1/ THREAD: Donald Trump, Jr. verbally attacked Sen. Mitt Romney for voting for the conviction of his father. Junior used the same word to describe Romney as some men have used for decades, perhaps centuries, to describe someone who, they assert, lacks courage.
2/ It's also the same slang word his dad thinks where women should be grabbed without their consent.
In doing so, Trump Jr. demonstrated:
• His profound misogyny
• His own cowardice
In doing so, Trump Jr. demonstrated:
• His profound misogyny
• His own cowardice
3/ The use of this particular gendered slur for cowardice is especially ironic since the average woman has greater moral courage than the average man.
4/ Another example of this same behavior/stereotype is demonstrated by the use of the idiom, "balls" as a misogynistic synonym for "courage".
5/ Cowards (Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., etc.) and bullies routinely cite acts of heroism (@SenatorRomney, Lt. Col. #Vindman, #MarieYovanovitch, #RealityWinner, #FionaHill, and many others)...
@SenatorRomney 6/ ...as (insert derogatory) when the opposite is true — Trump and his son are projecting and perpetrating propaganda.
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