Just come off the whole "Michelle Obama is a man" shtick. This is as silly and stupid as Birtherism and Barack-is-a-Muslimism. Conservatives don't make themselves look serious when they make these stupid, wild-eyed claims. To be fair, this isn't all conservatives; we're talking mainly about the low-information end of the spectrum. And admittedly, any one of us can find ourselves in those shoes: I've been caught out several times amplifying something that turned out to be false. When that's happened, I've been at pains to issue retractions and corrections (after doing my own research) instead of doubling down. Anyway, this latest thing has been a thing for a while, with some conservatives joshingly referring to Michelle Obama as Big Mike while showing photos in which she appears to be sporting a dick bulge. The whole thing is unbelievably asinine. Just stop. Michelle Obama can be criticized from a million different legitimate angles; there's no need to invent straw men.
If you read the comments below the video, you see plenty of rightie pushback. A lot of righties are sincerely convinced Michelle Obama is man. I mean, maybe I should be more understanding since we're all prone to our own delusions, but this one strikes me as being on the level of supposed alien sightings. Well, people see what they wanna see, I guess. (I am, however, inclined to see Justin Trudeau as Castro's son! The comparative photographs and the biographies of Trudeau's parents make for compelling evidence. "Castreau." Heh.)
I've heard the claim made about Michelle, but I've always taken it as a joke. Never thought anyone seriously believed that. I put that kind of thinking in the same camp as "Trump is Hitler."
ReplyDeleteIgnorance abounds on both sides, which explains why the country is in such dire straights.