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To be fair, that guest threw it out into the middle of a conversation that had nothing to do with it just to rile people up. The exact quote was "I’m a first am

by lovich 9y ago

To be fair, that guest threw it out into the middle of a conversation that had nothing to do with it just to rile people up. The exact quote was "I’m a first amendment absolutist. I believe in only two things completely, the First Amendment and boobs"[1] while talking about ESPN mixing politics into their sports coverage [1]http://www.dailywire.com/news/21140/meltdown-sports-analyst-triggers-cnn-i-believe-1st-ryan-saavedra# http://www.dailywire.com/news/21140/meltdown-sports-analyst-...

eropple 9y ago
I'm glad you got here before I did, because the post to which you are replying is disingenously mischaracterizing it as "oh, someone said boobs." That dude was rolling in some openly sexist garbage, smugging about it, and looked shocked that the female refused to take it. It wasn't about any particular body part being referred to at all, and that poster knew it when making that post. (And I'm saying this despite looking at the prices in the article at the root of this thread and having my eyeballs roll out of their sockets and bounce down the road.)
- stevehawk 9y ago
  Apparently I'm the only person who thinks the host blew it in regards to that. The guy who said "boobs" in a bad effort to be shocking and funny actually tried to keep the conversation on topic.. going so far as to talk over the host when she kept trying to get him to clarify what he said. Yea he's an asshat but she blew that entire bit. And she wasn't helped by the apologist who couldn't move past it either. She should have just moved on and then at the end of it informed him he's a mysognist and wouldn't be allowed back on the show.. not just declare she's cutting the mics because she's so fragile and mind blown. (Disregard if this isn't about the blonde lady, white guy, and black guy discussing why Trump's people won't quit trying to get the ESPN commentator fired)
  - Frondo 9y ago
    You aren't the only person with that view, of course, but certainly there are many of us now who disagree with your assessment. Even using words like "fragile" seems out of line--she's a talk show host who refused to take shit from some asshole. That's not fragility, that's someone standing up for herself. This looks a lot like the double standard that's commonly applied to women's behavior: men are "assertive" and women are "bitchy" for doing the exact same thing in the exact same situation. Under that kind of analysis, women can't win. (Which is maybe the point of that kind of analysis.)

by lovich 9y ago

eropple 9y ago

I'm glad you got here before I did, because the post to which you are replying is disingenously mischaracterizing it as "oh, someone said boobs." That dude was rolling in some openly sexist garbage, smugging about it, and looked shocked that the female refused to take it. It wasn't about any particular body part being referred to at all, and that poster knew it when making that post. (And I'm saying this despite looking at the prices in the article at the root of this thread and having my eyeballs roll out of their sockets and bounce down the road.)

stevehawk 9y ago
Apparently I'm the only person who thinks the host blew it in regards to that. The guy who said "boobs" in a bad effort to be shocking and funny actually tried to keep the conversation on topic.. going so far as to talk over the host when she kept trying to get him to clarify what he said. Yea he's an asshat but she blew that entire bit. And she wasn't helped by the apologist who couldn't move past it either. She should have just moved on and then at the end of it informed him he's a mysognist and wouldn't be allowed back on the show.. not just declare she's cutting the mics because she's so fragile and mind blown. (Disregard if this isn't about the blonde lady, white guy, and black guy discussing why Trump's people won't quit trying to get the ESPN commentator fired)
- Frondo 9y ago
  You aren't the only person with that view, of course, but certainly there are many of us now who disagree with your assessment. Even using words like "fragile" seems out of line--she's a talk show host who refused to take shit from some asshole. That's not fragility, that's someone standing up for herself. This looks a lot like the double standard that's commonly applied to women's behavior: men are "assertive" and women are "bitchy" for doing the exact same thing in the exact same situation. Under that kind of analysis, women can't win. (Which is maybe the point of that kind of analysis.)