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Conservative Commentator's Tasteless, Transphobic Tweet Backfires Big Time
Conservative Commentator's Tasteless, Transphobic Tweet Backfires Big Time
When Bill Kristol poked fun at Martin O'Malley's support for transgender Americans on twitter, his followers poked back, with derision and disgust.
It's not apparent what Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol expected would happen after he tweeted a sarcastic political comment early Sunday.
But right now, the three most common words you'll find all over the twitter feed of the conservative commentator, frequently seen on Fox News Channel and other talk programs representing that point of view, are "delete your account."
All because of this:
\u201cSince gender is a matter of choice, why doesn't O'Malley decide he's female and run to be the first woman president? https://t.co/c2fEfFFOGC\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
Kristol, who is in 2012 made headlines when his right-wing website published an ad warning readers about "the gay agenda," is perhaps most famous for his ardent, unrelenting support of the War in Iraq.
He joined the twitter social media messaging service in November 2014. As Talking Points Memo reported, his first tweet, an innocuous plug for his podcast, almost immediately set off a wave of "delete your account" replies.
But Sunday's tweet targeting the newly announced Democratic candidate for president, pro-LGBT rights supporter and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, really fired up those who follow Kristol.
Note the language in some tweets is NSF.
\u201c@Elizabeth_Calo @BillKristol He hasn't deleted his account yet? Gotta get on that, Bill.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@BillKristol this is sad.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@BillKristol With this extremely high level of wit and intellectual thinking I can see why you led the charge to war with Iraq\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201cSometimes I wonder if every drop of this is all just genius performance art. @BillKristol\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@BillKristol Oh, please. It's not a matter of choice, but rather a matter of personal identity. Seriously. You should know that by now.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c.@GovernorOMalley is more man than you could hope to be. RT @BillKristol "why doesn't O'Malley decide he's female\u2026"\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201cAlternately, @BillKristol, you could choose to be any two genders you'd like in order to more effectively go fuck yourself.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201cSince @BillKristol thinks he's funny, why doesn't he go away for being a cheerleader of war crimes and has never been right.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@glibertas @BillKristol One common estimate is about 1/300. Are those numbers sufficient to justify treating transgender people w/respect?\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@BillKristol @EvanMcSan You know you're speaking out loud and others can hear you, right?\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@BillKristol delete your account\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c.@BillKristol you are just a ugly souled person.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c.@BillKristol I mean let's be real, there's no way you're anything but smooth down there\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
\u201c@BillKristol people like bill Kristol make me so happy and proud to be a democrat.\u201d— Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol) 1433035486
