If Larry is not free to express his opinion without some woman, kleenex to her eyes, whining about inequity, HOW can the next step ever, ever take place?

it’s Larry’s website and he wrote the article.  so who else was I supposed to go to with my response to how he titled the article?  I respect Larry a great deal and knew that I could express my honest opinion to him without his being offended.   

So, if Larry was not offended why are you?

Next time, argue the merits of Coakley as a person not a gender.

Sheesh, it’s the eternal whining about being put down that keeps women down.  

If I’m so boring, then ignore me.

anger? you mean boredom.
ZZZZZ….

what’s your point?  Instead of just Coakley, you are eager to take your anger out on another woman by making a non-sensical remark that my comments are only about ME.  Wow, talk about cognitive dissonance. 

I don’t think I did.  You simply misunderstood my point. When society has no problem with Al and Jesse lecturing us about racism whenever they believe its raised its ugly head, but alternatively, have a fit when a woman, any woman, tries to do the same thing when she perceives sexism has raised its ugly head, she is immediately attacked and marginalized.  Why is that?  What is the difference?  Women want what AA men have wanted…respect, equality and a chance to live their lives to the fullest, without being held back by prejudice and ignorance.

Bottom line, if a woman cannot be given the respect we give Al and Jesse by accepting that they can detect racism when those of us who are not AA would not, then doesn’t it stand to reason that a woman would be more likely to recognize sexism when she sees it?

Another example of the point I was trying to make is that during the primary, obama was allowed to lecture the country on prime time TV about racism.  Hillary was not event allowed to defend herself against the blatant sexist attacks she received on a daily basis, and we all know that she would never have been allowed to talk about it on prime time TV!  Why was obama given this opportunity and not Hillary?

Like racism, once sexism is put on the table for debate and discussion openly and freely, that’s when we will begin to see real change in how women are treated.  IMO, there are many who still don’t want to see this kind of change to come because it will be viewed as a threat to male power and control.  Hence, the knee jerk response that I was out of line to point out that I didn’t like how Coakley was being defined.

I am grateful to Larry for listening to me and giving my concerns relevance.  Just like men, women need to be heard.