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Should the first female nominee for U.S. Vice Present from the republican party, who rose to the top of an extremely male dominated field, serve as an inspirati
by engtech 13y ago
Should the first female nominee for U.S. Vice Present from the republican party, who rose to the top of an extremely male dominated field, serve as an inspiration for gender equality?
edit: mpyne said it best somewhere else in this thread:
"He's saying that it's the position of power that
is morally bankrupt, not the man that happens to
be filling it today.
If tomorrow a woman was in the same position of
power then it would still be morally bankrupt,
because it is the position which leads to moral
bankruptcy, not the person filling the position."
Perhaps most politicians aren't good role-models because a career in politics doesn't attract the kind of people who are good role-models.
- sultezdukes 13y agoShould Hillary Clinton serve as an inspiration for gender equality?
- ErrantX 13y agoI don't entirely like her politics, but have always found Condoleezza Rice quite inspiring. This might be an odd way of putting it (and don't misconstrue what I'm trying to say), but it always seemed that no one ever noticed she was a woman. Proof positive that gender simply doesn't matter if you are the best at what you do.
- tomjen3 13y agoNot only did most people miss that she was a woman, you missed (or didn't point out) that she was black (or what counts for black in politics today).
- ErrantX 13y agoTrue! An excellent example of my point :D
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- devilmaycare 13y agoThat's because she's a Republican. Black republicans aren't held up as examples of racial progress. Instead, their motives are attacked by the liberal media[1]. Probably nobody has suffered more vile attacks than Clarence Thomas[2] for the crime of being Republican while black. To be an inspirational black politician, you must be liberal. [1]http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/tim-scott-tokenism-and-the-lessons-the-gop-still-hasnt-learned/266496/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/tim-scot... [2]http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,134324,00.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,134324,00.h... [2]http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/new-tone-naacp-silent-racism-against-conservative-clarence-thomas_541500.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/new-tone-naacp-silent-ra... [2]http://rightpunditry.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/judge-c-thomas.jpg http://rightpunditry.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/judge-c-tho...
- empthought 13y agoColin Powell and Condi Rice are both reviled for their roles in the Iraq lie. As far as I know they are still considered examples of racial progress, despite this fact.
- penny500 13y agoBurden of proof is on you to prove that. Objective sources only, please.
- saraid216 13y agoI'd like to see you prove the existence of an objective source, first.
- penny500 13y agoSaraid216, I don't have the burden to prove. I didn't make any claims that people "lied". But since I'm being nice, here you go: http://www.factcheck.org/bushs_16_words_on_iraq_uranium.html http://www.factcheck.org/bushs_16_words_on_iraq_uranium.html
- nailer 13y agoProbably not, as Hillary Clinton is in politics because her husband was the US President.
- theorique 13y agoShould the first female nominee for U.S. Vice Present from the republican party, who rose to the top of an extremely male dominated field, serve as an inspiration for gender equality? Why not?