Paul Schwarz, chair of the Chippewa County Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party sent the photo above to Bluestem Prairie.
The sign is on the side of Highway 212 in Lac qui Parle County just over the bridge from Montevideo, Schwarz tell us. The Appleton native writes in a statement:
Unfortunately, this is Trump's America. Vulgarity and sexism are now just fine. When you have the nominee of the Republican Party saying even worse things than this, you cultivate and encourage this kind of rhetoric. It's shameful.
The signs allude to Monica Lewinsky' infamous blue Gap dress, as well as Clinton's professional pantsuits. Schwarz is correct about the vulgarity and the sexism of reducing a woman to what she wears, rather than by what she says and accomplishes, or by her spouse's behavior.
Schwarz didn't call for the sign's removal; rather, in the tradition of free speech, called it as he sees it. His reaction isn't "censorship," but criticism. (As for Minnesota Nice, we're being ironic in the headline. Truth is that many folks in these parts still appreciate civility in public).
Perhaps New York Times Unbuttoned columnist Vanessa Friedman wrote too soon in her January post, How Hillary Clinton Ended the Clothing Conversation. For the dirty-minded conservative in West Central Minnesota, only a dress will do.
The sign echoes the vulgarity and sexism of another a pro-Trump sign in South Central Minnesota that we posted about in Minnesota nice rural values celebrated in homemade Trump sign beside Nicollet Co 13.
Here's a photo of the sign discussed in that post:
Photo: An anti-Clinton sign in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. Photo by Paul Schwarz; submitted to Bluestem Prairie.
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This is so disgusting...this is exactly the problem with Trump and his belief that he can say or do whatever he wants and treat people with no respect.
Posted by: Vanessa Lhotka-Meyer | Aug 04, 2016 at 09:29 AM