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(114,904 posts) Thu Mar 26, 2015, 05:13 PM Mar 2015

Is 'polarizing' a sexist word? It is acording to Hillary super supporter group [View all]

Hillary Clinton has been in the public eye for a very long time, which means much has been written about her -- including quite a few adjectives. But some of these adjectives are now off-limits.

That's according to the Clinton "Super Volunteers," who have promised to track the media's use of words they believe to be sexist code words. The New York Times's Amy Chozick tweeted a missive she received from the group (which we would note is almost definitely not connected to official Team Clinton) on Wednesday:

A group called HRC Super Volunteers just warned me "We will be watching, reading, listening and protesting coded sexism..." (1/2)
4:05 PM - 25 Mar 2015

2/2 Sexist words, they say, include "polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over confident..."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/03/26/the-13-words-you-cant-write-about-hillary-clinton-anymore/

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Is 'polarizing' a sexist word? It is acording to Hillary super supporter group [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

So, simply because HRC is female, we're not supposed to use words that describe her? winter is coming Mar 2015 #1

Well, do we see "all" these words often applied to male politicians? leftofcool Mar 2015 #2

Yep! (But they're usually Republicans. :) ) TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #4

Only to to polarizing, calculating ones. morningfog Mar 2015 #6

+1 PassingFair Mar 2015 #9

I've seen all of these applied to both male and female public figures Bettie Mar 2015 #16

If "insincere" is sexist, I'm going to need a new dictionary to describe republicans arcane1 Mar 2015 #3

This is getting well beyond pathetic. hifiguy Mar 2015 #5

Those words rjj621 Mar 2015 #7

I don't know if I'd called it "sexist" exactly, thucythucy Mar 2015 #8

When "super supporters" are desperate to protect OnyxCollie Mar 2015 #10

+1 woo me with science Mar 2015 #56

I'm still waiting for her to deny her husband's racist comments on Obama LittleBlue Mar 2015 #11

Isn't the "fairy tale" a reference to Obama's position on the invasion of Iraq? arcane1 Mar 2015 #14

I think the "servant" part comes from his "coffee" remark to Kennedy. former9thward Mar 2015 #28

so if I said: guillaumeb Mar 2015 #12

I guess it depends if Bush had a legion of super supporters. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #17

glad you did not say what type of supporters guillaumeb Mar 2015 #39

in context i can see how things like this could be sexist JI7 Mar 2015 #13

This happens when one becomes sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #15

Ted Cruz is polarizing, isn't he? Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #18

Here's their Twitter page Oilwellian Mar 2015 #19

"...the sexist pigs at @MotherJones"? foo_bar Mar 2015 #38

It probably depends on context gollygee Mar 2015 #20

What a &^*#$% insult to the genuine fight against sexism and misogyny. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #21

No wonder some of her supporters go into a tizzy every time Warren's name comes up. winter is coming Mar 2015 #22

Indeed it would. hifiguy Mar 2015 #23

It's from her 2008 playbook. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #52

this vocabulary list Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #53

Apparently any criticism whatsoever of Hillary is sexist. octoberlib Mar 2015 #24

Are we sure these "HRC Super Volunteers" are actually Hillary supporters? winter is coming Mar 2015 #25

There's a good possibility. It's just too stupid. octoberlib Mar 2015 #26

That was my first reaction, but it appears to be legit. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #45

This happens often, especially when writers doesn't have others interesting to describe people Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #27

And This Is The Person We're Supposed To Support ??? WillyT Mar 2015 #29

She didn't say this gollygee Mar 2015 #30

Then Maybe She Ought To Denounce It... WillyT Mar 2015 #31

Publicly denounce everything any supporter says about her? gollygee Mar 2015 #34

Question: Has It Been Polarizing To Have A Black President ??? WillyT Mar 2015 #36

If various media sources kept saying during the election that it would be polarizing gollygee Mar 2015 #37

Silly. H2O Man Mar 2015 #32

Let them take issue with the word inevitable. Half her supporters will betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #33

Is 'articulate' racist? Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #35

What a big pile of steaming Jenoch Mar 2015 #40

Fuck those morons. Bring it motherfuckers, nobody is intimidated by those twits. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #41

Mitt Romney: polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over RiverLover Mar 2015 #42

Looks like one guy named John West was the source of this suffragette Mar 2015 #43

They're definitely right about ambitious and over confident... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #44

The Twitter feed is an obvious attempt at trolling. Gore1FL Mar 2015 #46

I thought that as well Oilwellian Mar 2015 #48

I wouldn't say so. But it's s tweet, so who cares? bettyellen Mar 2015 #47

Please explain how this differs from Rick Scott banning the words "climate change" hatrack Mar 2015 #49

Good luck with that. LiberalAndProud Mar 2015 #50

"polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over confident.. DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #51

This is getting ridiculous. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #54

Clearly presenting a strong case for the candidate Scootaloo Mar 2015 #55