The Dehumanization of Renee Good: How Republican mockery strips women of their power

"Fucking bitch"

In the days after her death, Republicans described "Good as a “deranged leftist,” a “deranged lunatic,” a “violent, radical person,” and—again and again—a “domestic terrorist.” She was further characterized as “very disorderly,” a “victim of left-wing ideology,” a “violent rioter,” a “professional agitator,” and even a “left-wing terrorist” or “trained terrorist.” - Open Letters by Mersault

Across these labels ran a single insistence: that these women were not responding to reality, but were confused, brainwashed, overly emotional, mentally unwell—anything but credible witnesses to state murder.

This process has a name: monstering. Monstering is the systematic transformation of a person into something illegible as human—unstable, hysterical, dangerous, ridiculous—so that what is done to them no longer registers as violence, only as necessity. Credibility is stripped away first, dignity second, safety last. By the time force arrives, the target has already been made unreal.

This tactic is not new. It has a long and well-worn history in American political life, surfacing whenever women stop performing deference and begin functioning as witnesses—when they name what they see instead of absorbing what they’re told. Read the full article in Open Letters by Mersault, Patrice teaches through recognition rather than explanation, lending empathy and human weight to what analysis too often flattens or leaves abstract.

What would you expect from someone who hung out with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? Insulting war widows, rape victims, young girls and journalists. See Trump's disgusting record of insulting women with this illustrated guide.

Trump mocks women

How Trump Demeans Women

• Critics accuse the US president of trying to ‘shut women journalists up’ with ‘demeaning language’ - The Guardian
• Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. - NYT
• "Horseface. Lowlife. Fat. Ugly.": How Trump Demeans Women - NYT
• Trump Targets Women Who Served in His White House Speaking Out Against Him - Rolling Stone
• Trump attacks judges and the courts for rulings he disagrees with. - Brennan Center
• Thousands of Insults: Tracking Trump’s Invective - NYT

Trump has a history of attacking women by mocking their bodily functions, demeaning their looks or comparing them to animals. ‘Horseface,’ ‘Lowlife,’ ‘Fat, Ugly’:

Trump referred to the pornographic film actress Stephanie Clifford as “Horseface” in a tweet, adding her to a long list of women he has attacked by demeaning their looks, mocking their bodily functions or comparing them to animals. Trump’s verbal assault came as he gloated about a federal judge’s decision to dismiss a defamation suit filed by Ms. Clifford, who is known professionally as Stormy Daniels. Ms. Clifford’s lawyer responded by calling the president “a disgusting misogynist.” - NY Times

“We had whistles. They had guns.”

Renee Good’s wife, Becca Good described her partner as kind, saying, “Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.” About their encounter with ICE agents, she said, “We had whistles. They had guns.” - Democracy Now

TakeAway: America deserves better than pedophiles demeaning women. Release the Epstein files.

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