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Originally posted by robustpuppy
You would prefer "reverse cowgirl"?
TM said something on the FB the other day about people who don't think racism exists anymore. This is a good analogue re: sexism. Wasn't O'Connor offered positions as legal secretary rather than associate after she graduated from law school? How infuriating to read such comments about her on her retirement. I don't care if she refers to herself as an Arizona cowgirl, it's demeaning for Frist and Bush to say that. Maybe it wouldn't be if the makeup were 7 to 2 the other way.
And Hank, the "humble beginnings" thing isn't all there is to those comments. It's just.plain. different. from calling Bush a "simple cowboy." and not just because he's not that at all.
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It is you ridiculously self-righteous "aren't we all victims" types that really help recruitment for the Republican Party. So I guess I should be thankful.
Yes - O'Conner was discriminated against when she got out. Even though she was number three in her class at Stanford (Rehnquist was #1) she had a really tough time finding a job. But how infuriating? Where you not aware that there was serious sexism in the U.S. in the 1950s?
Since when is being called a cowgirl an insult? My mother grew up on a ranch, and she likes to be called a cowgirl. She used to compete in Rodeos and thinks it is a compliment. To show she can compete with the cowboys.
Here is Bush and Frist tying to compliment her and you guys freak out. And what does the makeup of the court have to do with it? The phrase would be OK if there were more Women? That doesn't make any sense at all. Either the phrase is bigoted or it is not.
Lighten up Francis.
