Friday, June 19, 2009
An over-sensitive caricature of a hyper-sensitive feminist who doesn't understand the military she's supposed to be overseeing:
Passive-aggressive.
As the video, and Chuck DeVore at Big Hollywood point out (Barbara Boxer: A Bad Actor), General Walsh was simply following protocol by using the female form of "sir":
...According to the U.S. Army's own guide to protocol, Members of the U.S. Senate should be verbally addressed as "Sir," "Ma'am" or "Senator." So, General Walsh was simply following longstanding tradition.
When addressing senior officers, with the exception of generals whom most junior officers and enlisted personnel usually call "General" more than "Sir" the most respectful form of address is "Sir" or "Ma'am." Ironically, use of the actual rank in address is oftentimes used in situations when the senior officer has not yet earned respect from an enlisted person, as in "Yes, Lieutenant!" as opposed to "Yes, Ma'am!"
Of course, this wasn't Barbara Boxer's first confrontation with the U.S. military - not by a long shot...
At least in Massachusetts we occasionally elect a Senator who actually serves in the military before denigrating it.
Vote on whether or not Senator Boxer was rude to the Senator.
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Meant to write: Vote on whether or not Senator Boxer was rude to the General.
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If she really prefers to be addressed as "Senator" instead of following military tradition ("Sir" or "Ma'am"), then she could've shown way more class and mentioned this to him after the hearing, one on one. But no, she chose to publicly act as though he had somehow insulted her State of Having a Vagina (he didn't). And white women wonder why Hillary lost to Barack? It's 'cause too many real men know this sort of thing'll happen to them--feminism at its worst.
-SYG