Apparently, feminists are angry this morning that a few media personalities described Hillary Clinton as “shouting” or angry during her victory speech last night and that’s been deemed sexist:
Hillary Clinton won big tonight. Male pundits responded with these sexist tweets. https://t.co/ulqzB7n9kw pic.twitter.com/LV7DGINnik
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton gave a victory speech, but male pundits just heard “shouting" https://t.co/MT69asXopK
— TIME (@TIME) March 16, 2016
Oh, come on! Here’s a clip from last night. Would you call this “happy”?
Our next president has to bring our country together.https://t.co/sHbIY5h7M5
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 16, 2016
The usual suspects agreed with TIME and ThinkProgress, of course:
I’m so tired of the sexism against Hillary. This is a prime example. #ImWithHer https://t.co/C4r6W2OkqR
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) March 16, 2016
Multiple tweets tonight by prominent male media figures saying Hillary Clinton should stop shouting, smile more…
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/FridaGhitis/status/710069321129717760
https://twitter.com/sylvieimelda/status/710078359158579200
Seriously. Knock it off with the comments on Hillary Clinton smiling and shouting. #everydaysexism https://t.co/ZD30JZZp9H
— Tracy O'Connell Novick (@TracyNovick) March 16, 2016
TIME nails double standard: Hillary Clinton gave a speech, but male pundits just heard "shouting" https://t.co/sIEdeROfdO via @TIMEPolitics
— Jonathan Rauch (@jon_rauch) March 16, 2016
Galmour noticed the sexism, too … but then included a picture of Hillary actually shouting in their write-up:
Hillary Clinton Wins 4 Primaries, Is Told by Men to "Smile" and "Stop Shouting" https://t.co/tfyAJwMI3v
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) March 16, 2016
Now these seem to be the offending tweets quoted in the three articles. All four of them…
Brit Hume:
Hillary having a big night in the primaries. So she's shouting angrily in her victory speech. Supporters loving it. What's she mad at?
— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 16, 2016
Howard Kurtz:
Hillary shouting her speech. She has the floor; a more conversational tone might be better for connecting with folks at home
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) March 16, 2016
Joe Scarborough:
Smile. You just had a big night. #PrimaryDay
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 16, 2016
And Glenn Thrush:
.@HillaryClinton in a nutshell: Calling for love and kindness — by SHOUTING!
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) March 16, 2016
That’s it?
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