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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
if an mp gets upset about being called stupid, they really shouldnt be in the job. For me this just conforms to the norm of let's get upset on her behalf because there may have been the slightest hint of sexism in his remark
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Well that's the thing isn't it. I doubt May herself gives a stuff that Corbyn called her a stupid woman. I also don't see how the comment is sexist; it doesn't imply that he thinks "women are stupid"
at all and that's simply conjecture from people who want to be offended, and want to find persecution in every statement. If he had said "Stupid man" about any male politician, which is perfectly feasible, people would have (correctly) understood that the intended insult is "stupid". Because he said "woman" due to the fact that she is, in fact, female... it's a problem?
Is it not more of a problem that the press / the public ASSUME that "woman" is intended to be insulting even when there's no real indication of that?
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