This weekend, I've read about the 2005 recording of Trump's graphic, lecherous, swaggering conversation about adultery and sexual assault. People are reacting strongly, as though this recording has given us new information about Trump. We already knew he was a foul-mouthed, sexist braggart. It's not surprising that he says these things in private. It's only remarkable that we haven't caught him at it before.
Also, it took me a while to realize it, but Trump is insulting men as he defends himself. He has been trying to dismiss his behavior as "locker-room banter," as though men talk like this all the time. It's possible that I've heard talk like this in a locker-room, but I didn't pay much attention to middle-school delinquents. And to say that he has more respect for women than anyone? How degrading to the men he pretends to be above. Sorry Mr. Trump, but there are men who have more respect for women than you do—including all the decent ones.
Also, it took me a while to realize it, but Trump is insulting men as he defends himself. He has been trying to dismiss his behavior as "locker-room banter," as though men talk like this all the time. It's possible that I've heard talk like this in a locker-room, but I didn't pay much attention to middle-school delinquents. And to say that he has more respect for women than anyone? How degrading to the men he pretends to be above. Sorry Mr. Trump, but there are men who have more respect for women than you do—including all the decent ones.
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