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Woman-Hating Conservatives: Barnyard Animals Have More Humanity
Radio host Jesse Kelly gets down and dirty, sinking deep into the slop — but it takes two to “ride a bicycle”
I’m not thrilled that I keep seeing attacks and crude commentary about the most basic issues regarding women. Today’s conservatives are drawing on traditions of anti-woman “moral precepts” dating back centuries.
Not every culture hated on women but if I recall my readings of early and late Victorian literature, there was plenty of smokingly bad, extreme hatred toward women during their time.
Many leading Victorians like George Bernard Shaw and — we now know, Charles Dickens — had a complete lack of regard for nearly every woman, rich or poor, anywhere around the world, as human beings. During this time, promoters even exhibited human beings like Sarah Baartman similarly to zoo animals*.
This is 2022 and people like radio host Jesse Kelly are forging forward with what they think are smart retorts to women who state they have a right to have an abortion.
Jesse wanted to rack up some Twitter “likes” with this response to a pro-choice commenter:
