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Pyrate Jenni ([info]pyratejenni) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2008-05-21 14:55:00
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What fucking year is this?
CNN hosts roundtable to discuss whether it's okay to call Hilary Clinton a white bitch.

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[info]iwanttobeasleep
2008-05-21 07:05 pm UTC (link)
Every so often I feel silly and ignorant for getting my news mainly on Comedy Central. Then the real news goes and justifies it.

Fuck you, CNN, you fucking sexists.

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(no subject) - [info]chaimonkey, 2008-05-21 08:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-05-22 03:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ninwhore, 2008-05-22 03:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-05-22 03:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ninwhore, 2008-05-22 03:11 am UTC

[info]wieimmer
2008-05-21 07:06 pm UTC (link)
Oh, FFS.

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[info]lizzypaul
2008-05-21 07:10 pm UTC (link)
You know, that could be a halfway funny SNL parody sketch.

As it is, I kind of want to kill people now. :(

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[info]acari
2008-05-21 07:17 pm UTC (link)
Am I crazy in thinking that CNN was once a decent news source? I think I remember the times but it could be that I am just a deluded female. You know how those are.

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(no subject) - [info]missm, 2008-05-21 08:20 pm UTC
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[info]airawyn
2008-05-21 07:18 pm UTC (link)
It's okay. They're good ol' boys. It's how they really talk. And hey, she's the enemy. Gawd, people, it's just TELEVISION. Don't you have real issues to worry about?



... oh, wait, this isn't the SPN thread.

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(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2008-05-21 07:26 pm UTC

[info]dreamer_marie
2008-05-21 07:29 pm UTC (link)
*turns to drink*

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(no subject) - [info]hangingfire, 2008-05-21 07:40 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2008-05-21 09:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kylenne, 2008-05-22 01:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-05-22 03:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-05-22 03:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-05-22 03:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-05-22 03:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]freezer, 2008-05-22 11:06 am UTC

[info]hallidae
2008-05-21 07:46 pm UTC (link)
I'd beat my head against the wall, but it's full of dents already.

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(no subject) - [info]snarkhunter, 2008-05-22 03:58 am UTC
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[info]rhosyn_du
2008-05-21 08:27 pm UTC (link)
I'm going to print out that transcript and use it to beat all the people I know who constantly try to argue that "feminism isn't really necessary anymore."

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(no subject) - [info]plazmah, 2008-05-21 08:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iwanttobeasleep, 2008-05-21 08:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rhosyn_du, 2008-05-22 12:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2008-05-22 05:48 am UTC

[info]airie
2008-05-21 08:52 pm UTC (link)
Hi Supreme Being,

It's me. I will never ever EVER trivialize misogyny in the media again. You've made your point.

Thanks,
A

PS. Am I naive to hold out hope Olbermann tears this to bits?

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(no subject) - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-05-21 10:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]uberlibran, 2008-05-22 01:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-05-22 02:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-05-22 02:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]esorlehcar, 2008-05-22 04:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kylenne, 2008-05-22 10:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mistressrenet, 2008-05-22 04:46 pm UTC

[info]fantine
2008-05-21 08:52 pm UTC (link)
...


Yeah, I've got nothing.

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[info]photosinensis
2008-05-21 09:12 pm UTC (link)
On the one hand, one could certainly call Hillary a bitch.

On the other, such namecalling has no place in serious news. Burn it with fire.

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[info]soupspooks
2008-05-21 10:00 pm UTC (link)
Wait, they're serious? I thought it was a 'there's a lot of unnecessary name-calling during political campaigning, you may as well be calling her a white bitch' discussion, not a serious, 'is this okay, y/n?'. Because, regardless of what she's done, the answer should be, unequivocally, N.

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(no subject) - [info]pyratejenni, 2008-05-21 10:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lyssa, 2008-05-22 09:24 am UTC

[info]inappropriate
2008-05-21 10:20 pm UTC (link)
Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh.

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[info]tree
2008-05-21 10:40 pm UTC (link)
Oh fuck this shit.

Where's the drink? I saw a drink thread in here somewhere.

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[info]daemonitellama
2008-05-21 10:54 pm UTC (link)
Maybe I should start writing these transcripts on baseballbats and marketing them as cluebats.

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[info]pernickety
2008-05-21 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Every now and then I think it'd be a good idea to show interest in the news, but then the news proves me wrong.

I'll just stick to The Bugle.

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[info]darthmaligna
2008-05-21 11:11 pm UTC (link)
Now this has got me thinking about the possible sexist implications of me, a white bitch, using the word cunt, a female sexual word, to refer to John McCain, a violently misogynistic man, on a consistent basis.

I'll work that out later. Right now I'm just thinking we need to move Anderson Cooper over to MSNBC right between Keith and Dan mmmm hot news sandwich and send CNN to sit in the corner and think about what it's done.

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(no subject) - [info]bigi, 2008-05-22 03:38 am UTC
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[info]zyna_kat
2008-05-22 12:43 am UTC (link)
I'm going to bed now, and hope that when I wake up, this will all have been a bad dream.

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[info]moonjaguar
2008-05-22 01:10 am UTC (link)
What? Oh wait, it's Crap News Network. I shoulda known they'd only get successively stupider and stupider with each passing election year.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2008-05-22 02:48 am UTC (link)
This is why when my husband tries to tell me things going on in The News I tell him to stop so I don't start screaming.

Ugh. Hate.

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[info]mcity
2008-05-22 02:58 am UTC (link)
Um, no?

Glad that's settled. Let's have Scotch.

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[info]pattypleb
2008-05-22 06:12 am UTC (link)
Damn it, Pyrate Jenni. You lure me in with your Utena icons and your ponies, and I always wind up hunting for antacid.

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I'm sorry. :(I - [info]pyratejenni, 2008-05-22 07:17 pm UTC

[info]squeakytoy
2008-05-22 09:39 am UTC (link)
Um. So, when's the roundtable discussion about whether it's okay to call Obama a "nigger president"?

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(no subject) - [info]pyratejenni, 2008-05-22 07:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]esorlehcar, 2008-05-23 01:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]utahraptor, 2008-05-24 01:00 am UTC

[info]darksumomo
2008-05-23 04:30 pm UTC (link)
Echidne of the Snakes had something to say about this.

The sexism is not bad, because it might hurt Hillary Clinton, just as the racism is not bad, because it might hurt Barack Obama. Not really.

That is a narrow and cramped and, dare I say it?, elitist view of what is going on, a view which revolves around the people in power and their political strategies and tactics. It is also a view which ignores the real problem altogether, this:

The sexist comments and the racist slurs are bad, because they are being washed, re-clad in Armani, presented back in high society, made to look innocent, and after all this they will be cropping up much more frequently everywhere, aimed at everyone who qualifies to be their victim. THAT's what is bad about them.

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[info]nostariel
2008-05-25 09:42 pm UTC (link)
I can't even deal with this. Jeebus.

Teaspoon vs. Ocean, indeed.

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