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The General is an Officer and a Gentleman. I would expect nothing less from him. His referring to Senator Boxer as ma'am was a show of the utmost respect. On the other hand Senator Boxer showed no repect for a man who has devoted his life to the defense of this country while at the same time demeaning women everywhere with her comment. She ought to be ashamed of herself!
Ya know , if Senator Boxer had been male this wouldn't have been newsworthy.
But a mere woman has the nerve to correct a MAN and everyone gets their knickers in a twist!
A woman "gets uppity" and OH MY! Who DOES she think she is!
She doesn't want to be called "boy" anymore! OH HORRORS!!!
LOOK at the hatred directed at her because she wants to be addressed correctly ! It is nothing but misogyny with a heavy dose of stupidity.
The term "Ma'am" is SEXIST.
What they do in the military has nothing to do with the circumstances of Boxer's request...SHE isn't in the military.
AND, the military has a history of sexual harrassment, sexual bias, and RAPE of it's female soldiers so don't tell me about his level of respect for Boxer or any other woman!!!!
ma'am in the south is considered a polite term and boxer needs to get over herself. SHE WORKS FOR US! (hopefully not much longer).
I agree with you. She should worry about the real issues. This was NOT said to degrade her but she tried to degrade the General with her obvious personal issues about her own self esteem.
There's nothing to apologize for, she politely made a request, and he honored it, that's the end of the story for reasonable people. To try and make this into an issue is absolutely ridiculous.
True - but most of the right wingers on this forum are totally unreasonable...
I agree with her position...
How would the General have felt if she repeatedly referred to him as 'man'...
Get it straight please.....Sir (proper military term for male) and Ma'am (proper military term for female). There was ABSOLUTELY no disrespect in the General's utilization of the term "Ma'am", it is proper protocol for military personnel. She took advantage to belittle and "power play" a career soldier who has served this country admirably.
Get it straight please.....Sir (proper military term for male) and Ma'am (proper military term for female). There was ABSOLUTELY no disrespect in the General's utilization of the term "Ma'am", it is proper protocol for military personnel. She took advantage to belittle and "power play" a career soldier who has served this country admirably.
I couldn't agree more. When i was in the forces, respect was one of our top priorities and this General was being respectful as he has been trained to do. Is this woman menopausal?
Get it straight please.....Sir (proper military term for male) and Ma'am (proper military term for female). There was ABSOLUTELY no disrespect in the General's utilization of the term "Ma'am", it is proper protocol for military personnel. She took advantage to belittle and "power play" a career soldier who has served this country admirably.
This wasn't a military setting and Boxer was under NO obligation to make it one.
This was HER territory no matter how much anyone may hate the word "her".
Your only concern is that it WAS a "her" ....if it had been a "his" you wouldn't have heard a word about it!
AND, the military has a history of sexual harrassment, sexual bias, and RAPE of it's female soldiers so don't tell me about his level of respect for Boxer or any other woman!!!!
Blah, Blah, Blah....she is an elitist buffoon.....you can keep her, she is doing a GREAT job for her state!!!!
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