“Women don't want to work as hard as a man,” Rep. Kern (R-Ok)

[Joey Liberal]

You may or may not have heard about Rep. Sally Kern's comments on the Oklahoma House Floor while debating SJR15, a measure to do away with affirmative action.
For those who are not aware, here are a couple of snippets:

“We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that’s tragic, but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don’t want to study as hard in school? I taught school for 20 years, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn’t want to work as hard” Rep. Kern said. “They wanted it given to them.”


“Women don't want to work as hard as a man,” Rep. Kern said.

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Republicans are a trip. That's about all I can say:)......

[LiberalLoner]

1. Every right-winger I know comes up with the same anecdotes, word for word. Just goes to prove

each one of them is lying, and I'm pretty sure they are doing it deliberately too.

I just don't "get" right-wingers. I think their psychology centers around a kind of worship of the rich and of bullies, almost like Ayn Rand who admired a serial killer. I think maybe they don't like themselves very much so they align themselves with the rich and powerful in an attempt to shore up their own ego. That's my best guess anyway.

[Joey Liberal]

6. Oh yes, they like bullies.

Look at how they worship Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Really and Trump. For some reason, they like people who pick on the poor, the elderly, and the sick. The very same people who those so called "Evangelicals" are supposed to help according to that Liberal known as Jesus:)......

[tblue37]

15. The book _The Authoritarians_, which is available free on the

internet, details longterm psychological studies on that particular mindset, including distinctions between authoritarian leaders and authoritarian followers. You are right--the research shows that the authoritarian followers are attracted to that sort of bullying, abusive attitude and behavior in their leaders.

[LiberalLoner]

16. That's an excellent book. I always have thought those followers (and leaders) are

the way they are, because of childhood mistreatment. Every one of those people I've met, seems to have suffered some serious neglect/abuse in childhood.

[Kurovski]

21. The abuse: yes, I see it the same way.

Love is a many splintered thing: authoritarian, unreasonable and narcissistic daddy and or mumsy. Looks like "family values" or "love".

Look for same in "leaders". They very, very strongly believe in a nanny state, despite protestations. Or Daddy-state.

[freshwest]

20. Recycling their abusive childhoods and passing it around. And the book is great.

[Occulus]

67. Obligatory link to the book

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

[tblue37]

69. Thanks! nt

[Sanity Claws]

2. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard

Women work hard, very hard.

Any farmer will tell you that you get more work from a mare than a stallion.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. I am glad to know that, being a city girl.

I know horse racing is barbaric,but the best racehorse of all time was Ruffian, a filly.

[notesdev]

3. How is he enjoying his last term in office?

women can vote, unfortunately for him...

[Cleita]

5. Sally is a woman which makes her remarks even worse

and more hypocritical.

[The Magistrate]

11. Indeed, Ma'am: Think Of The Vicious Stupidity She Could Achieve If She Really Applied Herself

"The mind wobbles...."

[arcane1]

7. unfortunately for her, you mean :)

[Joey Liberal]

10. Here in Oklahoma (Bible Land) people like this stuff

It's tough to be a Liberal in the whacked out, rightwing crazy state.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

52. Joey, I'm here in Oklahoma too.

It is TOUGH. But at least we have each other! LOL

[Joey Liberal]

58. Hey YellowRubberDuckie, nice to meet you!

We are the minority in this state for sure:)..................

[Joey Liberal]

60. This guy is one Okie that repubs DON'T like:

But I love Bartcop!

http://www.bartcop.com/

[WhiteTara]

56. and for some strange reason, those voting women

and men got the horror, Sally Kern, elected.

[Joey Liberal]

59. We aso elected Inhofe and Coburn too

Inhofe likes to go around the state insulting Liberals and claiming that Obama has disarmed America. I need to move, but I enjoy debating the rightwingers here.

[WhiteTara]

61. Well, you have a state full to debate!

You also have Mary Failin! Yikes! You guys have a full house of fools!

[Joey Liberal]

63. Yes, she's Sarah Palin junior! LOL

[WhiteTara]

68. You're brave and

maybe young! I don't have the energy to debate them, I've spent a lifetime fighting them in the streets and the party structure. But, please keep on trying to talk to them.

