http://www.cbsnews.com/news/was-obamas-c...de-sexist/
The National Organization for Women piled on:
On one hand this Onion-esque story shouldn't be surprising anymore, given that we're already in the realm of the absurd when it comes to these sort of cultural issues. On the other, there are a couple interesting points.
The first is that at the highest level of government, SJW blogging tactics are now being used to debate policy. The merits and demerits of this trade deal are momentarily taking a back seat to the identity of the individuals making the argument. Brown has now painted Obama's position as a position of evil now that it has come from a sexist place, the threshold for that sexism being the egregious act of referring to a woman by name.
The second point is that Obama himself has been in Warren's shoes more times than not, being shielded by identity issues when criticism arises. He is also firmly entrenched in the same camp as everyone mentioned in this story, from Sentaors Brown and Warren, to the NOW, and he's the President. Yet even he is not immune from this nonsense which shows that 'sexism' is at or near the very top of the SJW totem pole, and that going forward Hilary will be playing the Presidential Election Game with every armor cheat code possible engaged at once.
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The drama concerns a debate in Congress about a bill that would give the president fast-track authority to enact the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive new trade agreement that's pitted Mr. Obama against much of his party's congressional rank-and-file.
Progressives like Brown and Warren oppose TPP, warning that it would push companies to ship American jobs overseas while undermining labor and environmental regulations in the U.S. and around the world.
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In an interview last week with Yahoo News' Matt Bai, the president brushed aside those criticisms as purely "speculative."
"The truth of the matter is that Elizabeth is, you know, a politician like everybody else," Mr. Obama said. "And you know, she's got a voice that she wants to get out there. And I understand that. And on most issues, she and I deeply agree. On this one, though, her arguments don't stand the test of fact and scrutiny."
That dismissive tone didn't sit well with Brown, a fiery populist who's played a leading role alongside Warren in stirring up Democratic opposition to the fast-track bill and TPP itself.
"I think the president was disrespectful to her, the way he did that. I think the president has made this more personal than he needed to," Brown told reporters on Tuesday.
Pressed on which particular comments by the president he found disrespectful, Brown later added, "I think by just calling her 'another politician'...I think referring to her as her first name when he might not have done that for a male senator, perhaps. I've said enough."
The National Organization for Women piled on:
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National Organization for Women (NOW) president Terry O'Neill on Wednesday called President Obama's critique of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sexist.
O'Neill told The Hill she took issue with Obama calling Warren by her first name during an interview with Yahoo News published Saturday.
"Yes, I think it is sexist," O'Neill said. "I think the president was trying to build up his own trustworthiness on this issue by convincing us that Senator Warren's concerns are not to be taken seriously. But he did it in a sexist way."
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O'Neill said Obama's "clear subtext is that the little lady just doesn't know what she's talking about."
On one hand this Onion-esque story shouldn't be surprising anymore, given that we're already in the realm of the absurd when it comes to these sort of cultural issues. On the other, there are a couple interesting points.
The first is that at the highest level of government, SJW blogging tactics are now being used to debate policy. The merits and demerits of this trade deal are momentarily taking a back seat to the identity of the individuals making the argument. Brown has now painted Obama's position as a position of evil now that it has come from a sexist place, the threshold for that sexism being the egregious act of referring to a woman by name.
The second point is that Obama himself has been in Warren's shoes more times than not, being shielded by identity issues when criticism arises. He is also firmly entrenched in the same camp as everyone mentioned in this story, from Sentaors Brown and Warren, to the NOW, and he's the President. Yet even he is not immune from this nonsense which shows that 'sexism' is at or near the very top of the SJW totem pole, and that going forward Hilary will be playing the Presidential Election Game with every armor cheat code possible engaged at once.