"I don't accept insults to our city and its inhabitants".
In his book, he says that he "regrets" the "act of stupidity" when he told a critic at the Paris agricultural fair to: "Get lost, you jerk ("Casse-toi, pauv' con")." After awarding himself a 140% pay rise on attaining the presidency, he was booed by workers in Brittany, and challenged one to a fight, snarling: "I won't accept insults from fishermen".
Terms like "sissy," "fag," "fairy," and "pansy" have become not only terms for which to insult homosexuality, but generally accepted insults that are commonly used by those who probably don't think of themselves as overtly homophobic.
Mr. Martins da Cruz, who denied asking favors for his daughter, said he was stepping down because he could not "accept more insults and dishonor" to his family.
"We will not accept such insults, even from a leader of a friendly country, no matter how powerful," said Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo.
After immeasurable sacrifice, blood, sweat and tears in the civil-rights movement, the women's-rights movement and the organized-labor movement, how can we ever accept these insults in 2014?
Do any of you accept this insult?" he asked.
When he talked about the "stupid, obvious thing" his wife had said, Vivian imagined the woman looking at her lap, embarrassed that the compromises of her marriage were being exposed to a stranger, that it was she who seemed weak for accepting these insults, rather than her husband for hurling them.
"I still feel like I'm a Muslim; I don't accept that anyone insults the faith," said Ayman, who avoids attending mosque.
Instead of accepting the insult, his mother told him to fight.
These offensive comments served as the caffeine in Trump's campaign, energizing supporters who accepted his insult-driven politics as a sign of "authenticity".
