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First: yes, embarrassing confession, I sometimes watch bad television (usually in the height of midterms season as a way to procrastinate). Second: I'm a little bothered by something I saw in a recent episode of Last Man Standing, which is an ABC comedy starring Tim Allen as Mike Baxter, a Republican outdoor gear shop manager in Denver, Colorado. In "Renaming Boy's School," Mike Baxter (played by Tim Allen) calls Hillary Clinton "cankles in a pantsuit" in a series of jokes about her as a potential presidential candidate in 2016.
This makes me really uncomfortable.
First, there's the fact that I — like many men and women — admire Hillary Clinton's distinguished career in public service. Second, I'm really bothered by the fact that this dig is based on comments about Hillary's physical appearance; why do television commentators, pundits and, yes, even comedy show writers focus so much on women's appearances to make them the butts of jokes?
Leave us a shoutout in the comments: am I right to be bothered by this, or am I being too thin-skinned about a harmless little joke?
1. Benghazi- this speaks for itself
ReplyDelete2. She really is ugly
3. Quit being offended by others' expression of their first amendment rights
4. You don't see men getting offended when people make fun of their appearances, do you?
OMGosh!!!! Soooooooo tired of people saying "I'm offended", "that really offends me" Get a fricking grip people! You spend far too much time worrying about crap that doesn't matter! You are exhausting!
ReplyDeletelol, no comment needed...
ReplyDeleteDefinition of kankles in a pantsuit
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