy of arrest. Its all just locker room talk. But whether its uttered by a trader, lawyer, doctor, football player, or a political candidate, locker room talk is a creepy cliché. Its the talk of someone trying to assert that they belong. - WashingtonPost
This was locker room talk, Trump said in Sunday nights Presidential debate. This was locker room talk. Im not proud of it . . . This was locker room talk. Yes, Im very embarrassed by it, and I hate it, but its locker room talk.
Fine. Give Trump the benefit of the doubt that his remarks caught on that hot mic from Access Hollywood about crotch-grabbing women were just words, and not actions worthy of arrest. Its all just locker room talk. But whether its uttered by a trader, lawyer, doctor, football player, or a political candidate, locker room talk is a creepy cliché. Its the talk of someone trying to assert that they belong. - WashingtonPost
And when you're a celebrity you can do those things. Right Donald?
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Donald Trump’s idea of ‘locker room talk’ is as demeaning to men as it is to women - WaPo (Original Post)
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The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)1. It's a locker room alright, the state pen locker.
10-20 for assault.
Auggie
(31,173 posts)2. I'm glad to see this. "Locker Room Talk" is campaign spin bullshit. (n/t)
Cha
(297,280 posts)3. that's right.. trump is equal opportunity smearer.
locker room talk is a creepy cliché." like the one who spewed it.