I realize part of his job is to generate controversy and get
people talking. But in this case, it’s
not controversy. It’s just sad, old and
tired. A woman asks for something you
don’t like, so you attack her character to get her to shut up. Boring.
Here’s a message to you, Rush, from the dead horse out back: Stop
beating me!
Calling a woman a slut because you don’t like what she’s
saying is just pathetic. You honestly
couldn’t come up with anything else?
Couldn’t discuss what she’s actually asking for? I’m assuming he isn’t actually as dumb as he
sounds, since then he’d have to be planted somewhere and watered twice daily.
I am very tired of a woman’s appearance and sexuality being
used to discredit her goals and accomplishments. It’s the twenty-first century and I think we
need to come up with some new insults. Those
are almost two centuries old.
Women shouldn’t be attacked for wanting to have sex. It’s natural and part of the same biological
urge men have. Wanting to make sure your
life doesn’t get derailed by an unplanned pregnancy or cut short by disease is
smart. If someone is considered
intelligent enough to drive a car, drink and vote, surely it’s plausible to
trust a person to have sex responsibly, too.
Here’s a challenge to everyone, male and female alike. Let’s stop using the words bitch, slut or
whore to dismiss people whose opinions we disagree with. Let’s stop the more subtle degrading dismissals
too. I can always tell when an autism
posting disagrees with Jenny McCarthy because they’ll mention she posed for
Playboy. Because that’s relevant to her
opinions in some way … apparently. It’ll
all part of the same attack pattern.
It would be incredibly refreshing to see the actual opinions
attacked rather than the character of the person expressing them. It would also be a heck of a lot more useful
in helping to improve things. Attacking
character is low and shows a real lack of imagination.
Frankly, I think we can do better.
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