I haven’t been very clear on this from the beginning and realize now I took a stance on this based on the reporting itself. So far I’ve seen about 90% of this story concentrating on the words “fucking bitch”. So I’m going to pull back on anything directly speaking about AOC’s statements or actions and just stick to my disregard for this kind of reporting and making political hay out of a sudden attack of prudism. There really is nothing here to see folks, it’s another day on capitol hill.
And that is the problem.
I just wanted to pipe in and acknowledge your efforts at making this thread about you. Well done!
It’s a great speech. Every so often you really need someone to rip into bad societal expectations and take them to shreds piece by piece, and that’s exactly what she did. Never underestimate the power of a great orator laying out what “we’ve all been saying for years” in excruciatingly simple easy to understand language. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was still being quoted and referred to years later in the same way that Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech is in Australia - yes, it’s not “new”, but it’s crystalising. And she didn’t make it about her, she made it about everyone - that’s powerful.
People have been asking about me, so I have responded. But thank you for respecting my voice, shows exactly how much you get it.
Exactly.
I actually am from her district. She’s recently had 79% approval there, and won her primary race against a well funded opponent and several others with 72% of the vote. So her constituents don’t have a problem with what she’s doing.
Kind of a good illustration of her point right here. She’s just being an attention whore? She shouldn’t be taken seriously?
Hmm. Which public figure best fits this description?
Yoho is a massive tool, and I’m glad she called out his weak non-apology and in particular the canard these types always pull out: “I have a wife and/or other female relatives, so I can’t possibly treat women poorly”.
But I cringed right out of my shoes when AOC said she was glad her dad died young, and strongly implied that she kind of wished her mom were already dead as well. 
Awkward!
Holy crap, you really said that out loud? Did you not, at the very least, watch the video of the speech that is the basis of this thread?
That was a rhetorical question, BTW. Of course you didn’t.
It reminds me of when Roy Moore (the alleged pedo who ran for senate in Alabama) was trying to shed allegations that he did not like Jewish people. His wife noted that, “one of our attorneys is a Jew.” It turned out later that their attorney is not Jewish. Apparently they just assumed he was.
You just can’t make this shit up.
Ooooof. 
Attorney, accountant, doctor… who can tell the difference.
Not exactly:
AOC:
I am someone’s daughter too. My father, thankfully, is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter. My mother got to see Mr. Yoho’s disrespect on the floor of this House towards me on television and I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter and that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men.
Reasonable people can differ on whether she was implying that about her mom. But it’s right there in black and white about her dad: “My father, thankfully, is not alive”. Yikes!
Yeah, sure, that’s what it says… if you cut the sentemce off before it ends. Yikes!
You know, if you read the whole quote that you so carefully chopped at just the right point, it would be obvious what she really said and meant.
“My father, thankfully, is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter.”
Still not any better IMO. My dad also died young, and thereby missed out on seeing some bad things happen to me. I don’t think that’s a worthwhile tradeoff! I’d rather he still be around. Just me, I guess?
Yes, “just you”. That expression doesn’t mean what you are assuming it means.