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onecaliberal

(32,854 posts)
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:30 PM Jul 2020

The poison of male incivility, when a woman dares respond to it.

These words somehow cast Ocasio-Cortez and her female colleagues as the disruptive and chaotic forces unleashed in this scenario, suggesting that they shattered norms in a way that Representative Yoho’s original, profane outburst apparently did not. (Perhaps Yoho’s words weren’t understood as eruptive and norm-shattering because calling women nasty names, in your head or with your friends or on the steps of your workplace, is much more of a norm than most want to acknowledge.

https://www.thecut.com/amp/2020/07/aoc-speech-ted-yoho-new-york-times.html?__twitter_impression=true

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The poison of male incivility, when a woman dares respond to it. (Original Post) onecaliberal Jul 2020 OP
The prevailing attitude for too many men is: "So you want to be equal? Well, take this - kapow" dlk Jul 2020 #1
He's a p-word (rhymes with brick). Sogo Jul 2020 #2
I love that she read it into the record malaise Jul 2020 #3
Me too but the times didn't print the verbiage when they ran the story onecaliberal Jul 2020 #4
M$Greedia is very much part of patriarchy malaise Jul 2020 #5
They definitely are. onecaliberal Jul 2020 #6

dlk

(11,566 posts)
1. The prevailing attitude for too many men is: "So you want to be equal? Well, take this - kapow"
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:37 PM
Jul 2020

They have a problem with sharing their privilege.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
2. He's a p-word (rhymes with brick).
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:37 PM
Jul 2020

He tears up at his own past poverty and having to take food stamps, but voted to deny food stamps to others.

I hate to think what his wife and daughters have had to put up with.

onecaliberal

(32,854 posts)
4. Me too but the times didn't print the verbiage when they ran the story
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jul 2020

About Yoho so they could avoid attributing the words to him. They only ran the indecent remarks in the story about AOCs response.

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