I guess the question for me now is, will Angle’s approach...the emasculizing approach....the subtle questioning of masculinity approach...raise or lower the level of discourse in the future?
Granted, conservative women take a tremendous amount of abuse by the press and candidate lackeys. But what if Harry said that Angle was at the mercy of her hormones? Would we think it was funny? Fair? Of course not.
Male candidates heap abuse on conservative women usually by proxy. Certainly Jerry Brown’s comments on the cell phone were not intended for public consumption, but of course he meant them nonetheless. We weren’t supposed to hear it directly from him, though.
If conservative women decide to play the gender card publically, they probably need to expect their opponents will start responding more in kind. And overall, is this what we want? I’m not so sure..
any one that calls him on it is fine with me, even if it be a republican male. But it seems this election go around the only ones with guts and courage are the women. That happens when men refuse to take the lead.
ps I don't like capitals so for the spelling police, get over it...
Granted, conservative women take a tremendous amount of abuse by the press and candidate lackeys. But what if Harry said that Angle was at the mercy of her hormones? Would we think it was funny? Fair? Of course not.
I'm with you; this is gender war stuff and it's beneath a good conservative's better judgement to initiate that sort of thing.