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In reply to the discussion: It occurs to me that Andrea Mitchell doesn't like President Biden [View all]Caliman73
(11,767 posts)SHE is probably an Ayn Rand acolyte. SHE is a political hack. Her husband is just a guy she chose to be married to because they agree on key ideas about the world.
If my wife had chosen to keep her last name and people kept referring to her as Mrs. MyLastName, I would actually be offended for her. I know she is my wife, she knows I am her husband, but she wanted to maintain her independent identity for business purposes, or whatever. People not calling someone by their chosen identity is an offense. Did people call Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay after he changed it? (Those who did, dis so denigrate him and disrespect his conversion to Islam).
It doesn't matter what Andrea Mitchell is, we all have opinions on what she is. It does matter who she is. She isn't Mrs. Greenspan, she is Andrea Mitchell. If her name was Andrea Greenspan then we could call her that without the sexist implications because she had chosen to take on that identity.