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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:25 PM Original message |
NOW calls for firing of Jerry Brown staffer who used Meg Whitman slur |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. they have a point - |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Given the context, it is clear the staffer was using the term to |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly. There's a difference between calling a woman a whore because she's a woman, |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. O'Neill might want to look up the definition of "corporate whore" |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pretty sad that NOW equates whore only with women. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe Jerry should have Meg fire the guy. She seems to enjoy that. |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Good one. n/t. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Meg may prefer to shove the person instead. |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh PLEASE... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah, her own campaign uses the word whore |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think NOW should be thinking of the effect Meg's election |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I'll second that. |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Common usage of 'whore' is not gender specific |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Are they calling for the firing of Pete Wilson too? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Anyone here recall NOW taking a firm stand against the use of |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dumb! Stop attacking the person who is on your side before the election. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Call her on her way home from work and fire her |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. UPDATE: National NOW prez backs off on pressuring Brown on"whore" controversy |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Not Buying It |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. if the name "corporate whore" fits, wear it. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. My question is where the hell has NOW been since the 1990s? |
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