General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Whoopi Goldberg Advises AOC To 'Sit Still,' 'Learn The Job' Before 'Pooping On People' [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)You opened that topic, and now you are scrambling to get those worms back in the can.
Whoopi is damned for making comments about rapist, and someone else is held blameless for conjuring up gang rape fiction, becausea man "should be allowed to go to dark places and be offensive" in their writings.
I think there's a double standard there, because she's not Bernie, and she critiqued someone that many Sanders supporters feel should be above critique.
I pointed out that Whoopi admires Bernie. She expressed no such admiration for Polanski. Then the pearl clutching started on your part.
I'm not grabbing smelling salts, it's those who are gnashing their teeth that this woman would DARE to critique AOC and give her some advice.
You brought rape comments into the discusion, and now you realize that there are nuances that can come back to bite you when you get out the smellin salts over Whoopi being Whoopi, when Whoopi being Whoopi also includes praise for Bernie. You don't get to have it both ways.
If you think that AOC needs to be defended from critiques and plain spoken advice from those on talk shows with pistols at dawn, that doesn't indicate much faith in her, does it?
If you think that any politician is exempt from vetting or critiquing , you're going to break that strand of pearls...