[AC_Mem]

4. This is so offensive on so many levels

that I don't even know where to start.

Annette

[undeterred]

8. Except when we're neutering men. I was just sharpening my knives this morning.

:hi: That's for Congressman West.

[Enrique]

9. let me guess, she has a nanny

probably an undocumented one.

[madmax]

12. That SOB never ever worked as hard as many

many women worked in the past or even today! STFU you knuckle dragging POS.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[DavidDvorkin]

13. If I'm the man Kern's referring to, then women are really in trouble!

[Joey Liberal]

14. Haha! Good one! nt

[Kurovski]

17. Go squeeze out a baby then have it attached to your teat for eight months.

Times by three in six years. Keep house and garden and taxi service and part time job.

Then you can get back to us Mr. Clown.

Better yet, go fuck yourself right now.

EDIT: when will I learn to proof-read?

[Starry Messenger]

19. (Ironically Rep. Kern is a woman)

Sadly she won't fire herself.

[freshwest]

22. If she had children, it was as a mindless concubine.

Most people aren't content with going through life unconscious, the way she apparently has.

Just another robotic repuke.

[Kurovski]

23. OMG.

She'll need some help with that getting fired thing then.

Of course, she's lying. This is the woman who also is a racist, I take it. At least her colleagues on the floor had the decency to roll their eyes and express appropriate disdain as she waxed bigoted, idiotic, and nutjob.

[Starry Messenger]

30. Homophobe too.

http://www.gayrightswatch.com/2008/04/sally-kerns-we-hate-gays-rally-in.html

I'm going to just guess she really hates the poor, unions, and public education too. Usually you get the whole package with this kind of...thing.

[freshwest]

33. Guess who she hates more? Herself. No self-respecting person would say that crap.

Of course, she'd find our criticism hateful, too.

[Joey Liberal]

36. She also opposes separation of church & state

Oklahoma has a lot of people who think like Kern. Its scary.

[Kurovski]

38. She must know what respose she'd get, and for all the wrong reasons.

Negative attention. Aside from her tribe, as it were.

[freshwest]

31. She's playing to her drooling, keep 'em barefoot and pregnant Dominionist supporters.

Retching to get the taste of her diseased words out of my mind:

:puke:

Sometimes you have to retch just for sanity, you know!

:hi:

[Kurovski]

41. Dominionists.

They are a fun crew! :crazy:


http://www.jewsonfirst.org/dominionism.html

[demigoddess]

44. I've been changing diapers for 39 years, I want to see him match that!!!

And all the lifting, washing, cleaning, and I only have vacations when I get to go to the hospital for something, like a baby or a cancer operation.

[Kurovski]

46. It turns out Kern is a woman. Apparently a very, very lazy woman.

Perhaps it is insanity that keeps her from working hard.

As for you, you must be one heck of a grandma, helping out as you do. Or is that your paid job? At any rate, you know full well that this Kern character is shot full of crapola, and you know it from your own work experience.
:thumbsup:

[freshwest]

18. That's a huge insult. I was told by my boss working with men I had do my job twice as well, etc.

In putting heart and soul into my work, along with my body, I got the respect of my male coworkers.

Apparently these slobs of either gender in the Republican party, have never put in a hard day of physical labor or worked where they had to sweat or get injured or be in pain.

So they're a bunch of Pillsbury Doughboys without a clue to the real world of working men and women.

I spit on them.

:thumbsdown:

[Kurovski]

25. Rush Limbaugh used to "design" ties for awhile.

So, he's a real "go-getter".

[freshwest]

29. Oh, yeah, that'll put the callouses on your hands. They're all a bunch of punks!

Well, this thread got me started... Don't get me started...

:rant:

Think I'll move back over to the celebration thread where the Chamber of Commerce is getting its ass kicked!

Anonymous, Daily Kos and our own kpete have just opened a major can of whup ass!

:woohoo:

[Kurovski]

37. Sounds good to me.

:thumbsup:

[bengalherder]

54. +1

I have been working in a male dominated field for over twenty years. I have gotten the respect of even the most intractable male collegues.

The job tends to be a simple one if you have brains, and as an artist I am dexerous and have decent visual appraisal.

