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Originally Posted by transplant99
She can say that all she likes.....but that does not make it true.
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And because you don't believe it doesn't make it untrue.
I think my point might be easier explained with a few yes/no questions.
Are female politicians treated differently than their male counterparts by some people
because they are women?
I believe the answer is yes. Some people, apparently, say no. Fine. I think they are wrong.
Do I think a conservative from the Wildrose Party would be hostile to an openly gay woman for reasons other than (but also including) her politics? Yes. They did, after all, lose the election at least partially due to their backwards views.
Would he have treated the situation differently if the Premier of Ontario sitting there was a man? I think that's a good bet. So, yes.
Did one of his supporters say something sexist and homophobic about that woman shortly after this incident and did the Wildrose MLA in question agree with him? That happened, so that's not a yes or no thing.
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Otherwise one would have to believe that the WR agreed with the politics if it was a man instead of a woman sitting in the premiers chair in Ontario, which is patently absurd.
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That's definitely absurd, and a really weird way to look at it.
I'm pretty confident in saying that every female politician in the world, of every stripe, feels that they are not treated the same as men. That some men don't take them seriously. That they don't respect them. That some men are in fact sexist #######s. Margaret Thatcher, bless her heart, would be included if she were still with us.
Not all men™, of course, so let's not get offended everyone. But some of them. Including this guy, for the reasons stated above.