ClydeR
02-26-2014, 02:52 PM
Are women politicians too sensitive about anything that could possibly be construed as being sexist?
UPDATE: In an email, FitzSimmonds said he thought the word he used had the same meaning as "twaddle," which is defined as foolish speech.
"The minute I found out my error, I deleted the post and apologized," he told Pilot on Politics. "I don’t use that kind of language."
"Also to be clear, " he added, "my post was not about Barbara Comstock. It was relating to the sexist stereotypes being used by the woman posting."
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Virginia Republican Party Treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds is drawing rebuke for a Facebook comment that used off-color language in reference to a female GOP legislator.
More... (http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/va-gop-official-uses-genital-slang-reference-female-lawmaker)
UPDATE: In an email, FitzSimmonds said he thought the word he used had the same meaning as "twaddle," which is defined as foolish speech.
"The minute I found out my error, I deleted the post and apologized," he told Pilot on Politics. "I don’t use that kind of language."
"Also to be clear, " he added, "my post was not about Barbara Comstock. It was relating to the sexist stereotypes being used by the woman posting."
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Virginia Republican Party Treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds is drawing rebuke for a Facebook comment that used off-color language in reference to a female GOP legislator.
More... (http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/va-gop-official-uses-genital-slang-reference-female-lawmaker)