Okay, I promise I’m not going to start doing this all the time, but I have to post a few more links.
I don’t generally watch news on television, so I was pretty much unaware of Chris Matthews until everyone started printing and reprinting his outrageous statements about Clinton, which seriously, I can’t believe he’s retained his employment, and MSNBC should be ashamed. But more generally, here’s what I don’t get: if I were a man who did not want a woman to be president (or even just not this particular woman), I would tiptoe around saying anything even remotely approaching misogyny, because I would not want to remind the female voters in America right at this crucial moment that they are still living in a very sexist country. What is with people? Don’t they get that woman-bashing right now will certainly mobilize women to vote for a woman? Or are they just so gosh-darn furious at the very notion of a woman running for our country’s highest office that not even self-interest can shut them up? Well, I guess any variety of bigotry is a product of unintelligence in the first place, so I ought not to be surprised. (In case you’ve only witnessed Matthews’ most recent “tough and provocative”* criticism of Clinton, and the resultant apology, check out his history of ridiculous comments to a wide variety of female guests on his show.)
*(his words)
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And on a far stupider topic, I am a huge fan of each new exposure of Scientology for the disgusting load that it is. Not only is it a bullshit cult, but its teachings are racist and hateful (here are some fantastic quotes from the founder on the subject of race). It is not just harmless craziness. So, yay to Gawker for hosting the Tom Cruise video.
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So, I guess this links post could be summed up as “really moronic things I ought to just ignore, but am so continually needled by that I just can’t quite leave them alone.”
