A recent New York Post article about a People magazine interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand contained items such as this:
After she dropped 50 pounds and got elected to the Senate, one of her favorite older senators walked up behind her, squeezed her waist, and intoned: “Don’t lose too much weight now. I like my girls chubby.”
Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, was quoted as having endured other sexist remarks from unnamed male congressional colleagues and others.
You might think super-feminist Amanda Marcotte would want to “out” the alleged sexist members of Congress, but think again:
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/505379323625603072
Gee, why wouldn’t a staunch feminist want Sen. Gillibrand to name her harassers?
@AmandaMarcotte Translation: Harassment only counts when it's done by Republicans.
— Waldo (@AndyWIII) August 29, 2014
Ya think political party might have something to do with it?
https://twitter.com/pretty_fits/status/505386853231378432
isn't sexual harassment a senate ethics violation? @AmandaMarcotte No, Gillibrand should not name her harassers. It would accomplish nothing
— deplorable mule (@jarsthemule) August 29, 2014
@AmandaMarcotte Translation: it would expose harassers as Democrats & hurt our narrative. If any of them were GOP, it'd be front page news.
— Farbrook (@dutchindian) August 29, 2014
@AmandaMarcotte – But, but, but #WarOnWomen
— 82Brew (@rodgers_jeff) August 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/LetsBanEvrythng/status/505390418977366017
Shorter @AmandaMarcotte – We only want to expose GOP losers. We'll just sweep the liberal ones under the rug because party before people.
— ⚾️ Is It Opening Day Yet? ⚾️ #NatsFan Carla (@LibertyBelleCJL) August 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/LetsBanEvrythng/status/505391137033834496
@AmandaMarcotte So you advocate that women who are harassed just STFU and cover up for the guilty parties? #fauxfeminists
— Victorena Minchew (@Merleliz) August 29, 2014
#Feminism means Shut up and vote Democrat. @AmandaMarcotte
— The Gunny (@Gunny_Says) August 29, 2014
@AmandaMarcotte they must b dems
— r pro (@rjp1208) August 29, 2014
@AmandaMarcotte in other words, they're Dems
— Brian Lerch (@bdlerch) August 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/505384300293132288
Don’t name the harassers? But what if…
https://twitter.com/Chris_Clukey/status/505384366235983872
However, according to Marcotte, the political party of Gillibrand’s unnamed harassers has nothing to do with her position:
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/505393176388329472
It’s worth noting that in the New York Post’s article People’s Gillibrand interview, one of the men who made an inappropriate remark to Gillibrand is described as a “southern congressman,” another as “one of her favorite older senators,” and another person as a “labor leader.
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