No, no mike drop.
First, a lot of those where either over blown or taken out of context.
Second, I agreed with him on a few of those...what? Blurbs? Rosie O'Donnel is cancer. She is an awful human being, inside and out. I don't need Donald Trump to tell me that. She has a big mouth and doesn't think before she speaks. She's not articulate or intelligent and any media storm I've seen her in has been at least in part her own doing. She doesn't get a pass from me because she's female or because she's a lesbian. I don't care. Bad people come in all shapes and sizes.
As for Megan Kelly, what? He's not allowed to have an opinion? Because she's female, he's not allowed to say he doesn't respect her as a journalist? Guess what, neither do I, and I'm a woman. So, I'm a self-hating woman because I thing we should be judged by the content of our character and our actions? Do I hate myself because I think female journalists should be judged by the quality of their work, just as men are? Sorry, I don't believe in special treatment because I was born with a specific type of genitalia.
As for his remarks to the other female journalist, she was setting up a straw man argument, and he called her out on it. Again, should she have received special consideration because she was female?
And his Howard Stern comments, about preferring beautiful women, uhh....duh? What man doesn't?
The comments about the female politicians face (sorry, don't know her name) was idiotic and rude and definitely uncalled for. But men are derided for their looks too. How many jokes has he endured because of his orange hair and skin? It's the same garbage you hear day in and day out in the media. There are entertainment gossip media outlets of all kinds that have turned judging people's appearance into a multi-billion dollar industry. It's horrible, yes, which is why I don't partake of that garbage. And Trump shouldn't have behaved in such a way. But I don't see it as particularly misogynistic. Bad taste? Yes. Classless? Yes. Misogynistic? No.
As for abortion, it's such an explosive issue. I'll just say this: I've had two wonderful children, and cannot imagine if I had decided to end one of their lives. I'm not specifically pro-choice or pro-life. It's a complicated issue that comes down to personal freedom and responsibility. If Trump feels, by his conscience, that abortion is wrong, he is allowed to have that view. That doesn't necessarily mean he is going to even try to abolish abortion. Why protest something that hasn't even happened and isn't even on the table ATM? The president alone doesn't have that power. But since when is a president not allowed an opinion? Obama was full of them. I didn't see the left saying anything about that, but that's probably because they agreed.
What I do dislike about the whole abortion issue is that it sets up this false argument that if you are against abortion, you are against women or worse, a misogynist. One can be simultaneously for equal rights and against abortion. I really despise that they've created such a false narrative, and call any woman that doesn't agree with their hard line feminist stance either a moron or a self-hating woman. That's so wrong on so many levels.
Suffice it to say, I still have not seen anything that would make me believe Trump deserves to die. Yeah, he's a jerk. I knew that already. I certainly didn't vote for him. But Obama was an arrogant ass. And I didn't vote for him either. Calling for his assassination is abominable. Much of the behavior on behalf of the left has been abominable. The behavior of Obama both during the election and after was incredibly unbecoming to the office, and completely uncouth. The behavior of the media has been absolutely unacceptable, and I for one am actually glad to see Trump call them out on it. Someone of prominence needs to.
I didn't vote for Trump. I did not want him or Hillary to hold the office if the presidency. But this is what we have. And I have never, in my life, seen the media behave this way, but have I ever seen such a group of so-called adults acting like spoiled children or worse, animals. (No offense to animals, I love animals). Everything that has transpired over the last few months has made me lose faith in humanity. We are not more evolved than our ancestors. We have not progressed. I believe it was a guest here on Skeptiko that wrote a book titled "The Myth of Progress" (forgive me, I don't recall the name of the author). Nothing has proven that thesis more than the last year. And I see no end the idiocy in sight.