Hillary's Idiot Fanbase

This is just another absurd example of a public display of confusion getting treated as if it is newsworthy.  And, of course, if it is a woman displaying the confusion, and anyone points it out, then it is acceptable to label them a misogynist.  It's our old friend the ad hominem fallacy again — when you are unable to address criticism, at least try to discredit those who level it.  And who would not believe that if you criticize the behavior of a particular woman, you must hate all women?

Here is a post at national.suntimes.com, from May 29, 2015, entitled 'Lena Dunham fights of 'misogynistic BS' with semi-nude Lil' Kim', in regard to Dunham being criticized for supposedly reflexively supporting Hillary Clinton for president simply because she is a woman. (see the image of that post below)
     http://national.suntimes.com/national-celebrity/7/72/1202842/...lena-dunham-fights-misogynistic-bs/
     https://archive.is/lVxMc

Just hours after that post appeared at national.suntimes.com, abcnews.go.com added to the spin on Dunham's Instagram post with this: 'Lena Dunham Takes on 'Misogynistic' Hillary Clinton Haters With Risque Photo of Lil' Kim' — it's an interesting title, considering that the Dunham quotes included in that post made no mention of a response to Hillary personally.  There's nothing new here — just another non-intrepid reporter with a non-objective exposé about pointless nonsense.
     http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lena-dunham-takes-misogynistic-hillary-clinton-haters-risque/story?id=31402484
     https://archive.is/ZZS4x

What is tragically amusing about this is that nothing of substance is written in any of these posts.

The writer of the post at national.suntimes.com used the phrases 'fights off' and 'strong words' to describe what Dunham wrote, but Dunham wrote nothing to justify either her support for Hillary, or the notion that it is somehow misogynist to accuse a woman of voting along gender lines — as if it is ridiculous to even suggest that anyone would vote along gender or racial lines.

On the contrary, Dunham demonstrates that she is voting along gender lines when she writes —

Yes I think it’s time for a female president but I’m not part of a witch’s cabal that senses ovaries and suddenly MUST VOTE.  Plus if I was gonna vote for someone just because she was female it would be this chick, written in on all my ballots always.

Is she kidding?  This begs the painfully obvious question: 'Why is it time for a female president, rather than the most qualified president from the available candidates?'  In short, why would anyone use race or gender as a criterion when voting?  And why would you announce your support for a particular candidate, before you even knew who was going to be running?  Dunham is obviously contradicting herself here, by writing that she does not reflexively vote for a particular gender, but then states she wants a president of a particular gender.

Of course, it is never time for a president with any particular characteristics, other than the characteristics ethical and competent (don't hold your breath waiting for that).

It is telling that Dunham makes a feeble attempt to give substance to her support for Hillary, but fails miserably —

Hey, just a head’s up: accusing women of supporting Hillary just because she’s female is misogynistic BS- women are smart enough to make decisions based on a number of factors: policy, track record, campaign strategy.

If Hillary is so deserving of the kind of unwavering support that Dunham describes, why is it difficult to name any specific Hillary accomplishment that justifies that support?   And notice that Dunham lists 'campaign strategy' as a decision factor — really?   Again, is she kidding?  Why on earth would anyone support a politician because of a campaign strategy?

And also notice that Dunham favorably quotes the rapper Lil' Kim — who, like many talentless performers, must resort to vulgarity and exposing themselves to get attention.  It shouldn't really come as a surprise, given the utter stupidity of her music.  For example, consider these other lines from 'Notorious K.I.M', the same Lil' Kim song that Dunham partially quoted in the post below (you might want to have a bucket handy, in case you feel the urge to throw up) —

...
Everybody wanna Shyne off of BIG
Get it, Shyne try-na sound like him when they rhyme
You ain't a murderer
Nigga please come off that
I'm next up to bat motherfuckers get their jaws tapped
Bum ass nigga don't even know how to bust a gun ass nigga
You dumb ass nigga
Rappers acting out the late Frank White's path
Once they get in jail they get fucked in the ass
Never snitch, never send a nigga to jail
I'd rather find him by a boat doing the deadman's float
We gangsters, Real gangsters b
Gun in the greenroom up at BET
We gangsters, Real gangsters nigga
Kill you and cut the head off your babysitter
We gangsters, We gangsters bitch
Even more dangerous now we're filthy rich
...

I know that there are women who deserve respect (so I'm not a misogynist), but it is only because I have met numerous women who are nothing like Lena Dunham or Lil' Kim — if one only encountered women who behaved like Lena Dunham and Lil' Kim, why should one think women were worthy of repsect?

It would be nice to believe that Dunham is not fairly representative of today's electorate, but the long careers of many corrupt politicians — both Republican and Democrat (Hillary among them) — dramatically contradicts that belief.

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https://instagram.com/p/3RPMyJC1H1/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lena-dunham-takes-misogynistic-hillary-clinton-haters-risque/story?id=31402484
http://national.suntimes.com/national-celebrity/7/72/1202842/hillary-clinton-lena-dunham-fights-misogynistic-bs

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