It amazes me how many people don't seem to hear themselves when they speak and how many appear to be oblivious to their own prejudices. Rapper T.I.'s recent comments is just the latest example of this. When he was asked about Hillary Clinton's presidential run by Sirius XM's DJ Whoo Kid, he said this:
"Not to be sexist but, I can't vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman. Just because, every other position that exists, I think a woman could do well. But the president? It's kinda like, I just know that women make rash decisions emotionally -- they make very permanent, cemented decisions -- and then later, it's kind of like it didn't happen, or they didn't mean for it to happen. And I sure would hate to just set off a nuke. [Other leaders] will not be able to negotiate the right kinds of foreign policy; the world ain't ready yet. I think you might be able to [get] the Lochness Monster elected before you could [get a woman]."
T.I. has apologized following the backlash, but still, how can one's rationale regarding this subject be so ridiculous, almost comically so?
First of all, I love how T.I. started his sentence with the words, "No to be sexist, but..." I hear this all the time. Often times when a person wants to utter a racist or sexist comment, they open their statement with, "I'm not a racist, but..." or "I'm not a sexist, but...," and there's approximately a 98% chance the following words will be racist or sexist. It's like they feel that if they say they aren't racist or sexist, it will excuse them of their coming racist or sexist words.
Secondly, I'm not sure what world T.I. has been living in all these years, but really? He's worried about women making rash decisions? Who's been mostly responsible for waging wars, mass shootings, serial killings, etc.? Oh, that's right, men. How many people have died due to stupid decisions made by male leaders? That's what I thought... Men have screwed things up enough as it is; perhaps it's time to give more women a chance to lead.
Given T.I.'s quote, expect him to make the following statements in the future:
- "Not to be racist, but Mexicans are only good for burritos, nachos, chihuahuas, and other Mexican food."
- "Not to be sexist, but women's IQ is like the square root of 49, so, 6."
- "Not to be homophobic, but God likes gays about as much as Jews liked that Gandalf fella."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ti-hillary-clinton-vote_561d2446e4b028dd7ea52be0
"Not to be sexist but, I can't vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman. Just because, every other position that exists, I think a woman could do well. But the president? It's kinda like, I just know that women make rash decisions emotionally -- they make very permanent, cemented decisions -- and then later, it's kind of like it didn't happen, or they didn't mean for it to happen. And I sure would hate to just set off a nuke. [Other leaders] will not be able to negotiate the right kinds of foreign policy; the world ain't ready yet. I think you might be able to [get] the Lochness Monster elected before you could [get a woman]."
T.I. has apologized following the backlash, but still, how can one's rationale regarding this subject be so ridiculous, almost comically so?
First of all, I love how T.I. started his sentence with the words, "No to be sexist, but..." I hear this all the time. Often times when a person wants to utter a racist or sexist comment, they open their statement with, "I'm not a racist, but..." or "I'm not a sexist, but...," and there's approximately a 98% chance the following words will be racist or sexist. It's like they feel that if they say they aren't racist or sexist, it will excuse them of their coming racist or sexist words.
Secondly, I'm not sure what world T.I. has been living in all these years, but really? He's worried about women making rash decisions? Who's been mostly responsible for waging wars, mass shootings, serial killings, etc.? Oh, that's right, men. How many people have died due to stupid decisions made by male leaders? That's what I thought... Men have screwed things up enough as it is; perhaps it's time to give more women a chance to lead.
Given T.I.'s quote, expect him to make the following statements in the future:
- "Not to be racist, but Mexicans are only good for burritos, nachos, chihuahuas, and other Mexican food."
- "Not to be sexist, but women's IQ is like the square root of 49, so, 6."
- "Not to be homophobic, but God likes gays about as much as Jews liked that Gandalf fella."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ti-hillary-clinton-vote_561d2446e4b028dd7ea52be0
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