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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Speaking of Arnold, anyone else bothered by the response his "girly men" line continues to get? It seem pretty obvious to this San Franciscan that it's either specifically directed against gays, or discloses a fundamental belief that men are superior to women. That's what the SNL skit was getting at, and yet it's been appropriated and somehow made appropriate.
It bothers me when the crowd goes nuts over it. What other third-grade mentalities are going to become the common coin of modern political discourse? Cooties? I'm-rubber-you're-glue? No backsies?
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I see it as being less of an intentional slur against gays than it is a simple, direct, in-your-face-you-PC-slugs insult or taunt to Dems, thrown out for laughs because everyone knows it enrages its targets. As for "men being better", I don't think people get that out of it at all - it's more of a "a guy should be a guy" sort of thing. They would laugh just as much, I think, if some woman was called "manly-girl".
In any event, I think that's the way it's
meant. I know that's not the way it's perceived, and I wish he'd stop using it.
I think the next childish wave will be to yell "Halliburton" or "Bush Lied" whenever more intelligent thoughts stop flowing.
Oh, wait . . .
