Slog - Comments on Just Kidding http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding That Sunday Washington Post opinion piece that infuriated feminist bloggers? The editor of the piece tells Politico it was meant in jest: “If it insulted people, that was not the intent,” Outlook editor John Pomfret told me this morning, calling the piece “tongue-in-cheek.” That's not the only Post opinion piece that upset people on Sunday. There was also this, by Linda Hirschman: Black voters of all socioeconomic classes are voting for the black candidate. Men are voting for the male candidate regardless of race or class. But even though this is also a year with the first major female presidential... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:45:49 -0800 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:08:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by friends like these So we all are just too stiff to see the joke? They really need to work on their humor writing.

]]> friends like these http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953542 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:55:15 -0800 Comment by Sirkowski It didn't strike me as she was serious. I guess I was right.

]]> Sirkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953555 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:02:37 -0800 Comment by Julie So, women are the only ones using their brains to pick their candidate instead of just automatically voting for the person who looks like themselves?

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953570 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:13:25 -0800 Comment by Aislinn If a humor piece outrages people (regular readers, at that), it has missed the mark.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953578 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953578 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:16:27 -0800 Comment by tsm Black voters of all socioeconomic classes are voting for the black candidate. Men are voting for the male candidate regardless of race or class ... women are split every way they can be. They're the only voting bloc not voting their bloc.

She's kinda picking and choosing her voting blocs there.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953579 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:16:39 -0800 Comment by Julie Wow. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Big Sven? ECB?

From the second article:

For weeks now, online and on cable news channels, almost anyone who expresses criticism of Obama or support for Clinton has elicited a firestorm of disapproval. Obama's scores of defenders -- "Obamabots," they're called -- immediately recite the anti-Clinton litany: Billary, Monica Lewinsky, Hillary's Iraq war vote, identity politics. Well-regarded activists such as Planned Parenthood's Feldt or successful writers such as Tina Fey who support Clinton are excoriated as worthless pieces of nonsense. [...] The commentary can feel like something close to intimidation, a gantlet of verbal punishment meted out to anyone who dares to disagree.
]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953630 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:47:23 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Bullshit it was a joke. That woman has a long history of writing anti-feminist nonsense. She blamed feminists for the alleged ugliness and surliness of flight attendants. My cousin is a flight attendant, and while she may be a bitch, she's also smokin' hot.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953648 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:58:55 -0800 Comment by A Man of Course Writing tongue in cheek is one way to assure it will go over the head of feminists like EB et al, as this one surely did (see earlier shitstorm). If there's one thing fems don't have, in addition to sex appeal, it's a sense of humor.

]]> A Man of Course http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953658 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:04:44 -0800 Comment by Greg I'll say it again: any study, ANY survey result that claims people vote a certain way based on race or class or gender is bullshit.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953666 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:09:26 -0800 Comment by Greg Also, #8, you're a dickhead. Fuck off and die.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953673 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:12:46 -0800 Comment by Abby It's like an Internet argument, but in print. As soon as the criticism comes out, the original arguer claims that she did it all for laughs...

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953696 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:26:09 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Reading the online comments at WaPo (yes, that was me on there too) most people don't buy this lame excuse.

But hey, that's just reality talking.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953720 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:35:57 -0800 Comment by A Man of Course Dear Greg: Name calling, death threat, no actual thought. Ever think of applying for a Stranger writer's job?

]]> A Man of Course http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c953767 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:55:32 -0800 Comment by Julie @8... have you read any of the author's earlier work? The theme of this most recent article is pretty much in keeping with many of her other pieces. Unless practically her entire body of work to date has been an unacknowledged joke, I'm pretty sure this article was not "tongue-in-cheek."

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c954242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c954242 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:00:37 -0800 Comment by NaFun So all those black men who vote for Hilary are what then?

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c955590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/just_kidding#c955590 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:08:16 -0800