Nothing to it :evilgrin: . Although I am, shall we say nicely, gifted with a rather unfashionable amazonian physique.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. Hell, I'm a man and I never wanted to work. Hard or otherwise.

I consider it a highly overrated pastime and now that I'm retired I'm in awe that I did it for 40 years.

[Joey Liberal]

32. I'll second that! LOL nt

[WhiteTara]

27. That really made me laugh as I started dinner, laundry

and a little gardening after I got home from my 8 hour day...After dinner I worked on the family finances. (I do the dishes in the morning as I fix breakfast on my way out the door to work. Yeah, I don't work nearly as hard as a man. :rofl: :puke:

[blueamy66]

34. Amen!

I cook dinner, do the dishes and a load of laundry almost every night after my 10 hour day. And I work at least one Saturday a month.

Stupid bitch needs a smack in the mouth.

[WhiteTara]

45. Or at least have to keep her own house.

Somehow, I believe that she has household help. She looks to be old enough not to have children at home, with a legislator's salary/perks, probably a husband with an income; so, I'll bet she doesn't even cook dinner, let alone clean the closets, bathroom, sweep dust bunnies or any other domestic chore. But, she can call us all a bunch of lazy, stupid women, who don't want to work as hard as men, so we shouldn't get as much money. I work harder than most men and make FAR less money; and always have.

You're right. Stupid bitch needs a smack in the mouth.

edited to add...and in addition to having household (both inside and outside) she probably hires undocumented workers who she really underpays and tells them, they're lucky she doesn't turn them in.

[blueamy66]

51. Perfectly said.

I'm far from being a stupid, lazy woman. Hell, I even garden to help with veggie costs.

I would LOVE to have household help!!!!

[Skidmore]

28. What I want to say to women like Kern who either denigrate

the idea of women working or women even voting is that they need to get their hineys out of their jobs and offices. These women particularly aggravate me as they profit from those very activities which they would deny to other women.

[freshwest]

35. Yeah, that's why they're so dangerous. Their hands are idle and never stop making trouble.

[ej510]

40. Rightwingers hate women, people of color, middle, and poor people.

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[Maru Kitteh]

55. Totally amazing how your response is every last bit as offensive as what R. Kern said.

[Scottybeamer70]

42. I can't imagine that hateful woman

in a classroom full of kids! She is a total waste of human flesh.

[dana_b]

43. haha! I just tried to go to her website

to leave her a comment and it won't load - "Bandwith exceeded". I think she will be getting an eye/earful from a lot of people.

[Kurovski]

47. It would be nice if a recall was possible.

And They could just be done with this nonsense as quickly as possible.

[tallahasseedem]

48. This hard-working woman says...

fuck you Rep. Kern. Sorry, but it needs to be said.

[NC_Nurse]

49. speak for yourself jerk

edit to clarify that that was directed at Kern, not the op

[Quantess]

50. Oh, she can fuck off.

I don't know whether to recommend or unrecommend this thread.

[Joey Liberal]

57. Why would you unrecommend? nt

[Quantess]

65. Oh, I gave it a +1

but afterward I felt ambivalent. Like, what an awful message from this horrible woman. Where's the unlike button?

[Joey Liberal]

66. I hear you! nt

[bengalherder]

53. LIly livered little feminine bloom has never worked a day in her life.

This woman here swings with the boys and beats them at their own game.

Sojurner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" comes to mind. That speech was as much about class as it was about race. I'm proudly married to another skilled tradesman who sees my skill and physicality as an asset and would shun a hothouse bloom such as Kern, as they tend to have 'issues'. Men who dislike females who can compete with them have 'issues' of their own.

Too bad this personal dreck and self-loathing all has to be played out on a national scale.

[SoCalDem]

62. Aren't republicans something else?

They are as bold as they are ignorant. They don't even try to appear "normal & civil".

They always remind me of the card game Spades.. At first everyone pretends to not want the queen, but as soon as one decides they want to "shoot the moon", anything goes..

[Joey Liberal]

64. Republicans here are the worst

They worship Reagan and dont want to keep church and state separate. They watch Fox News like a herd of brain dead zombies.