The NYT, which would not use the words when Ted Yoho spoke them, uses them tonight to quote @AOC--an

[soothsayer]

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The NYT, which would not use the words when Ted Yoho spoke them, uses them tonight to quote @AOC--and it describes HER behavior, not his, as "disruptive" and a "norm-shattering moment," one that it implies is about "amplifying her own brand."

[lostnfound]

2. You are not a congress member! I'd fire you for calling a colleague that!

Most corporations would consider such an epithet to be grounds for reprimand and possible termination..
It was extremely unprofessional to say the least.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

3. Holy hell....

The NYT completely missed her point.

[soothsayer]

4. Yeah. What SHE said was shocking and vulgar.

Smdh

[yardwork]

11. Typical. This is life for women.

[thesquanderer]

19. I don't think they missed her point at all. Did you read the article?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sexism-congress.html?

[gab13by13]

5. Another reason she said them

was to get them on the Congressional record. The NY Times should have known that.

[jaxexpat]

6. I'm pretty sure the adults at the NYT aren't full time employees.

Too expensive. The $5.00/hr kids must have covered this one.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. It's an outlet that uses events & issues to perpetuate class warfare

Anyone who thinks this is not top-down is crazy.

[elias7]

8. Later in the article, NYT pulls the same shit

“After a brief but tense exchange, The Hill newspaper said in an account later shared by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, Mr. Yoho walked away from her, uttering the vulgar phrase.

In her tweet, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez embraced the insult, remarking, “But hey, ‘b*tches’ get stuff done.”

By Wednesday evening, the media-savvy Ms. Ocasio-Cortez had sprung into action to create a disruptive and viral event.”

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Please calm down. You might be overthinking this.

Was a reporter from the NYT present when Yoho said the words? If not, then any account will be secondhand. Any account will be of the "she said that he said" nature.

Was a reporter from the NYT present when AOC said the words? Yes, so this is not a secondhand account. They can quote her.

[yardwork]

12. Nonsense. The article blames her and ignores the whole problem.

[thesquanderer]

18. I think the article does neither of those things. Did you read the article?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sexism-congress.html

"Blames her" for what exactly?

"Ignores the whole problem" with the quotes from Jayapal, Shultz, and Pelosi?

[rockfordfile]

14. Really stop making excuses for right-wing bs

[Danascot]

17. If the NYT is the 'Newspaper of record'

It's their obligation to get the record right.

[zentrum]

10. Kick

[LuckyCharms]

13. Yep, the article calls HER out...

saying SHE is "norm shattering". Maybe they should concentrate on the Congressman who originated the words and not the person who just repeated what was said.

[Trueblue Texan]

15. It's about time those norms were shattered.

Leave it to a woman, a very young, wise woman to lead the way.

[Cozmo]

16. WHO wrote this crap? They should be fired for misrepresentation. NYT is sucking up, as usual

So sick of reading headlines stating,"YOHO apologized". NO, he did not. He's an asshole and a wimp, not a man, but a gutter rat!
What can you expect. he is a republican. Oh and BTW~trump hasn't his changed his tone and hasn't sounded like a president a day in his life, EVER!

[Trumpocalypse]

20. MEka was worse this morning

She twice stated that Yoho denied what he said that claimed there was no corroboration that he did say it.

[dalton99a]

21. The New York Times is a propaganda vehicle for the ruling class

and has always been thus

(Paul Krugman is just a token.)

[ancianita]

22. Media gaslighting ON TOP OF the perpetrators gaslighting non-apology.

[JT45242]

23. Implicitly what is 'normative behavior'

If what AOC did was 'norm shattering' then we must consider what is normative behavior.

A White Male Republican used vulgar and offensive, sexually harassing words at work and faced zero consequences.

His non-apology blamed victims for being offended and that was normal.

He was not censored for this behavior -- that is normal too.

He was not given some sort of reprimand by the House of Representatives version of H/R department and forced to go to sensitivity training. This is normal.

The Veterinary licensing board has not issued a statement distanccing themselves from him -- that is normal too.

Virtually every woman in Congress who has been asked replied -- similar things have happened to me too. That tells you what normative behavior.

This is why we all need to vote out every one with a (R) for racist, misogynist, hater of all things LGBTQ+, etc out of office. What Yoho did is 'normative behavior' and a woman standing up and saying that if you did this in any other company in this country (with the exception of the Trump crime syndicate) that you would face consequences is 'norm-shattering.'

What was normative behavior MUST CHANGE!