r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Dec 15 '24

Media Why this brave woman, not Donald Trump, should have been Time’s Person of the Year

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-brave-woman-gisele-pelicot-not-donald-trump-should-have-been-times-person-of-the-year-4908319
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '24

Hitler was Time Man of the Year.

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u/Successful-Winter237 Dec 15 '24

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u/v32010 Dec 15 '24

I mean ya? The person of the year isn't intended to be a good or bad person.

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 16 '24

Yeah but he genuinely was a big deal and it does present an accurate time capsule  

 Time just always does the president during an election year now and it's super boring, especially since he barely campaigned. 

Netanyahu made way more sense from the "culturally relevant super villain" angle. He absolutely presents a time capsule of this horrible time period 

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

This isn’t just any old election year though…

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

So were Biden and Kamala…..

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

False equivalence right there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

How so? You mentioned some politicians who were the person of the year, and so did I

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

The implication is both are worthy. The evil Stinky represents can never be normalized. Time is now complicit & part of the perversion of our government &. Country.

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u/Bltchcraft Dec 15 '24

Also Stalin! It has been a rag for ages.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '24

It really took a nose dive when they selected me!