--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of raunchydog > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:16 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sorry Judy > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > I'm a hit and run reader and poster on FFL. I don't have time to read all > > the posts in most threads, so I often form impressions based on partial > > information. I was talking with a friend last night who used to post > > regularly but who these days only lurks. He said that it was unfair to > lump > > Judy and Raunchy together with regard to their criticisms of Obama. He > > opined that Judy had been much more fair and objective. So I'm sorry I did > > that Judy. Maybe I'll end up apologizing to Raunchy too, but I still get > the > > impression that she couldn't bring herself to say anything positive about > > Obama, due to her emotional commitment to Hillary. > > > > Well waddya know, Rick: Message #219365 I actually said something positive > about Obama. I could bring myself to say something positive about you as > well if you refrained from implying that women are incapable of rational > thought because they are "emotional." This is sooo old school sexim, Rick. > It's time to update your programming. > I don't think I'm zeroing in on women. I can think of plenty of men, > including myself on occasion, whose views of a person or issue are colored > by emotions, preventing any semblance of objectivity. >
I haven't seen you make such references to men, only to women, several times, and I pointed it out to you each time. The only emotional hot button I have with respect to Hillary is the incredible sexist abuse she endured from the Lefty Bloggers like DKos and assholes like Chris Matthews, Kieth Olbermann, Huffington Post and Andrew Sullivan. Even Bill O'Reilly treated her with more respect than all of these jerks put together. The sexist attacks she endured were tolerated by her own party and were worse than any would be racist attacks on Obama from the KKK, which would never have seen the light of day in mainstream media. How she ever managed to suck it up, I'll never know. I'll own that sexism is an emotional hot button for me but it doesn't preclude my rational abilities to recognize it, speak out against it and defend Hillary or any woman against it.
