For those who are out of the loop, AOC recently mocked Stephen Miller's height and said his insecurities about it must be driving his crackdown on immigrants and that he just wants to see people suffer.

She got some pushback from the left, but not nearly enough IMO (maybe 1 in 10 comments at most were taking issue), about how this was body-shaming and mocking people for physical characteristics they can't even control. People also pointed out that Miller is actually 5 feet 10 inches.

She responded with a 50-second "explanation" video that I seriously had to watch twice because it's so shockingly bad and makes everything worse.

https://x.com/LisaBritton/status/1975892622599184397

It's like a male politician mocking a woman for her small breasts, and then when he is told that she actually has C cups he replies with a video: "Look, I didn't know anything about her breast size. I'm just saying that some people have small boob energy, regardless of their actual size. I've seen big-breasted women who just have small boob energy, and conversely I've seen small breasted women, who because they love men, cook well, and are good wives, they come across as very big boobed! That's what I meant."

Can you imagine the uproar that would result? Would that male politician even have a job the next day?

Seriously, watch the video... it's colossally tone-deaf.

In the comments on social media, a lot of people excused her remarks by basically saying Miller "deserved it" and "had it coming", which I'm sure is a totally principled response because if a male politician mocked a woman's breasts and then defended himself with "no, no, you don't understand, she had it coming!" I'm sure people would very tolerant and understanding... right?

This all just shows the absurd double standards still at play in society, and how even the left routinely indulges in them even though on any other day they purport to take a principled stand against sexist insults, body shaming, and tactless observations about physical characteristics. But I guess all that is out the window if the target is male and "deserved it".