# It's wrong to judge a person on how they look, but... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 20, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634 "2016-02-20T19:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/41 "2016-02-23T16:17:20Z")
There’s a meme going around Twitter that Ted Cruz is [the Zodiac killer](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb1D8KIUsAAasK6.png:large). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/42 "2016-02-23T16:39:36Z")
On the other hand if you wanted someone to play the screeching harpy female whore of a politician Hillary would be so busy playing those roles she wouldn’t be able to actually be a screeching harpy female whore of a politician. > [@elbows](#): > > Every article seems accompanied by a photo of him sneering, shouting, or grimacing! Even if his political stance was less off putting, the faces he pulls alone would give me pause. You’re a smart person so I’m sure you realize that the media chooses which photo they are going to run with an article and that there is more than one photo of TRUMP that exists. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/43 "2016-02-23T18:39:10Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > You’re a smart person so I’m sure you realize that the media chooses which photo they are going to run with an article and that there is more than one photo of TRUMP that exists. This is true, although I don’t think CNN is deliberately choosing dreadful shots of Trump alone. It sometimes feels like they want the most unflattering shots available of ALL the candidates. Clinton always looks like a harridan, Sanders always looks senile, Trump looks demented, Cruz looks like a bag of spiders…and so on. Rubio, Carson, and to a slightly lesser extent Bush and Kasich seem to be the only ones CNN can’t get truly awful pictures of as they have the good fortune to be, if not necessarily eye candy, at least naturally photogenic enough to look normal. But the photos they run of everyone else make me want to claw my eyes out. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/44 "2016-02-29T02:32:43Z")
From The Onion: [Ted Cruz Provides Detailed Response To Moderator’s Question About Why His Face So Fucking Infuriating](http://www.theonion.com/article/ted-cruz-provides-detailed-response-moderators-que-52433) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/45 "2016-02-29T03:26:55Z")
I think it is whoever is doing his makeup for public appearances. His brows are too defined, and his lips are too rosy. A more neutral lipstick and a lighter hand with the eyebrow pencil would make all the difference. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/46 "2016-02-29T03:27:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > From The Onion: [Ted Cruz Provides Detailed Response To Moderator’s Question About Why His Face So Fucking Infuriating](http://www.theonion.com/article/ted-cruz-provides-detailed-response-moderators-que-52433) “Let me be clear: When voters look at my shit-eating, smug-as-fuck smirk, they can’t help but want to wipe it off by grabbing me by my waxy hair and smashing my face repeatedly into a tabletop. I believe that’s something every American can agree on.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/47 "2016-02-29T08:03:59Z")
How come I often used to see that face and smile in decades gone by? It was usually worn by the annoying but otherwise harmless supporting hero or anti-hero. Is this another generation thing? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/48 "2016-03-02T16:16:10Z")
I’ve also seen a Facebook side-by-side of Ted Cruz and Mr. Haney from “Green Acres”. Yeah, perfect fit. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/49 "2016-03-02T18:31:26Z")
It’s inappropriate to judge female candidates by their looks, and it’s inappropriate to judge male candidates on the same basis. But mannerisms, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/50 "2016-03-02T19:04:57Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I actually have no problem with how he looks. It’s his sanctimonious, craven, pandering way of talking to get political attention that makes him such a jackass. And that’s why everyone in the Senate hates him, too. Not only that, but he comes across as the type to burn down a house to prove the fire hydrant doesn’t work. He’s really irrationally scary. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/51 "2016-03-03T05:07:34Z")
Actually Cruz reminds me of Janos Skorzeny, the vampire in the very first “Night Stalker” movie. [![](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/nightstalker/images/b/b2/JanosSkorzeny.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120915192808) ](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/nightstalker/images/b/b2/JanosSkorzeny.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120915192808) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/52 "2016-03-03T16:02:44Z")
I’ve always thought he looks like [Bill Murray](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ted+cruz+bill+murray+image&view=detailv2&qpvt=ted+cruz+bill+murray+image&id=79588EEED3730F9952693F87A1D38AABCDAF2118&selectedIndex=1&ccid=08z0r7xE&simid=608017003221026800&thid=OIP.Md3ccf4afbc4403be1bc7795293953919o0&ajaxhist=0). ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/53 "2016-03-03T21:46:34Z")
Regarding Trump, I can’t get over the fact that, growing up in Northern England, a ‘trump’ was local slang for a fart. I can’t help hoping that’s a little prophetic of the whole campaign. A brief spell of growing horror, disgust, a threat of much worse, but it all just blows away in the breeze, leaving nothing more than a horrible, shameful memory. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/54 "2016-03-04T15:48:51Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I’ve always thought he looks like [Bill Murray](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ted+cruz+bill+murray+image&view=detailv2&qpvt=ted+cruz+bill+murray+image&id=79588EEED3730F9952693F87A1D38AABCDAF2118&selectedIndex=1&ccid=08z0r7xE&simid=608017003221026800&thid=OIP.Md3ccf4afbc4403be1bc7795293953919o0&ajaxhist=0). He kind of does: [https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+murray+imitates+crying+baby&biw=1366&bih=651&tbm=isch&imgil=-SALq-bK\_ZPo0M%253A%253B8IXzIR-gVw9KCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.upi.com%25252Fblog%25252F2013%25252F05%25252F22%25252FBill-Murray-imitates-crying-baby-in-viral-photo%25252F2951369255086%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-SALq-bK\_ZPo0M%253A%252C8IXzIR-gVw9KCM%252C\_&usg=\_\_Jr6McSX2UHYBDRpfix0nW0Iaw0A%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiWsZj4r6fLAhVHMz4KHUtRDQwQyjcIKw&ei=da3ZVtaiHsfm-AHLorVg#imgrc=-SALq-bK\_ZPo0M%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+murray+imitates+crying+baby&biw=1366&bih=651&tbm=isch&imgil=-SALq-bK_ZPo0M%253A%253B8IXzIR-gVw9KCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.upi.com%25252Fblog%25252F2013%25252F05%25252F22%25252FBill-Murray-imitates-crying-baby-in-viral-photo%25252F2951369255086%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-SALq-bK_ZPo0M%253A%252C8IXzIR-gVw9KCM%252C_&usg=__Jr6McSX2UHYBDRpfix0nW0Iaw0A%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiWsZj4r6fLAhVHMz4KHUtRDQwQyjcIKw&ei=da3ZVtaiHsfm-AHLorVg#imgrc=-SALq-bK_ZPo0M%3A) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/55 "2016-03-15T16:41:53Z")
The Onion weighs in: > **[Brutal Anti-Cruz Attack Ad Just 30 Seconds Of Candidate’s Photo Displayed...](https://www.theonion.com/brutal-anti-cruz-attack-ad-just-30-seconds-of-candidate-1819595886)** > > RALEIGH, NC—In what many political observers are calling a new low in an election season that has already seen its share of negative campaigning, a scathing anti–Ted Cruz attack ad airing this week reportedly shows nothing more than a still... “This is an extremely vicious jab at Ted Cruz, and one that succeeds in painting the candidate in a most unfavorable light,” … ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634/56 "2016-03-15T16:51:57Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The Onion weighs in: > [http://www.theonion.com/video/brutal-anti-cruz-attack-ad-just-30-seconds-candida-52562](http://www.theonion.com/video/brutal-anti-cruz-attack-ad-just-30-seconds-candida-52562) I know that’s from The Onion, but if that article appeared in a reputable news source I would have believed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-wrong-to-judge-a-person-on-how-they-look-but/746634.md?page=2)