First Amendment and boobs

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  1. GiantDuckFan

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  2. Bayou Tiger

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    She caught him too. I hate when that happens.
     
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    you wanted her to catch you
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    How so? He didn't say he liked her boobs, he just said he likes boobs. There is nothing disrespectful about that! What if he had said the first amendment and oatmeal or unicorns or bacon? Sorry, that wasn't disrespectful.
     
  5. uscvball

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    I don't know any women who, in their professional element, wouldn't feel disrespected to have that sort of comment made. She was doing her job, treating him respectfully, and he comes up with a comment that basically defines a woman by a part of her body.

    In the context of doing one's job, unless you are a model, dancer, or prostitute, conversation or communication around body parts should be avoided, particularly body parts that involve sex organs or mammary glands. And of course it was disrespectful to HER because I don't believe he would have made that comment had it been a male interviewer.

    You ain't a woman, hoss....you haven't dealt with the same issues as I have, professionally. I'm not going all batshit here, I acknowledged that I laughed and I think he did it on purpose. Doesn't mean it wasn't disrespectful.
     
  6. shane0911

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    Have you seen my signature?

    Why wouldn't he say it to a man? I tell men all the time that i am a big fan of boobs. I tell you and anyone else. He didnt make any comment to HER or about HER it was a very generic comment and in no way should she or any other woman feel disrespected by it. Anyone that was has an issue far deeper than some clown making that statement. Glad you laughed. Its what you should have done.
     
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    Context. It was a professional setting. Telling your friends or me on an internet forum is not the same as what happened in this instance.

    You say that to me while I am in a professional setting, we're going to have a problem.

    I'm sure the dude here would say it to other men in a different setting. But he said it in that setting precisely because she was a female and he was trying to make a point.
     
  8. Bengal B

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    Can't we just go back to a time when everybody didn't look for reasons to be offended? If he had said he liked her boobs it would have been inappropriate for TV but even then she is supposed to be a professional jouralist and media personality. There are far worse things to deal with in life than some guy's casual comment.
     
  9. shane0911

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    Call Dr Phil. Bet he can help
     
  10. Bengal B

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    By the way. I like boobs too.
     
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