The thing about Klobuchar is she is entirely on the record with regard to these issues — I wonder, who here has actually read her bill?
Keeping in mind that proposed bills are starting points, and the hearings she’s going to hold are part of that process. Gathering information to make effective laws. Pretty much the opposite of what the first poster said about her, while the second said she is corrupt without providing a scintilla of evidence.
I’ll admit that I have not read it, but I’m going to go read it now.
Stuff like this is infuriating. Absolutely no references to her sex were made at all ...
For the record, I was referring to this lovely statement in the first post above: “Please woman. Stay away from any matters that require depth and nuance.”
You’re walking a fine line if you want to argue that’s not a misogynistic reference to her sex.
That's not a fine line. That's finer than a razor's edge, with zero standing. Like someone else said 'woman' was used for specific emphasis, is absolutely misogynistic, and says more about the poster then he said about Klobuchar.
She's not the worst of them, but she is exceptionally annoying and not very bright.
Actually she is pretty bright, but as a lot of politicians, not all that tech savvy. I disagree with her and others who share the blanket 'tech is too big' rhetoric and don't hold Big Pharma's feet to the fire. In another much higher profile area, I think Klobutchar is spot on in her criticism.
Do you imagine the same poster would have replied to a thread about a male congressman doing the same thing with “Please man. Stay away from any matters that require depth and nuance.”
I highly doubt they would have. The word "woman" was there for an emphasis, and an unpleasant one.
You're right that "Please, man..." would be unlikely to be used but if so, that could well just be a "guy thing" as in "hey man, how's it goin' " etc. But no way "...woman..." is not gender bias/misogyny in this context. Even if we never heard of her, the article makes it clear she's a woman, so why would it even be necessary to use her gender to address her? "Woman" isn't a valid equivalent to Ms., Mrs., or Sen.
Oh great. Klobuchar. Often has her mind made up before ever getting the facts. Some seriously cringe stuff with her.
Please woman. Stay away from any matters that require depth and nuance.
She's not the worst of them, but she is exceptionally annoying and not very bright.
Bullshit. Valedictorian in High School, Magna Cum Laude at Yale, Magna Cum Laude at University of Chicago Law School, and a highly successful Senate career of 15 years. Clearly, she's quite bright.
"Hey look, Apple has a crap ton of money, there's no way they could have accumulated that much without engaging in some unfair practice! And if we can't find one, we'll just something they are doing 'unfair' and blast them over that!"
Quick lets' make it look like they are engaging in some illegal practice that we just made up and put into law to explicitly target them so we can cash in on their reserves!
They actually don't have to do that. The Sherman Act (according to a lawyer friend of mine) contains enough doubletalk and legalspeak that it can be construed to define almost anything a business decides to do as illegal.
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I’ll admit that I have not read it, but I’m going to go read it now.
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/375AF2AEA4F2AF97FB96DBC6A2A839F9.sil21191.pdf
Actually she is pretty bright, but as a lot of politicians, not all that tech savvy. I disagree with her and others who share the blanket 'tech is too big' rhetoric and don't hold Big Pharma's feet to the fire. In another much higher profile area, I think Klobutchar is spot on in her criticism.
You're right that "Please, man..." would be unlikely to be used but if so, that could well just be a "guy thing" as in "hey man, how's it goin' " etc. But no way "...woman..." is not gender bias/misogyny in this context. Even if we never heard of her, the article makes it clear she's a woman, so why would it even be necessary to use her gender to address her? "Woman" isn't a valid equivalent to Ms., Mrs., or Sen.