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Archie Comics CEO sued for allegedly calling men 'penis'
Toronto Sun ^ | Dec. 2, 2013 | QMI AGENCY

Posted on 12/08/2013 7:18:40 AM PST by rickmichaels

The co-CEO of Archie Comics is being sued for gender discrimination after she allegedly stalked her male colleagues and referred to them as "penis" rather than using their actual names.

But Nancy Silberkleit's lawyer says the lawsuit is bogus because white men aren't members of a "protected class," reports the New York Daily News.

The $3.25-million lawsuit by five Archie employees alleges Silberkleit used her "gender as a weapon" by yelling "Penis! Penis! Penis!" during a meeting.

What's more, the plaintiffs allege she used the term for their names regularly, brought Hells Angels to the office to intimidate them, repeatedly made reference to her late husband's handgun and 750 rounds of ammo supposedly kept in the office and stalked employees and their families.

Silberkleit has denied the allegations, calling them "cruel and mean and inaccurate."

The 59-year-old took over the role of co-CEO after her husband's death in 2008.

Nancy Silberkleit


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KEYWORDS: mentalillness; silberkleit
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To: gitmo
read Archie back in the 60’s. Definitely Betty, not Veronica. And Mary Anne, not Ginger.

Ditto to both.

Now the for the choice: Jeannie or Samantha?

Jeannie has the advantage of being far hotter than Samantha.

Whereas Samantha

has the advantage of being at least unlikely to dangle you over a pool of sharks when she's jealous.

41 posted on 12/08/2013 8:34:14 AM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Silentgypsy
I think you meant to respond to riri’s post.

Whoops....

42 posted on 12/08/2013 8:35:42 AM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: riri
(responded to the wrong post, let's try this again)

Do kids even read Archie anymore? I loved them growing up.

Certainly not in the number they used to, but that's true of all comics.

When my daughter was younger I picked her up one of the digests, it was, like, $8. I was, like, seriously???WTH? And that was before Soteros inflationary regime. Now they are probably twice that

The current price of an Archie Double Digest is $3.99. Perhaps you bought her one of the larger trade paperback collections.

and filled with harmful propaganda. No thanks. I'd stick with, I dunno, Japanese anime or something.

While there's plenty of good manga out there ("anime" is Japanese animation) and much of it is suitable for children, be careful...there's a lot of manga that's only appropriate for older readers.

43 posted on 12/08/2013 8:37:33 AM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: rickmichaels
Betty and Veronica love penis.


44 posted on 12/08/2013 8:38:12 AM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: rickmichaels

“By yelling ‘Penis! Penis! Penis!’ During a meeting”

Ohhhhh........a team building meeting.


45 posted on 12/08/2013 8:39:40 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Kip Russell
Perhaps you bought her one of the larger trade paperback collections.

Yeah, maybe. It was an impulse buy before a long road trip.

It's just sad to see every corner of society used as a propaganda pushing tool. From sports to comic books--

46 posted on 12/08/2013 8:43:42 AM PST by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: rickmichaels

“By yelling ‘Penis! Penis! Penis!’ during a meeting”.

Barney Frank did the same thing at every meeting and look at how many times he got re-elected. You can’t have a meeting in Massachusetts without having five or six people jump up and yell “Penis! Penis! Penis”. That’s how they start all their meetings at Harvard.


47 posted on 12/08/2013 8:47:12 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: humblegunner

Funny!


48 posted on 12/08/2013 8:51:11 AM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Kip Russell

Jeannie. I used to dream of Jeannie.


49 posted on 12/08/2013 8:53:36 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, it's useless. huh?)
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To: rickmichaels

That explains the Archie Comics previously inexplicable shift to openly gay characters and storylines earlier this year.


50 posted on 12/08/2013 8:56:21 AM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: gitmo
Jeannie. I used to dream of Jeannie.

I'll take Jeannie as well. Even if she was a bit, well...insane at times (but in a really hot way!).

51 posted on 12/08/2013 8:57:07 AM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: rickmichaels
But Nancy Silberkleit's lawyer says the lawsuit is bogus because white men aren't members of a "protected class,"

WTF?

Is her lawyer insane? He thinks that the laws don't apply to white males? Did I miss a memo or something?

52 posted on 12/08/2013 9:09:42 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority...")
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To: rickmichaels

WTH did i just read?


53 posted on 12/08/2013 9:14:45 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: Kip Russell

Jeannie was pretty needy. (:


54 posted on 12/08/2013 9:16:31 AM PST by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: gitmo
Mary Anne, fer sure.. ;-)

55 posted on 12/08/2013 9:21:52 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: rickmichaels
"Not members of a protected class" indeed.

Women good, men bad.

Women never do nothing wrong.

56 posted on 12/08/2013 9:22:12 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Slump Tester

>>> Lol - I see what you did there.

yeah... well, it’s been my observation that people just cannot seem to help but vocalize the source of their own guilt and/or the deepest desires of their hearts.


57 posted on 12/08/2013 9:40:08 AM PST by Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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To: Last Dakotan
There was a time when men would reply in kind.

If they did that now, they would be open to sexual harassment allegations. They're doing the right thing.

We are in a post-male society.

Why? Because these men have chosen to stand up for their rights, rather than let her walk all over them?

58 posted on 12/08/2013 10:07:01 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: rickmichaels

So, if Donald Trump or, better yet, the Koch brothers started referring to their female employees as vaginas, the media would still treat it as a big joke?


59 posted on 12/08/2013 10:07:10 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Refuse; Resist; Rebel; Revolt!)
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To: MV=PY

Congratulations, you’ve passed Women-101. Forget about the rest it’ll just frustrate you.


60 posted on 12/08/2013 10:28:34 AM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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