Comments on: trumping reality with the sexism card http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/05/20/trumping-reality-with-the-sexism-card/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blenko http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/05/20/trumping-reality-with-the-sexism-card/comment-page-1/#comment-182170 Blenko Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:43:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/05/20/trumping-reality-with-the-sexism-c#comment-182170 David - What a one sided list of articles. If you wanted to stay away from the debate then why not excuse yourself all together? Of course there was sexism from the MSM. Olberman, Tucker, Anderson Cooper, etc... It stared us in the face every day between Clinton's entry into the race last year and her graceful, gracious concession speech -- from Tucker Carlson's quip about Clinton making him want to cross his legs and Mike Barnicle's comparison of Clinton to a "first wife standing outside a probate court," to frequent references in both print and television media to her "cackle" and her cleavage. Perhaps you thought it was acceptable for Cooper and Donna Brazile didn't say a word when a pundit called Senator Clinton a bitch on CNN's 360 show. Would it have been OK for the pundit to call Mr. Anderson a 'fag' because of his lifestyle or Donna a 'ngger' because of her race? Or do consider those words racist and homophobic? Did sexism cause Senator Clinton to lose the campaign? Of course not. Was there sexism every day of the campaign in the print and TV media? Most certainly. Your 'reality' is skewed and simple minded. What are they teaching you at Harvard --- you backwoods hillbilly? Surely not critical thinking. Fool! [<em>Ed. Note</em>: Blenko, You've left me almost speechless, but see my brief response in the post "<a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/19/this-ol-hillbilly-would-rather-nap-than-fight/" rel="nofollow">this ol' hillbilly would rather nap than fight</a>"] David –
What a one sided list of articles. If you wanted to stay away from the debate then why not excuse yourself all together?
Of course there was sexism from the MSM. Olberman, Tucker, Anderson Cooper, etc…
It stared us in the face every day between Clinton’s entry into the race last year and her graceful, gracious concession speech — from Tucker Carlson’s quip about Clinton making him want to cross his legs and Mike Barnicle’s comparison of Clinton to a “first wife standing outside a probate court,” to frequent references in both print and television media to her “cackle” and her cleavage.
Perhaps you thought it was acceptable for Cooper and Donna Brazile didn’t say a word when a pundit called Senator Clinton a bitch on CNN’s 360 show. Would it have been OK for the pundit to call Mr. Anderson a ‘fag’ because of his lifestyle or Donna a ‘ngger’ because of her race? Or do consider those words racist and homophobic?
Did sexism cause Senator Clinton to lose the campaign? Of course not. Was there sexism every day of the campaign in the print and TV media? Most certainly.
Your ‘reality’ is skewed and simple minded.
What are they teaching you at Harvard — you backwoods hillbilly? Surely not critical thinking.
Fool!

[Ed. Note: Blenko, You've left me almost speechless, but see my brief response in the post "this ol' hillbilly would rather nap than fight"]

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