After that Access Hollywood tape of Trump bragging that his fame allowed him to get away with sexually assault women on a whim, his supporters and surrogates seized on what they saw as the ultimate rebuttal to Trump’s critics. Borrowing the argument from a meme that had already been circulating on the Internet for some time, they declared that they were “much more bothered by what Hillary has done than by what Trump has said.”
This argument would be a lot more convincing if a) Trump hadn’t been talking about things he claimed to have, you know, done, if b) women weren’t coming forward to tell media that he had in fact done these things to them and if c) Trump’s apologists were actually bothered by Trump’s claims.
While there are no doubt some Trump supporters who are genuinely troubled by Trump’s remarks, many of his most fervent followers think his comments (and presumably the actions he was describing) are hilarious. To many Trump superfans in the Alt-Right, Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. And they have made it into their new favorite Trump meme.
In the latest “Memetic Monday” thread on Internet Nazi tabloid The Daily Stormer, you will find, alongside the standard racist caricatures and Hitler jokes and “Hillary for Prison” memes, a wide assortment of “grab ’em by the pussy” memes created by Daily Stormer readers or borrowed from other sites — some of them slick, some of them amateurish, and none of them funny.
Here are some of them. You will notice that some of the meme-makers have managed to work in some of their other favorite subjects — Hitler, Hillary being jailed, and even (I regret to have to tell you this) kittens. In the interest of keeping this post more-or-less safe for work, I’ve avoided the worst of the batch.
Of course, the “grab ’em by the pussy” memes were not the only jokes about sexual assault in the thread. Because these are neo-Nazi Trump fans, and that’s just how they roll.
Trump 2016: Every Day is a New Low.
EDIT: Added a reference to the women who have come forward to say that Trump had indeed sexually assaulted them.
Probably just in the time you were writing this post a tape of Trump greeting a 10 year old going the opposite way from him, then saying to the Entertainment Tonight person who was recording him that “(He’d) be dating her in 10 years.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/92-et-video-contains-questionable-trump-comments/
and at least 4 women have come forward about Trump grabbing them inappropriately without consent.
and Rush Limbaugh, ugh I’ll just post it.
WTF is this election?
P.S. just a personal pet peeve, the Conan quote being altered is lifted from something Gheghis Khan supposedly said.
La di da di da~
Watch as they alienate anyone slightly to the left to them, leaving them without anything resembling a viable voter base.
La di da di da~
@JoeB
A culmination of decades of right wing propoganda and now the animals are running the zoo.
They’re on a sinking ship, and these memes are just attention seeking now. Its kind of pathetic if anything.
The more I hear of Donald Trump (particularly since the “shackles” came off), the more I’m reminded of this Pratchett quote:
Except that multiple people, not just Trump himself, has claimed that he’s actually done this thing. Far more credibly than anyone has claimed that Clinton’s email was compromising national security. It’s not clear to me why Trump bragging that he can get away with sexually assaulting women is “just words” but randos saying that Clinton’s email was nefarious represents incontrovertible actions that definitely happened, pinky-swear.
@ joeb
The Rush Limbaugh thing is a bit bewildering because the only response I can think of is:
“Er well, yeah”
My new theme for 2016 is apparently becoming the TMBG song that is *not* “Your Racist Friend”: “When Will You Die?” (linked for dubious lyrics)
The representative from Team Pussy has a message for Trump and his fans
Yes. Yes it is. What’s the problem with that, Rush?
Why is consent such a bad thing, and why aren’t you and your fellow conservatives on board with that, Rush?
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6v6rmr24z1rafdwyo1_500.gif
These assholes sure like being fuckheads, don’t they?
Because if they had to get consent then they couldn’t do whatever they want, of course, as long as it’s between one man and one woman…not that you should not get it…you know what I mean.
http://i.imgur.com/MjFVhuU.jpg
Isn’t it funny how many in the alt-right, the supposed defenders of Western civilisation, seem to revel in barbarity.
I’ve added a bit about the women who have come forward to say Trump sexually assaulted them.
I would like to thank the creator of the meme featuring Trump and Putin (and that third guy I don’t recognise but is probably awful if he’s featured in this meme) chilling with Hitler. Kind of makes my point for me there. Good job.
Something tells me the reasons this guy (I’m guessing there but it seems likely) is anti-globalism and the reasons I dislike globalism are directly in conflict…
I’d like to point out that Putin (alt right bff and manly leader) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (himself an alleged groper of women) have condemned the Trump Tapes quite harshly. When fucking Putin and Arnie are grossed out by your level of entitled toxic masculinity…well anyone other than Trump would seriously reflect on their life choices.
Hold on, I also thought neo-Nazis were supposed to be the defenders of white womanhood. Do they not think that promoting rape culture is a threat to white women? Or do they think that only non-white men can be a “threat” to white women?
I know it’s off-topic, but have you guys heard about the new #Repealthe19th hashtag?
Nope. Wrong. That hashtag goes nowhere, the grammar’s atrocious, there’s clearly no room in that car for anyone to “join” you. Nah, it’s supposed to be like this:
http://cdnstatic.visualizeus.com/thumbs/04/10/04105d04484be0c75b3cfeb701d56fb9_i.jpg
Much better…
@Chris O
Seems like it only trended so bigly because of so many people making fun of/being horrified by it. Obviously we all know that is something some real Trump supporters do believe.
Update on the accusations against Trump, he wants to sue the NYTimes for publishing them.
That Limbaugh quote… I want to be like “Yes, that is how it works”. But it’s horrifying that he seems to think that consent should be optional as long as the sex is heteronormative …
GROSS GROSS GROSS GROSSSSSSS
Also Marlee Matlin is now coming forward saying Trump was inappropriate towards her. Which considering all the other evidence about who Trump targets makes him seem super predatory.
Yes, I came by to see if there was anything here about it I just saw links on FB.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-trump-supporters-tweet-repealthe19th-hashtag-in-lowest-point-of-election-20161012-htmlstory.html
Ugh. No snark. No witty comments. This is just too fucking vile for me to make fun of. I’m going to have to go to places with hopeful stories and the like just to clear out those fucking memes from my headspace.
Yes, Rush, consent is the magic word where sex (or any activity involving sex, or leading to sex, or even emulating sex) is concerned.
I find it disturbing that this is news. Or even controversial. HOW THE F*CK IS THIS NOT OBVIOUS!?!?
What absolutely blows my mind is that these boors are actually proud to be walking, talking, tacky pieces of excrement. Why don’t they all just wear a shellacked turd on their heads with little robot flies buzzing around it? It would have the same approximate effect as those stupid red trucker caps…
I wasn’t really a fan of inglorious bastards, but seeing these memes makes me want to rewatch that movie.
I like to pretend I’m that Jewish lady burning a whole theater of Nazis alive.
These guys make me feel violent