Don't call her "Hillary"

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Anonymous wrote:It's brilliant. It communicates forward progress without saying it in words. They can put any issue or message on that logo and it will work.

I think it looks like penis envy.

I don't know about "envy" but try to depict that appendage in a text. It's very similar to HRC's logo. And I know this because I teach middle schoolers who do this regularly on their phones. Go ahead, try.

By your standard, powerpoint is chock full of penises.

I have no idea what you mean but maybe because middle schoolers don't text in PowerPoint. BTW, it's not my "standard"; I'm just pointing out that loads of middle schoolers what their logo back. No worries, they're non-voters.

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If they change the logo , everybody will know they are afraid of the penis envy stigma. Now they are stuck with it.

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Anonymous wrote:If they change the logo , everybody will know they are afraid of the penis envy stigma. Now they are stuck with it.

They're not going to change the logo. It's turned into a huge thing; a graphic designer used it to create a font called "Hillvetica." The campaign is playing with it, using it for messages to supporters.

If the GOP really wants to win this election, they need to find a candidate who excites independent voters and passes the crazy test. Uphill battle, I know.

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Anonymous wrote:If an arrow is a penis, then what the hell is this and why has no one brought it up in several decades:

People love elephants ? I know I do!

Elephants are big, slow, and take up too much space - just like Republicans.

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Elephants are big, slow, and take up too much space - just like Republicans.

And, what is that other name for donkeys? You know, the one that begins with an "a"?

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Is this "And don't call me Shirly" type of joke?

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Elephants are big, slow, and take up too much space - just like Republicans.

And, what is that other name for donkeys? You know, the one that begins with an "a"?

Not a fan of the donkey mascot for Democrats, personally.

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^ I think it's perfect, actually. An ass is an ass.

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What about the campaign slogan "I like Ike"? It's not the first time a campaign logo hasn't used the candidate's last name

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Anonymous wrote:^ I think it's perfect, actually. An ass is an ass.

The reason that the Democratic Party mascot is a donkey is due to Andrew Jackson. His opponents called him "Jackass", so he coopted the idea. The Donkey came to represent the notion that the Democratic party represented common folk.

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Anonymous wrote:What about the campaign slogan "I like Ike"? It's not the first time a campaign logo hasn't used the candidate's last name

Who was his graphic designer for that one, again?

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I have heard her referred to as Billary

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard her referred to as Billary

Whoa, now that is original!

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Anonymous wrote:She's a very accomplished and hardworking, dedicated, intelligent person. She has a lot of great qualities, and I think she would be a very competent President.

But she won't be elected, because she's simply not a good candidate. She never has been. She's aloof and shrill and grating and not very personable. Very few of us would do any better, to be sure, because very few people are natural political candidates. But that's what it takes to be President, and she is completely lacking in that regard. The Democrats are throwing this one.

I'd love to see a man referred to this way. I'm sure we'll hear "shrill" a lot more in the future -- it's such a gendered insult.

She's not the natural extrovert that Bill or Obama are, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't be a fine leader. If the country can elect GWB, who was a bumbling fool, we can elect a smart lady who isn't a natural politician.

Testosterone and puberty help to ensure shrill applies to women, rather than men. I hardly think it's a vast male conspiracy to insult women.

So you really deny that it's a gendered insult, meant to draw attention to an undesirable quality that is only an attribute of females?

http://time.com/22004/how-to-not-sound-like-a-sexist-jerk-even-if-youre-a-woman/

I have a feeling we're going to hear a lot more insults that have nothing to do with her ability and everything to do with her femaleness.

Yes, I do. As a woman, I feel women are way too sensitive about such things. Men would not waste time on such garbage as it slows them down. They take words as a challenge rather than an insult.

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Anonymous wrote:She's a very accomplished and hardworking, dedicated, intelligent person. She has a lot of great qualities, and I think she would be a very competent President.

But she won't be elected, because she's simply not a good candidate. She never has been. She's aloof and shrill and grating and not very personable. Very few of us would do any better, to be sure, because very few people are natural political candidates. But that's what it takes to be President, and she is completely lacking in that regard. The Democrats are throwing this one.

I'd love to see a man referred to this way. I'm sure we'll hear "shrill" a lot more in the future -- it's such a gendered insult.

She's not the natural extrovert that Bill or Obama are, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't be a fine leader. If the country can elect GWB, who was a bumbling fool, we can elect a smart lady who isn't a natural politician.

Testosterone and puberty help to ensure shrill applies to women, rather than men. I hardly think it's a vast male conspiracy to insult women.

By your logic, the above statement means the biological characteristic of a woman makes her unelectable. That is the very definition of sexism.

I thought I meant that biology tends to make men's voices sound deeper than women's. Who knew there was a hidden agenda in my statement?