Yesterday, a conservative blogger used Hurricane Harvey as an excuse to post a pretty sexist tweet, which has gotten quite a bit of backlash since.
Woman cradles and protects child. Man carries and protects both. This is how it ought to be, despite what your gender studies professor says pic.twitter.com/oX85v67FaY
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 28, 2017
Can we not just appreciate a kind gesture from a gentleman WITHOUT making it a gender issue?
— Sara Denman ✈ (@sara_elizzy548) August 28, 2017
Oh so let's say a man is hurt, should I not protect him and carry him to safety because that's not how it "ought" to be?
— Hanna Fridén (@HannaFriden) August 29, 2017
Politicize my human tragedy daddy
— Thomas Francis (@thomasrfrancis) August 29, 2017
But this is the Internet, where vigilante heroes turn trash into gold, and the great people of Twitter are striking back the best way they know how: memes. Glorious, beautiful memes.
https://twitter.com/GMPaiella/status/902528445141458949
Woman cradles and protects child. Man carries and protects both. This is how it ought to be, despite what your gender studies professor says pic.twitter.com/su44Fkjsdc
— Hope Jahren (@HopeJahren) August 30, 2017
BEAR CRADLES AND PROTECTS WOMAN. HAIR PRODUCT PROTECTS BOTH. THIS IS HOW IT OUGHT TO BE, DESPITE WHAT BEAR/SHAMPOO HATERS THINK. pic.twitter.com/IB0a9boX0b
— almond joy division (@BNick) August 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/SebKrantz/status/902572175047188480
student cradles and protects master. the force protects both. this is how it ought to be, despite what the empire/sith lords say pic.twitter.com/IJ0yKSBXeB
— someones daughter 👼🏻 (@SOME1SDAUGHT3R) August 30, 2017
Woman cradles and protects child. Man carries and protects both. pic.twitter.com/mYn2luXqgS
— Jennifer Tilly (@JenniferTilly) August 30, 2017
Woman cradles and protects child. Man carries and protects both. You put the lime in the coconut and drink them both together.
— Grand Moff Snarkin, The Funkular Fury (@N7IRL) August 30, 2017
Keep them coming, people. This is how it ought to be.