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Making sexist (and classist) jokes about conservative women
Fran:
Everyone -- yes, even Rush Limbaugh -- should stop attacking/criticizing/making jokes at the expense of kids of politicians (and celebrities) until the kids are at least out of college. It's hard enough being a regular kid these days. It must be absolute hell to be a kid with a famous parent. These kids can't help it that their parents are politicians (or celebrities). They didn't choose their parents, and their lives shouldn't be scrutinized by the media just because they have famous parents. And I bet we could all get by just fine without seeing the embarrassing gawky-teen photos or seeing the underage drinking photos or hearing about the mistakes kids often make on their way to adulthood.
Thanks for the first post, Katherine.
Mikaela:
--- Quote from: louisev on June 12, 2009, 10:16:17 am ---
ORLY?
you mean like "angry black woman" (Obama) and that race-baiting hunt for her Princeton senior thesis?
Or "chirpy gay" (Maddow) ?
Or "Botox Nancy" Pelosi?
No no one ever ridiculed any of THEM and got a free pass... /sarcasm off
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And you're not even mentioning the ridicule that time and again has been directed at Hillary Clinton.
The difference to me is that Sarah Palin is so much better at playing the offended victim. And of course it comes across as more than a bit hollow to me, from a woman who used about every proverbial "womanly vile" in the book during her campaign when her lack of relevant competence and qualifications were demonstrated (overt flirting and faux ingenue eye-batting among them) and who herself readily stooped to very below-the-belt-type accusations (the "palling around with terrorists" comes to mind") - and who moreover IMO holds political views that are directly anti-womens' rights - the anti-choice stance for instance.
No, I'm *not* defending sexist comments directed at Palin or any other woman. I just don't think she's in a position to be so horribly offended.
It more than anything strikes me as the pot calling the kettle black (if I got that expression right).
As a matter of fact, when it comes to political realities, I think the whole Letterman thing was more than anything a gift from above to her, because not only does it give her another 15 minutes of fame being seen to defend the moral high ground, but also she will no doubt use this matter endlessly as proof that absolutely all criticism of her - ever - on any subject and in any context - was in fact sexist.
Shasta542:
I think she was mostly offended that he included her children in his crude remarks. Anyone who wouldn't be horribly offended about that wouldn't be much of a mother or father--IMO.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on June 12, 2009, 06:01:22 pm ---I think she was mostly offended that he included her children in his crude remarks. Anyone who wouldn't be horribly offended about that wouldn't be much of a mother or father--IMO.
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True, Palin has every right as a mother to get defensive about her daughter.
Then on the other hand, Letterman insists he meant Bristol, who Palin herself thought old enough and mature enough to make the decision to keep her child and to marry at 16-17 years of age. Bristol is 18, she's an adult now and fair game and perfectly capable of defending herself. She's definitely young, but not a child anymore.
louisev:
Palin has a much bigger issue at hand right now - trying to justify the legislation to spend $26 billion dollars to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope when natural gas sources in the lower 48 are shuttered due to the low price of natural gas.
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