# Allen West: sexual harassment or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948 "2011-07-22T04:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/41 "2011-07-22T22:31:34Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Anyone who thinks that Allen West is a sexist is a racist. Is there a difference between what someone does, and [who they are?](http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/how_to_tell_people_they_sound.html) ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/42 "2011-07-22T22:34:03Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Anyone who thinks that Allen West is a sexist is a racist. I wouldn’t say a racist but they’re a feminist fanatic though. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/43 "2011-07-22T23:21:46Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Think on that one for a minute. This guy is so full of it, his eyes are brown. That’s so racist! [sub]/joke[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/44 "2011-07-23T01:35:34Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > “I can’t be a sexist! Not only am I _married_ to a woman, I have daughters!” I guess he can only be sexist if he’s married to a man. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/45 "2011-07-23T01:38:04Z")
Everybody just shut the heck up and calm the frick down! ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/46 "2011-07-23T03:16:29Z")
The dude is a hypocritical asshole, but I don’t see this as sexual harassment at all. I do agree that he wouldn’t have sent a male colleague an email like that, which makes it sexist, not harassment. The immature and ridiculous behavior from some of these politicians amazes me. It’s like they do not care even a little bit how stupid they look. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/47 "2011-07-23T18:06:19Z")
He cared enough to restrain himself to using “shut the heck up” (Underline Added). Seeing as how he is now using this incident for fundraising purposes (I’ve even seen online donation ads asking me to help Rep. West “keep fighting.”) I doubt he sees this email as a mistake. I do wonder why he claimed to have apologized and then took it back. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/48 "2011-07-24T00:31:30Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Anyone who thinks that Allen West is a sexist is a racist. What if I think he’s a moron? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/49 "2011-07-24T00:36:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What if I think he’s a moron? Well, then you’re smarter than the average Republican. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/50 "2011-07-24T00:39:45Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Anyone who thinks that Allen West is a sexist is a racist. > [@zoid](#): > > I’m sorry but I have to ask, you’re kidding, right? > I just don’t pick up on these things sometimes. Did we ever establish if this was a whoosh or if **Omg a Black Conservative** was serious? ---
**Author:** ![Khristy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Khristy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khristy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948/51 "2011-07-31T13:10:29Z")
Don’t forget also that Wasserman Schultz is Jewish. Therefore West is also a filthy, lowdown antisemite!!! :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948.md?page=2)