Yes. And the double standard is the vilification of Barr against the incredibly muted condemnation of Bee (when held up against what it's obvious the reaction would have been had the same thing been said about Pelosi, for example).
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The fact that Bee is a woman doesn't magically erase the structural and systemic nature of this kind of language. Of course, it would be worse if she were a man, but it's absolutely the standard feminist line that you shouldn't use the word "cunt" in that sort of context.
Moreover, even if none of that were true, and it is true, you seriously telling me that if Ivanka had called say Nancy Pelosi a cunt on national television that the Left wouldn't be all over it on Twitter insisting that such language denigrates all women? Of course they would.
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That’s a completely inane analogy. Of course the reaction would be vastly different if Ivanka Trump - a powerful government official - publicly insulted anyone.
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It's not an inane analogy. Sven, I'm sorry but I think you're out of your depth. Ivanka wouldn't be criticized just coz she was a powerful govt official. She would be criticized because the language would be seen as *harming all women*. That's the line (a line) that'd be taken.
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Anyway, I'm done. I hope you enjoyed explaining things to me. Your explanation was entirely as I expected, and as entirely unpersuasive as I expected. I think you're a good guy, actually. But about this you're wrong.
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