tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post2463460317992212749..comments2008-05-12T08:20:38.393-07:00slaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490998864382488501noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post-61694451572212261702008-05-12T08:20:00.000-07:002008-05-12T08:20:00.000-07:00GG: Thanks!<BR/>re gender: Probably only regular readers know it. I try to avoid talking about things that encourage bias (ie, personal things). But I realize that's not always practical/better.<BR/><BR/>re comment: I did leave a short smackdown comment on Wil's blog.slaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490998864382488501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post-76314323589777660892008-05-11T22:24:00.000-07:002008-05-11T22:24:00.000-07:00Slag,<BR/><BR/><BR/>I initially wanted to disagree with your assertion. (Partly due to a pro-Wil bias.) <BR/><BR/>But, you swung me around. Nicely done; good writing! :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>(BTW -- do readers of your blog know your gender? Given that you don't post your own pics, or refer to your partner's own gender, etc. [Although you could just be a same-sex couple.])<BR/><BR/>BTW#2: Did any call out Wil in the comments section?<BR/><BR/><BR/>--GGGye Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972251323124084977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post-9984914372475107852008-05-09T19:37:00.000-07:002008-05-09T19:37:00.000-07:00Fortunately for me I am rarely, if ever, intellectually honest. But that's part of my boyish charmpsilocynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13241779512136340471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post-61381754282639101542008-05-09T14:01:00.000-07:002008-05-09T14:01:00.000-07:00PS You should listen to Thom Hartmann more. I heard him the other day telling a caller that using the word "manipulative" to describe Hillary is sexist. Not because men aren't manipulative. But because using that word to describe a woman recalls a specific gendered stereotype. Same deal.slaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490998864382488501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post-80787659476391685882008-05-09T13:53:00.000-07:002008-05-09T13:53:00.000-07:00psilo: Yes. There are psycho ex-boyfriends too. But the psycho ex-boyfriend analogy is rarely ever made. So, it doesn't turn into a gendered stereotype (as any intellectually honest person will admit). Just like there are women who are too stubborn to pull over and ask for directions. But it's not a gendered stereotype. That is one of the definitions of sexism.<BR/><BR/>Or as Jon Stewart said to that lady who asked Obama if he "believes in the American flag" and then said that she wasn't questioning his patriotism: If you have to actually say you aren't questioning someone's patriotism, most likely, you are.<BR/><BR/>So, if you feel the need to say "this isn't sexist", most likely, it is.<BR/><BR/>Really, this concept isn't that challenging.slaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01490998864382488501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133412023191692227.post-36603202963619268992008-05-09T13:31:00.000-07:002008-05-09T13:31:00.000-07:00There are psycho ex-boyfriends, too. The kind that drive by your house at 12 in the morning blasting Dashboard Confessional. I think the psycho ex-girlfriend comparison fits Hillary's behavior. Likewise, I feel the psycho ex-boyfriend comparison fits Mike Gravel. He is clearly stalking the race to the whitehouse long after the whitehouse has moved on and started dating other people. But the Gravelanche won't give up. Only nobody care because he has become just another youtuber posting inane videospsilocynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13241779512136340471noreply@blogger.com