I'm not good at this muti quoting thing. You're gonna make me work.
Living in an igloo is not a sign of backwards people living in squalor???? Uh huh. It was suppose to be a compliment. Gotcha. :2wave:
Did you miss the rest of what I said? The fact is that Alaskans have not been a target of centuries of discrimination and racism due to a perceived lack of intelligence/development. Thus, such a term is infinitely less offensive unless you're someone looking to be offended.
Yes I did. You must have missed the post.
I did not see that until after I posted. Regardless, it doesn't address my point. People called Bush chimpy - is that "hate speech"? No, it's idiots being idiots. Throwing fits about it doesn't make you look above the fray.
Yeah, I likely did stand up for the former president in that thread. But frankly, there's not a lot of gender bias against men, so it's not really my cause to champion. I already explained how I felt about the bush thing. Scroll up a few posts.
And I wouldn't care either way, so we'll just have to recognize that you tend to get offended a lot easier than I do. That doesn't mean that things you don't like are "hate speech" that should be banned.
Not worried about anything. Standing up for women is something that is not often taken seriously. Yet people fall all over themselves is they think there's a hint of racism, anti-semitism ...etc.
Those people are generally idiots.
I do believe (whether you do or not) that the igloo thing is a put down based on where the Governor lives. I would like to know if anyone who lives in alaska likes people to call them igloo person. It's so obvious a put down that it's freaking stupid that I have to explain it.
Of course it's a put-down. What it's
not is "hate speech," which is what you claimed.
I've stated in the thread where you say we're all hyper partisans that I don't like the term "knocked up." I think it's disgusting. She got pregnant and made a brave choice. It's all about choice, isn't it??? So now, if a young lady makes a choice that isn't cool, she's "knocked up." Get over it. It's not 1950.
lol, we're supposed to celebrate idiot kids who can't wrap their **** or remember to take birth control? Nothing about what she did was "brave." If you don't think her mother's political ambitions had a role in her "decision" to keep the kid, I don't know what to tell you.
And we really wouldn't know how many politicians' sons got caught with their pants down because ...... drumroll ..... it's not news if a man is sexually active, now is it? :roll:
Where are you getting this ****? If a politician's son fathered a kid, it would be all over the news just like this is.
Oh Good God, did you even read my post?? Amy Carter? "the Bush sluts?" Any of that ring a bell to you?
Again, the fact that some girls were criticized (I'm too young for Amy Carter) doesn't mean **** unless guys in equivalent situations weren't criticized. As I pointed out, the Bush family alone resulted in tons of sons getting criticized for **** that they did. The idea that there's this wall of silence for guys is ridiculous.
(Stepping away from politics for a second, but ALL women are judged on their looks [see my avatar]). To say otherwise, is disengenuous.
Right, this only applies to women. Men are judged solely based on their personality and character, not on how tall/attractive/distinguished they look. :rofl
Short dudes are treated worse than fat chicks.
Those are news articles (sort of), not late night jokes. Not water cooler fodder. Not anything those boys didn't rise above.
Oh yea, cause nobody ever made fun of the fact that Bush did coke/was a drunk. :shock:
(The Smoking Gun posts all salacious indictments, lawsuits ... etc. They are not political). Bill Clinton is still a national treasure, but monica lewinski is another name for BJ.
Because she SUCKED THE PRESIDENTS DICK IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
That's pretty ****ing hilarious and rare.
If a guy gives president Hillary some cunning lingus in 2013, I can guarantee you that his name will be synonymous with muff diving for generations.
Come on. If you don't see the double standards for men and women, you just don't want to see it.
I think it's less that I don't want to see it and more that you're busting out the electron microscope.