An exchange yesterday between Democratic Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass) and Republican Representative Brandon Gill during a House hearing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives is rapidly going “viral” this morning, no thanks to any left-leaning news aggregators and the Axis media, which are trying to ignore it.
During the hearing, Representative Pressley criticized Republican anti-DEI policies as harmful to women (translation: not discriminating against men is harmful to women) and in her usual obnoxious “I wish I didn’t have to deal with these racist idiots” air asked Representative Gill to support her legislation to support the justly dead-in-the-water Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Gill immediately responded, “Does it define what a woman is?” and was met with crickets by Pressley, who pretended he hadn’t said that and muttered weakly, “I look forward to your signing on.” Gill, triumphant, replied, “I just was hoping for some analytical clarity, but thank you.”
Gil’s question was deft and significant. It instantly drew attention to the intellectual dishonesty, internal contradictions and the procrustean nature of so many progressive obsessions, including affirmative action (violating laws against discrimination in order to remedy discrimination), trans-female sports competition (harming biological women by warping Title IX) and, of course, DEI.
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I see from her wiki page she was a competitive debater in high school. I also see she represents Somerville!
Summahville! Right next to my old stomping grounds! Boy, THAT neighborhood must have changed….
I was going to transcribe it as “Suhmahvul” but then thought maybe you weren’t brought up to have the local accent. I tell Mrs. OB she must have enrolled herself in a Bhuhlitz class to shed hers. “Numbuhs” still trips her up most times.
Those hallucinogen-fueled days are foggy, but I think Summerville is close to where I used to beg for money — the Porter Square station on the red line — to put myself through college. I think I might have graduated at some point, but I can’t remember. All I can remember clearly is eating ramen noodles in the basement of the station, and a passerby kindly putting a sheet of dried seaweed on top. At least I think it was seaweed. At least it smelled like seaweed. Maybe. Oh, dear… Anyway, great post!!!
I worked two summers at the Porter Square branch of the Cambridge Savings Bank. Great neighborhood.
The Clamshell restaurant on Mass ave. has a $2-$3 bowl of pasta. Emack & Bolio had an ice cream store nearby. Stereo Jack’s on Mass Ave. there (since sold and moved) was where the great Jack Wolker had his used record and CD shop for decades. I bought many CDs there. Jack had a late night jazz show on the radio as well. Far enough away from Harvard Square to feel like its own neighborhood. Fantastic neighborhood.
Every time Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) opens her mouth to speak she proves to me that she is an anti-white racist and an anti-man bigot. She’s a moron for figuratively dropping her pants in public and fully exposing her racism, bigotry and complete lack of moral character.
From her wiki page:
Pressley has publicly recounted having been a survivor of a “near decade of childhood sexual abuse.” She has also publicly recounted surviving a sexual assault on the campus of Boston University while a student there.
So?
I wonder if any of the individuals she has accused of childhood sexual abuse or sexual assault in college have ever had the chance to defend themselves or are these just unsupported claims she’s made to rationalize her brazen bigotry.
Let’s be honest; it’s not like anyone would ever make these kinds of claims if they weren’t completely true; right?
Her nickname, at least in our house is “Milkdud”
I avoid like the plague creating or using nicknames that are specifically created to mock or insult the way someone looks. Of course you are free to make your own choices along these lines.
A republic, not a democracy. I believe less participation by people who have no idea what they are talking about is better.
In a world where suffrage was not universal, Pressley never comes close to the levers of power. She is a complete disgrace. Enshrining child sacrifice into law and saying she has no definition of a woman? Ok.