Hearing after hearing, the women witnesses are kicking ass.

[CanonRay]

A nation that doesn't recognize and utilize these phenomenal people is doomed to fail.

[Raven]

1. I envy Karlan's students and in case we didn't think she

had a sense of humor, that line about eating the turkey that came in the mail was hilarious.

[TheRealNorth]

2. Stop the identity politics

All our witnesses are kicking ass.

Why some people that purport to be Democrats want to drive a gender divide is beyond me.

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. I hope I'm not interpreting this correctly, but your response smacks of...

the "all lives matter" reaction to "black lives matter."

The OP did not say the male witnesses were not also kicking ass. Merely pointed out how well women are doing. And societies ignore women's contributions to their own peril.

Please rethink your reaction if my interpretation was correct. My apologies if it was not.

[TheRealNorth]

6. If I were to say

If I said something like, "all of our white congressmen are kicking ass", wouldn't that sound a bit racist to you? It would to me.

There is an implying that their kicking ass is because of their race or gender.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Sorry, I'm not going to play that game.

You'll have to get someone else to explain power differentials and societal norms to you. You chose to be offended by something that wasn't there. And use a sentence no one would say to somehow prove your point.

There was absolutely no implication that the ass kicking was because of their gender in the OP. Given the other comments, I gather I wasn't the only one to find your response a poor one.

[TheRealNorth]

12. So you are saying that there are different standards for racism/sexism

I an sorry, but I see a lot of swing voters get turned off by Democrats making statements like that, and I am going to challenge racism/sexism as I see it. There should not be a different standard for racism/sexism just because the aggrieved party as a whole has more power in society.

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. Except the comment you replied to was neither racist nor sexist.

Women did kick ass in those meetings. Do you deny that?

And perhaps in some people's opinions the women kicked ass even harder than the men did. Doesn't mean the men weren't valuable witnesses or didn't kick ass too.

Again, you're choosing to see something that isn't there.

Have a nice day.

[murielm99]

15. You are 100% correct, Pacifist Patriot.

[MLAA]

17. I would say several women have definitely have definitely stood out 🤩

[Hekate]

16. Oh now I get it. You're concerned. Very very concerned that if you so much as notice the outstanding

...achievements of members of an underrepresented group -- that the delicate fee-fees of the overrepresented and historically very powerful group will be hurt.

Got it! Thanks!

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. .

[LanternWaste]

5. Your logical fallacy is creative.

The one doesn't deny the other. "All our witnesses are kicking ass" is not denied by premise of the OP.

Saying 2+2=4 neither trivializes nor minimizes the sum that 10-6=4 as well.

Why some people want that purport to pretend offense when none is available is beyond me.

Well, no it's not beyond me. It's actually pretty damn obvious.

[demmiblue]

7. ...

[CanonRay]

11. Oh for pity's sake

That is all. I just feel that in every hearing I've seen, the women in every case were the best.

[SlogginThroughIt]

20. So you are using the concept of division to divide?

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. I made a comment a couple of weeks ago, that a big difference between...

the Watergate hearings and now, is the presence of brilliant women in powerful positions on the witness list and questioning those witnesses. We have made progress. Still more to go, but we're getting there!

[mr_lebowski]

8. Agree, but we did have a pretty great female questioner for Watergate ;) nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. We did, didn't we?

[B Stieg]

14. Good point. Thanks.

[calimary]

18. Damn right!