Moscow Mitch never actually used a “boys will be boys” defense; AOC picked up on a sensationalist headline and retweeted it as fact, demonizing boys in the process. It’s stuff like this that alienates men on both sides of the political spectrum.

serpentineeyelash · 2019-08-07T20:21:16+00:00

I think the most important question here is, is the current version of the Violence Against Women Act still biased against male victims and assuming males to be perpetrators?

And yeah I agree that AOC is misrepresenting Mitch McConnell. I'm not sure the "boys will be boys" line has ever been used in the way that feminists claim.

On a side note, I don't like the name "Moscow Mitch" - not out of any liking for the Republicans, but because I don't buy into the narrative that Russia is "hacking elections". Even if some aspects of it may be true, it has long since been blown out of all proportion. I think is just a pretext to promote some combination of censorship, war, domestic election fraud, and who knows what else. If American politicians actually cared about election security, they would just bring back paper ballots and stop all the bullshitting about Russia.

icefire54 · 2019-08-07T20:52:55+00:00

Moscow Mitch

muh Russia

myalt08831 · 2019-08-11T04:26:35+00:00

She went a little hard on the young guys with the printout of her, as her laser beam of public scrutiny burns a little brighter than theirs does, but she can be mad at being printed out and mock assaulted that way. I bet she is tired of the daily threats against her person. Many of which are sexual in nature. She gets to be mad about that. And she gets to be mad at Mitch for a LOT of reasons.

Kids got caught in the center a bit, and a spotlight that strong on them, with that not-holding-back wording, might not be fair. On the other hand, that was not something to post on social media. Pretending to assault a woman is not a good look whoever you are. Calling that out is well-deserved. (She could've maybe been more gentle. But tiptoeing around it is not her style, and you can rest assured she gets backlash for taking her position as well because she is always getting backlash 24/7.)

Onion_Guy · 2019-08-07T17:23:33+00:00

I fail to understand how saying that “boys will be held accountable for their actions” should be controversial.

needletothebar · 2019-08-07T17:49:38+00:00

i don't find anything she said to be alienating.

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