{"id":6996,"date":"2016-10-21T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T17:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=6996"},"modified":"2016-10-21T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T17:38:23","slug":"is-trump-rudeness-something-exceptional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2016\/10\/21\/is-trump-rudeness-something-exceptional\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump rudeness something exceptional?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOCTOBER 17TH, 2016
\nWe all know the Republican Party has been, and still is, the \u201cconservative\u201d party traditionally more male-chauvinist, racist, homophobic and nationalist of the United States. But the RP as much as the DP so far respected the rules of the \u201cdouble-face game\u201d of the US politics: to not say in public what they say in meetings, letters and headquarters of the party.<\/em><\/span>
\nBy Florence Oppen.<\/strong>
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\nJust like both parties do not make public their encounters with the big companies and the agreements they sign, so the people believe their fake promises and their \u201cconcern\u201d for the average US citizen, the candidates of the bourgeoisie had not dare so far to reveal in public what they actually think of the Latin@s, afro-Americans, women, gays, etc. Maybe the only notable exception of the status quo of what is \u201cpolitically correct\u201d for the US imperialism has been the open discrimination, with no nuances, to the Arab and Muslim population, as potential \u201cterrorists\u201d, \u201cextremists\u201d, \u201cradicals\u201d and \u201cbarbarians\u201d; as enemies of the peace and \u201cnational security\u201d, the culture and the evil \u201ccivilization\u201d and \u201cdemocracy\u201d the US persists in exporting.
\nBut this electoral period is marked by a historical change: a particularly reactionary candidate, Donald Trump -completely outspoken, not having received the educational political filters of the bourgeoisie that teach the most absolute hypocrisy \u00a0and cynicism-, says out loud what the bourgeois elite thinks and, sadly, what a part of the working class also believes.
\nIs Trump rudeness, then, something exceptional? Yes and no. It is exceptional that a candidate to presidency says such things out loud, treats women in such a sexist way in public, etc. But what he thinks, says and does, in content, has nothing of \u2018exceptional\u2019. It is what the RP (which let him be candidate) has nurtured, just like part of the DP (that never confronted sexism seriously); it is the exposure of the culture of the putrid political elite of the 1%. Now it has just become clear for all of us.
\nTrumps sexism was exposed to public during the primaries<\/strong>
\nLast year already, during the main TV debate of the RP primaries, in August 2015, Trump showed extremely sexist behaviors. The host, Megyn Kelly, asked him during the debate how he explained that, in the past, he had treat women of \u201cfat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals\u201d.[1]<\/sup><\/a> In that moment he did not know what to say, so he did not answered, saying only the question was \u201cridiculous\u201d and \u201cout of place\u201d. But the next day, in a TV show where he was being interviewed, he talked about this question and affirmed it was obvious the journalist had \u201cblood coming out of her wherever<\/em>\u201d. [2]<\/a><\/sup>
\nTrump went back to the rude, male-chauvinist and intolerable topic that women who have a strong opinion, or a different one than men, and do not stay quiet or subjugate to a \u201cyes, sr.\u201d, must be having hormonal problems, are ovulating or in their periods, etc., and that is why they are \u201cin a bad mood\u201d; the already boring theory of women\u2019s \u201chysteria\u201d, their incapacity to give a rational speech, to be equal political subjects and therefore to defend their rights and equal participation regarding men.
\nIt is true those comments produced a national scandal in August 2015, yet the RP did not ban the candidate; neither did the DP launch a public campaign to demand his disqualification. On the contrary, they let that pass, because it is part of their own culture.
\nThe new revelations on Trump\u2019s misogyny<\/strong>
\nNow the voting day is coming, Clinton\u2019s campaign is exposing all Trump\u2019s dirty clothes. And there is a lot, tons of garbage, as he is a disgraceful character. The liberal media particularly is exposing more \u201cproofs\u201d of Trump\u2019s horrible sexism because Hillary is a woman (the same thing would be necessary regarding his racism and xenophobia, but it is worth to point out the Democratic Party takes no advantage of it, as in those fields Clinton does not have good records, either).
\nThe media has been making public, for several days now, tons of denounces and information on the RP candidate\u2019s misogyny. The most shocking one was the video of 2005, recording a conversation between him and another Republican member, where he treats women like mere sexual objects, bragging on his reputation and record as sexual predator, the amount of women he has harassed and touched without consent, etc.: \u201cTrump says: \u2018You know, I\u2019m automatically attracted to beautiful \u2014 I just start kissing them. It\u2019s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don\u2019t even wait<\/em>\u201d. He adds: \u201cAnd when you\u2019re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything\u2019<\/em>\u201d.[3]<\/sup><\/a> Also, there have been at least 4 women accusing him of sexual harassment and even robbery and rape.[4]<\/sup><\/a> The British newspaper The Telegraph<\/em> has a list of all his sexist comments and incidents proven since 1990; an already long list that continues to grow.[5]<\/sup><\/a>
\nTrump\u2019s political program for women<\/strong>
\nBeyond his rude, sexist, unacceptable behavior, it is important to explain that his extremely repugnant way of being is the reflection of a political program that attacks women. Trump proposes to eliminate almost all the rights women conquered through their struggle over the last decades:<\/p>\n