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[adiva_calandia]

Statements About Sarah Palin That Enrage Me Regardless of Political Leanings, by Me, age 19 and 5/6

"Yeah, she was governor of all five people in Alaska!" (Classmate, Directing II. In re: a woman quoted in the New York Times as hailing her twenty months as governor as more experienced than Obama.)

"She's a cunt." (Other classmate, Feminist Lit class. In re: Palin in general.)



. . . Wow, ten and a half hours later that second one still makes me want to punch something for about three different reasons.

Comments

[ashen_key]

*bliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinks*

I've seen comparisons of people done with Alaska re: cities in America. Not exactly sure of the relevance of them, but, *blinks*

And the second...yeah, I'm with you on the punching through walls.

[adiva_calandia]

Yeah. Population-wise, my joke has always been that Alaska has barely enough people to qualify for a senator (if I'm remembering my gov't class correctly, you get one sen. for every 650,000 people; AK has about 650,000). And geography-wise, Alaska is three times the size of France and something like a quarter the size of the entire contiguous US.

And politics-wise, we have a fairly unique system of government that deals with totally unique issues in the US. We also have a shit-ton of corruption -- in both parties. The fact that we have few people is immaterial to both those facts.

Rrrrrr. As for "cunt," I am all for reclaiming the word, but using it in a derogatory, dismissive, knee-jerk fashion towards a woman IS NOT RECLAMATION.

[slutbamwalla.livejournal.com]

You're thinking house reps. States get two senators regardless of populations, but representatives are by population. :)

[adiva_calandia]

Oh! You're right. Darnit. I swear I got an A in Government. >.>