From a Boston Globe article I saw on an MSN news feed:
"So it turns out when you insult people, in the era of social media, they just might turn it into a badge of honor.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton criticized some of Republican Donald Trump’s supporters during a speech at a New York City fundraiser on Friday night.
“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it.”
Clinton expressed regret for the remark, but it was too late to stop Trump’s supporters on Twitter to post their anger in 140 characters or less under the hashtag #basketofdeplorables."
This is followed by a number of tweets and selfies taken by Trump supporters, piling onto what can only be described as a jaw-dropping, Romney-esque gaffe on Clinton's part. "Grossly generalistic"? How about grossly stupid? Way to give the Trump camp an ironic label to rally around and to bash you with, Clinton. Fucking Christ! Trump will make hay with this right up to election day.
In the off chance that someone attached to the Clinton camp is reading this, please put a muzzle on your candidate! Trump is supposed to be the one who says incredibly stupid shit for general consumption. Your gal is supposed to be the politically savvy one. Mind you, I somewhat agree with her characterization of many of Trump's supporters, but I get to say that out loud; no one is going to quote me in the press.
In the future, please leave the Trump-supporters-bashing to those of us with nothing to lose -- except the next four to eight fucking years!
"So it turns out when you insult people, in the era of social media, they just might turn it into a badge of honor.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton criticized some of Republican Donald Trump’s supporters during a speech at a New York City fundraiser on Friday night.
“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it.”
Clinton expressed regret for the remark, but it was too late to stop Trump’s supporters on Twitter to post their anger in 140 characters or less under the hashtag #basketofdeplorables."
This is followed by a number of tweets and selfies taken by Trump supporters, piling onto what can only be described as a jaw-dropping, Romney-esque gaffe on Clinton's part. "Grossly generalistic"? How about grossly stupid? Way to give the Trump camp an ironic label to rally around and to bash you with, Clinton. Fucking Christ! Trump will make hay with this right up to election day.
In the off chance that someone attached to the Clinton camp is reading this, please put a muzzle on your candidate! Trump is supposed to be the one who says incredibly stupid shit for general consumption. Your gal is supposed to be the politically savvy one. Mind you, I somewhat agree with her characterization of many of Trump's supporters, but I get to say that out loud; no one is going to quote me in the press.
In the future, please leave the Trump-supporters-bashing to those of us with nothing to lose -- except the next four to eight fucking years!
