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Re: Why am I not surprised?
By Christy
May 22nd 2008
at 2:06 am EDT
True, some on the left hate her too. (Though it seems the right is much worse). Should have mentioned it, but since this post was about someone from the right attacking her, that's what I mainly discussed in my response. Sorry for not being completely balanced.
The commentator was Alex Castellanos, a consultant for the GOP. From the clip it is quite apparent that Castellanos has a personal problem with Hillary Clinton.
Therefore, using only his analysis of her character and actions, Castellanos justifies his statement that it is perfectly acceptable for a newspaper to call Clinton or any woman who is as he states, "abrasive, aggressive [and] irritating," a bitch.
Castellanos also says that because Hillary clinton fits what he believes to be a standard societal definition of the term, calling Clinton (or any other woman who fits this apparently universal definition) a bitch is not sexist.
If I understand Castellanos' reasoning correctly, it is not sexist to call a woman a bitch based on what he (a man) feels is a universally accepted definition of a term for which there is no male equivalent, created in the confines of a partiarchical society?
Right..... :-x
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