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thoreauI will respectfully point out that a majority of you have probably never heard of Congresswoman Virginia Fox (R. - North Carolina) until today - so using words like cunt and bitch to describe someone you've heard talk for 50 seconds is unwarranted. In fact - I'd go as far as to say talking about someone like that irregardless is inappropriate; even more so in a public forum like Facebook or here on Livejournal.
These words are sexist and devaluing to any women who might reading, who might want to be part of the discussion. I have many women on my friends list both here and on Facebook, and with that - I am always very careful with my language. It is simply not an intelligent response to start screaming Cbombs with explanation marks over a clearly inappropriate speech in the House of Representatives.
How would we react if someone used those words describing Barbara Boxer or Nancy Pelosi or Patty Murray or Maria Cantwell or Hillary Clinton or any other female progressive?
I'll tell you how you might react - you'd dismiss someone using those words as incapable of any other response; and quickly tune them out.
We wouldn't want to be called faggot or some other negative word - so why do we say it's so easy and okay to use this kind of negative language on the congresswoman.
Was Congresswoman Fox disrespectful and perhaps ignorant? ABSOLUTELY!
Does she deserve the same sort of thing in return? No.
Lets try and keep our discussion about her words. We can spend time discussing the appropriateness of her speech on the floor of the House of Representatives without resorting to words that make us lesser for using them.
All of us should be smart enough to not break out into a curse-word laiden inappropriate speech-fest. But sometimes in the type-what-I-feel Twitter world - - - we just vent red hot magma that we'd never use otherwise.
Thank you.
These words are sexist and devaluing to any women who might reading, who might want to be part of the discussion. I have many women on my friends list both here and on Facebook, and with that - I am always very careful with my language. It is simply not an intelligent response to start screaming Cbombs with explanation marks over a clearly inappropriate speech in the House of Representatives.
How would we react if someone used those words describing Barbara Boxer or Nancy Pelosi or Patty Murray or Maria Cantwell or Hillary Clinton or any other female progressive?
I'll tell you how you might react - you'd dismiss someone using those words as incapable of any other response; and quickly tune them out.
We wouldn't want to be called faggot or some other negative word - so why do we say it's so easy and okay to use this kind of negative language on the congresswoman.
Was Congresswoman Fox disrespectful and perhaps ignorant? ABSOLUTELY!
Does she deserve the same sort of thing in return? No.
Lets try and keep our discussion about her words. We can spend time discussing the appropriateness of her speech on the floor of the House of Representatives without resorting to words that make us lesser for using them.
All of us should be smart enough to not break out into a curse-word laiden inappropriate speech-fest. But sometimes in the type-what-I-feel Twitter world - - - we just vent red hot magma that we'd never use otherwise.
Thank you.
