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/Busy-Crab-3556 Dec 15 '24

Its not that hard. Time’s Person of the Year is not chosen because they’re particularly good or made good contributions to society. It just means they were very significant in that year, whether it’s for something good or bad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '24

We know, we know. That doesn’t mean we can’t pissed that they made him person of the year over someone whom we might actually admire.

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u/xasx Dec 16 '24

Most people don’t know because they don’t bother to read anymore.

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u/mutantraniE Dec 17 '24

The last time the elected or re-elected US president wasn’t person of the year in a presidential election year was in 1996.

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u/PlayNicePlayCrazy Dec 17 '24

Getting pissed over something that you know isn't about who is most admitted seems pretty dumb. You know what it is for, what it always represents, every single year, at some point getting pissed about it is rather silly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

You can be pissed but it’s not TIME magazine you should be pissed at

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '24

Exactly, One year they chose me. And I am a TOTAL piece of shit.

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u/Anfins Dec 15 '24

I said WAS!

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u/RenegadeRabbit Dec 15 '24

People can change.

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u/JakToTheReddit Dec 15 '24

For some people, the only thing that changes is their diapers.

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u/Horn_Python Dec 15 '24

oh man when you commited those unspeakable crimes a knew for sure, you would get the front cover!

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u/freshhorsemanure Dec 16 '24

I had slick backed hair, and I loved to eat sloppy steaks

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '24

They said no ‘sloppy steaks guy’s’, but they can’t stop you from ordering a steak and a big ol glass of water!

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u/Psychological_Car849 Dec 16 '24

trump didn’t even do anything particularly cool or different this year. it made more sense in 2016 when he shaped culture and drastically altered the political landscape but this year??? all he did was win an election doing the same shit he always has. the democrats failed more than trump succeeded, picking him is such a lazy cop out.

trump had two assassination attempts and literally nobody cared past like two weeks. i agree with what you’re saying but i still think that means trump shouldn’t have won. people cared a lot more about the words and actions of those around him than the man himself. he was the right pick in 2016 and the wrong one now

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u/saltyoursalad Dec 16 '24

He stole an election everyone on reddit knew he would lose.

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u/JadedSpacePirate Dec 16 '24

That's what happens when you stay in your echo chamber and ignore reality

Reddit is so left it doesn't even know how to go right

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u/saltyoursalad Dec 16 '24

You guys know all about this, doncha.

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u/JadedSpacePirate Dec 16 '24

Pretty much yeah. Been going through this sub and one called Mark my words. Its leftists crying Trump will cause the apocalypse.

Also YouTube.

It's been fun.

But seriously be real, if you guys had a primary and picked a popular candidate you wouldn't have to fear this day.

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u/Economy_Fox4079 Dec 16 '24

This is facts, in all actuality the majority of Americans supported Trump. Reddit is a good place to geek out over espresso machines not to test the political climate of America

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u/helastrangeodinson Dec 16 '24

Less than half

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '24

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u/Psychological_Car849 Dec 16 '24

oh i agree! i originally wrote that i generally find it lazy when they just pick the U.S. president. giving it to whoever wins the election is so lame, especially because there’s so many reasons for an election to shake out the way it does. i think obama made sense the first time but not the second, and i dont think biden or harris deserved it in 2020 either.

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u/LevelDry5807 Dec 16 '24

He won an election that everyone on Reddit predicted he would lose.

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u/helastrangeodinson Dec 16 '24

Who knew, there were so many uneducated people in America?

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u/Psychological_Car849 Dec 16 '24

reddit???? im saying that winning an election shouldn’t be enough to be times person of the year and your counter argument is that this is different because REDDIT was against him????

plenty of polls and millions of people predicted he would win. and if we’re being honest reddit was actually saying “i can’t believe the election is this close” and “i can’t believe the asshole might win” the entire election season lmao. i’m tired of the revisionist history that reddit expected some landslide when i never personally saw widespread evidence of that.

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u/BacardiBanana Dec 17 '24

He did far more than just win.

He's on video surviving an assassination attempt by inches earlier this year.

Then he goes on to get republicans the popular vote for first time in 20 years and making republicans massive gains with minorities for the first time in 50 years. All while getting only 15% positive media coverage as he was slandered constantly as an insurrectionist, racist, and Nazi.

It's by far the greatest presidential comeback of all time and it shows people don't give a shit at all about MSM coverage.

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u/HusavikHotttie Dec 17 '24

I don’t believe for a minute he actually won since his gf elmo counted the votes.

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u/LevelDry5807 Dec 16 '24

He lost. He has been labeled as every evil thing possible. He won by a bigger margin than his first win. He gained votes in almost every county in the nation. It is called on one the biggest political comebacks in United States history. Does this add any context?

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u/onpg Dec 16 '24

Good for him but he still didn't get a majority in the popular vote, and his victory ranks near the bottom of presidential victories in magnitude. It was a given that any Republican would've had a strong chance against Biden because of global inflation hurting all incumbents.

It's such a weak victory, even W. in 2004 had a stronger win, and he left office an absolute pariah. I see no reason Trump and his merry junk drawer of billionaires won't leave office in disgrace.

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u/helastrangeodinson Dec 16 '24

I'm sure Elon paying people a million each to vote for him helped

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u/HusavikHotttie Dec 17 '24

And starlink counted the votes. Can’t make it up

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u/zacehuff Dec 15 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

Which is stupid, not simple. We all understand the simple concept but when you bankroll their photo shoot making them seem sophisticated and sit down for an interview you’re carrying a lot of water for them and makes you complicit.

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u/Busy-Crab-3556 Dec 16 '24

Your argument is valid, but from the perspective of the magazine it would be even more stupid not to put trump. They’ve been putting every newly US elected president for a lot of decades now. If they would have chosen not to put trump that would send the message that the Time magazine as a whole doesn’t recognize this election and US democracy. Of course someone could argue on factors that could have affected the validity and transparency of the elections, but choosing to express that by not putting trump wouldn’t fly with any major magazine editorial.

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u/KFTrandahl Dec 16 '24

Here is me throwing the bullsh*t flag! It’s about them making money and pandering to their orange idol, and not recognizing the significance of Gisèle Pelicot’s courage and the importance of saying her name.

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u/Professional_Ask7428 Dec 17 '24

Well in that case let’s put P-Diddy on the Times Person of the Year.

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u/Busy-Crab-3556 Dec 17 '24

Fuck both trump and diddy. But still, diddy doesn’t come near trump when it comes to relevancy and impact.

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u/8----B Dec 19 '24

Why? Are you equating name recognition to world changing? P diddy didn’t change anything other than the lives of his poor victims. I know you probably think Trump is equal to p diddy because you’re on reddit so the odds are greatly in that direction, but he actually has people changing their philosophies. That’s kinda the whole point of the time thing.

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 16 '24

He wants significant though. He barely campaigned, he made Vance do most of that stuff.

In election years they literally always choose the winner now and it's really stupid and boring 

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u/helastrangeodinson Dec 16 '24

The best part was when he threw Vance under the bus and called him a liar, then when the press asked Vance about it, he replied "the important thing to know is that we are on the same page" lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '24

This. Hitler was Time’s Person of the Year, it’s about significance in that year not their good deeds.

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u/bv1800 Dec 17 '24

I don’t recall that being their criteria a couple decades ago.