Re: [Pen-l] song about Palin

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Shane Mage wrote:
> Good song, but it needs a refrain.
> Here it is, with apologies to Elvis:
>
> I don't give a damn if she broke out of the pound
> You've gotta stop kickin' my pit bull bitch around

I know that the GOP use of the term "sexism" to defend Palin has had
the beneficial side-effect (for them) of undermining and discouraging
any future use of the word, but I think we should avoid sexism
nontheless. Calling her a "bitch" fits too closely into that category
for comfort.[*] The word is too often used to trash a woman for being
as assertive and/or aggressive as men often are. The
assertive/aggressive men are usually admired, praised, promoted, etc.

 IMHO, it's much better to make _substantive_ criticisms of Palin,
McCain, Obama, and Biden (remember him?)

[*] Had Senator Obama actually been referring to Palin when he brought
up the idea of putting a lipstick on a pig, that would have been
sexist too.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days
indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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