PhilsFan
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Ha. Yeah, no, that's not what is happening. "Actually, YOU are being the sexist one by taking it that way" is one of the laziest Reddit "by your logic" nonsense arguments, and has been so even when it was en vogue five fucking years ago.Social media on this sort ruins brain cells, as evidenced by some of the truly hypocritical posters attacking Bono over this complete non-issue.
The people on this forum going after Bono are themselves engaging the issue in a very sexist manner. You can't say that you believe in "strong women" when you infantilize them and treat them like little children to be coddled. They can take an offhand, poorly-chosen word where the person saying meant no offense and has been very clear about true equality during his lifetime. It is sad and, frankly, sexist, that several here are taking such a hysterical position, because THEY are devaluing women by doing so, not Bono.
Again, I don't think Bono meant it pejoratively, but that's a failing of his in not understanding the words he choosing, not the people who read the quote. He's a fucking writer, he should know better. I don't think he's sexist. I think he said something incredibly stupid, and I don't fault anyone who doesn't read every Bono interview for not understanding what he was trying to say. Old white dudes commenting on gender is a tricky subject at best, and to do so in such an offhandedly thoughtless way is a recipe for trouble.
This is not hysterics. I've said I think the best outcome is him having a reckoning with what he said. You're the one who thinks it's hysterics because it's "PC mob mentality" run amok or whatever.