Comments on: An Open Letter to Anyone At the Washington Post/WPNI http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:32:32 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: genoasail http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1309060 genoasail Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:24:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1309060 <p>This reads like a bad diary at Daily Kos that would last fifteen minutes before it dropped of the list.</p> <p>The quality of writing was worse than Bill Kristol’s, and that’s pretty bad.</p> This reads like a bad diary at Daily Kos that would last fifteen minutes before it dropped of the list.

The quality of writing was worse than Bill Kristol’s, and that’s pretty bad.

]]> By: tmwolfe http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1309001 tmwolfe Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:05:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1309001 <p>Wow. I don’t know what to say. The article is an embarrassment and a hack job. I don’t understand how the Washington Post could run it.</p> Wow. I don’t know what to say. The article is an embarrassment and a hack job. I don’t understand how the Washington Post could run it.

]]> By: Bionic http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308899 Bionic Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:27:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308899 <p>Well I did manage to read it through to the end. It was painful and I searched hard for the satire but I guess it isn’t there.</p> <blockquote><p>The same goes for female fighter pilots, architects, tax accountants, chemical engineers, Supreme Court justices and brain surgeons. Yes, they can do their jobs and do them well, and I don’t think anyone should put obstacles in their paths. I predict that over the long run, however, even with all the special mentoring and role-modeling the 21st century can provide, the number of women in these fields will always lag behind the number of men, for good reason. </p></blockquote> <p>Big of her to say she doesn’t think anyone should put obstacles in their paths, but the fact that historically many were and in some cases still are, doesn’t absolve women from not outperforming men, according to her view.<br /> Jeez, I’m not that old and I remember when “girls <strong>c</strong>ouldn’t do that”.<br /> It takes some time to blaze a trail.</p> <p>And given the fact that so many women work the second shift while their biological clocks run, is it any wonder the cream doesn’t rise to the top all the time?</p> <p>I think that’s a “good reason” why women may lag behind men in these professions, but I don’t think it’s the same reason she’s thinking of.</p> <p>What was that they used to say about Astaire and Rogers?<br /> He was a great dancer, but she did it backwards and in high heels.</p> Well I did manage to read it through to the end. It was painful and I searched hard for the satire but I guess it isn’t there.

The same goes for female fighter pilots, architects, tax accountants, chemical engineers, Supreme Court justices and brain surgeons. Yes, they can do their jobs and do them well, and I don’t think anyone should put obstacles in their paths. I predict that over the long run, however, even with all the special mentoring and role-modeling the 21st century can provide, the number of women in these fields will always lag behind the number of men, for good reason.

Big of her to say she doesn’t think anyone should put obstacles in their paths, but the fact that historically many were and in some cases still are, doesn’t absolve women from not outperforming men, according to her view.
Jeez, I’m not that old and I remember when “girls couldn’t do that”.
It takes some time to blaze a trail.

And given the fact that so many women work the second shift while their biological clocks run, is it any wonder the cream doesn’t rise to the top all the time?

I think that’s a “good reason” why women may lag behind men in these professions, but I don’t think it’s the same reason she’s thinking of.

What was that they used to say about Astaire and Rogers?
He was a great dancer, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

]]> By: patalexva http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308858 patalexva Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:03:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308858 <p>Hi Jane,<br /> This is in the OUTLOOK section - which is the Sunday opinion section. Sort of like the editorials I guess. So I’m not sure it was an “assignment”.</p> <p>All’s I can say is, Ug.</p> Hi Jane,
This is in the OUTLOOK section – which is the Sunday opinion section. Sort of like the editorials I guess. So I’m not sure it was an “assignment”.

All’s I can say is, Ug.

]]> By: denreill http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308775 denreill Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:13:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308775 <p>Yet another Post columnist waiting for the Cah-Ching of the checkbook- seriously does anyone care what this pathetic hack writes?<br /> its FAUX news caliber, all thats missing is a bible quote.</p> Yet another Post columnist waiting for the Cah-Ching of the checkbook- seriously does anyone care what this pathetic hack writes?
its FAUX news caliber, all thats missing is a bible quote.

]]> By: wasabi http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308736 wasabi Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:49:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308736 <p>Are you sure about that? What if Kerry didn’t want the Clenis to be out campaigning for him. Al Gore didn’t.</p> <p>Where are you getting your data from, or are you just theorizing?</p> Are you sure about that? What if Kerry didn’t want the Clenis to be out campaigning for him. Al Gore didn’t.

Where are you getting your data from, or are you just theorizing?

]]> By: MariaSquared http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308707 MariaSquared Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:18:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308707 <p>Oh ugh, I tried but just couldn’t finish it either. I couldn’t get past the part about the office full of women where nothing gets done. I have to ask, what planet is she from?</p> Oh ugh, I tried but just couldn’t finish it either. I couldn’t get past the part about the office full of women where nothing gets done. I have to ask, what planet is she from?

]]> By: BoGardiner http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308698 BoGardiner Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:05:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308698 <p>My email to the Post; please consider sending one.</p> <p><a href="mailto:ombudsman@washpost.com" rel="nofollow">ombudsman@washpost.com</a><br /> Subject: Column on Female Inferiority</p> <p>Regarding Charlotte Allen’s column today, “We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?”</p> <p>I realize I’m supposed to be laughing. I’m not. This is serious. Very serious.</p> <p>I would like a response as to what the Post’s criteria are for determining when a column crosses a line into gratuitous incitement to contempt for an entire segment of the human population.</p> <p>I sincerely want to understand why the Post accepted this for publication. Was it that a member of the targeted population authored the column? So if we learn that David Duke has African-American blood, the Post would allow him to opine that blacks are inferior?</p> <p>Or did the Post rate this as “satire?” If so, what is the Post’s definition of satire? What precisely is it that the Post thinks is being satirized, and what does the Post consider Allen’s actual beliefs to be regarding female inferiority?</p> <p>Would the Post print a comparable column about any historically oppressed group? Or are females a “special case”? If so, why?</p> <p>I look forward to your explanation.</p> My email to the Post; please consider sending one.

ombudsman@washpost.com
Subject: Column on Female Inferiority

Regarding Charlotte Allen’s column today, “We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?”

I realize I’m supposed to be laughing. I’m not. This is serious. Very serious.

I would like a response as to what the Post’s criteria are for determining when a column crosses a line into gratuitous incitement to contempt for an entire segment of the human population.

I sincerely want to understand why the Post accepted this for publication. Was it that a member of the targeted population authored the column? So if we learn that David Duke has African-American blood, the Post would allow him to opine that blacks are inferior?

Or did the Post rate this as “satire?” If so, what is the Post’s definition of satire? What precisely is it that the Post thinks is being satirized, and what does the Post consider Allen’s actual beliefs to be regarding female inferiority?

Would the Post print a comparable column about any historically oppressed group? Or are females a “special case”? If so, why?

I look forward to your explanation.

]]> By: megpiepie1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308677 megpiepie1 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:54:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308677 <p>Amen</p> Amen

]]> By: RieszFischer http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308665 RieszFischer Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:45:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/02/an-open-letter-to-anyone-at-the-washington-postwpni/#comment-1308665 <p>Not fair! I don’t pretend I have a “superior intellect”. Sorry I disagree with you, I’ll try to be more respectful in the way I phrase it. I’ve been improving, wobblybits. I used to be even worse at this!</p> Not fair! I don’t pretend I have a “superior intellect”. Sorry I disagree with you, I’ll try to be more respectful in the way I phrase it. I’ve been improving, wobblybits. I used to be even worse at this!

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