I read an editorial piece in our local paper from some white, English dude on “why I would vote for trump I feel I were American”. The whole piece was basically acknowledging how shite trump is, while grudgingly admitting Hilary is better qualified, but that he would vote for trump because Clinton “isn’t warm”.

I get the feeling you’re defending him so adamantly because you relate to him.

THIS. GOD. THIS RIGHT HERE.

Not to mention there was at least one woman who fled his apartment in fear (according to him, she was mentally unstable, as women tend to be).

yup.

Right? Why is that a detriment?

otherwise restated as “person running for president focused on running for president”

I watched this five minute video of Trump absolutely bombing, and I was struck by so many things. Chief among them:

The latter!

I’d like to know what conversation is happening here.

I’m torn. Free Melania or is she the Natasha to his Boris?

I’ve seen a few people refer to him making fun of himself — but the “joke” they reference is the Melania thing. WHICH WAS NOT IN FACT A JOKE ABOUT HIM. This bothers me on multiple levels.

Donald Trump getting booed by a room full of rich Republicans was the highlight of my week. So was President Clinton saying that Trump would rank the Statue of Liberty a 4, but maybe an 8 if she lost the torch and robe.

I know, right? I’m getting pissed off with all this “she refused to leave” nonsense. Wright wanted to leave, could not find her phone, and for whatever reason stayed longer. Where it me, visiting a foreign country (which Aus and NZ are), drunk in a strange mans flat, I would want my damn phone before I left. I…

Looking over the transcript, it is, on the defence’s version of the events, an amazing coincidence that he talked about throwing her off the balcony multiple times before the altercation at the end.

Thank you for this. I can’t watch him either for the same reason. I was trapped in a hellish physical/emotional/mental/spiritual prison of abuse for one long year. And the worst was not the blows to my head that temporarily blinded me, not being pushed out of a moving car, not having my parents threatened with death…

Her erratic behaviour has been covered in the NZ media, however she was begging him to let her leave when she was locked on the balcony. She may not have behaved in a “normal” way, but that’s no excuse for trapping her on a balcony (from memory on the ninth floor?) as opposed to kicking her out.

Thank you for so eloquently stating what a lot of us are feeling.

Between this and my best friend from high school posting a defund planned parenthood rant that ended with “#feminismiskillingwomen” (which many men liked, including her husband), I feel overwhelmed today too. It’s like a constant fight to not just be shoved back into the kitchen.