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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe irony of poutrage about the use of the term girl
By a husband simultaneously referring to himself as a boy, whereas for months, even years, we've been told we had absolutely no right to object to Clinton or any other woman being insulted as c...ts, b...s, and w...es.
And that the outrage over "girl" as a justification for undermining the first woman presidential nominee, whose supporters were repeatedly maligned as "vagina voters," and the most qualified person to seek the presidency in the modern era dismissed as garnering support based on gender alone.
The problem, it seems, is not that Bill Clinton spoke lovingly about a courtship of his youth, but that he failed to insult her, to hurl misogynistic profanities. She's the nominee. She worked tirelessly to earn it, and that those who have expressed nothing but contempt for her for months on end pretend to be offended by Bill's vocabulary is not credible.
(I'm not talking about Maddow's comments, which I didn't see).
Cha
(298,139 posts)Whoa.. unFreakingreal
Mahalo, BB~
Laser102
(816 posts)with that? Nothing unless you are trying to make something out of it. Shame on them.
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)It's like they can't stand the positivity and unity.
BLACK4EVER
(39 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:19 PM - Edit history (1)
When Bill Clinton said, "In the spring of 1971 I met a girl," , I smiled because it as if he was remembering the encounter like it was yesterday not forty plus years ago. It set the tone for the story he was about to tell of a love that's lasted since then. As a feminist I usually take umbrage when a grown woman is referred to as "girl", but not this time the word fit the narrative. The twinkle in Bill's eyes as he told his tale of the pretty blonde girl with big glasses that he fell for at first sight. So double, no triple shame on any one trying to make something out of nothing. Bill showed us a private side of Hillary that refutes the one made up by her "enemies".
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Orrex
(63,298 posts)HOW CAN I BE SURE????/??
Thanks for a nice OP dose of sense!
concerned?
I totally agree with BB
prayin4rain
(2,065 posts)Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Paladin
(28,290 posts)Her copping a snarky on-air attitude about Bill Clinton's use of the term "girl" was uncalled for, and her claim that his speech was all about himself---rather than Hillary--- couldn't have been more wrong. His speech was an exhaustive cataloguing of the numerous instances in which Hillary Clinton has sought to make things better for people, over the years---his words could not have been more timely or more articulately chosen.
Zoonart
(11,922 posts)I smell a rat. It was as if Rachel had drawn the short straw in the outrage pool on a night when there was nothing to criticize. Seemed like something had to be ginned up for the outrage machine. It was a perfect convention night full of fun and fact and they had to make something up to create the missing controversy.
The MSNBC coverage of this convention has been TERRIBLE!
Paladin
(28,290 posts)I'm a big fan of hers, so I feel bad about criticizing her on this---but she earned it.
Loki
(3,825 posts)because we are from the same generation.
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3catwoman3
(24,147 posts)I'm 65. At the risk of pointing out the obvious, it is extremely common for people of all ages, mine included, to refer to someone they are dating as "my boyfriend," or "my girlfriend."
No poutrage here.
Initech
(100,155 posts)R B Garr
(17,022 posts)himself as being very awkward. Simple as that.
Lots of irony that the perpetual anti-Hillary crowd is so "concerned" about one little word from her powerful ex-President husband to describe a youthful meeting when they drag her through the mud about everything else. At least they aren't fooling anyone.
Great points.
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)When I was expressing my dismay that a rapist with a valid arrest warrant was evading justice. A number of others insist he should not be held accountable. They were certain he was innocent, though the victim disagreed. Someone defending the accused rapist derailed the conversation by attacking me for using the world girl. That was an outrage, not the alleged rape or the popular view that he should not face prosecution.
This reminds me of that situation. Seize on trivialities to ofuscate a far more grevious sexism.
R B Garr
(17,022 posts)Makes me think it's more about alerting than anything else. Simple concepts are lost or challenged unnecessarily and there has to be a motive for that....
Thank you~
Spazito
(50,649 posts)Thank you.