Cenk, the Turkish Barbarian, is a sexist | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)
wha????? (none / 0)
"I've never heard Cenk say anything that could be considered intent to put women down?"

How about the fact that the woman who just won the Oscar didn't deserve to win and just got the Oscar because they needed a "token" woman.

That's insulting.  Furthermore, I don't think Cenk intended it to be insulting, but it still is.

Consider this, a woman works really hard to get a promotion. After she gets that promotion her co-worker says "she just got that job because she is a woman". While this person may truly believe that is the case, it's still insulting to the woman who worked hard and actually deserved the job.

If Cenk didn't like the Hurt Locker, he could just have said, "I don't agree".  However, he didn't just leave it at that... he had to write an entire blog about how she's a woman and that's why she got the Oscar.  I get that Cenk really believes in his mind that she didn't deserve the award and this is the most logical explanation... However, again, I ask you... If the director of Precious would have won the Oscar do you really think Cenk wouldn't have caught a boatload of shit if he wrote a blog titled "Did Lee Daniels win the Oscar because he's Black?"

Do you really a) think Cenk would have dared to write that blog even though we know he didn't think Precious deserved the award? b) Cenk wouldn't have been called a racist if he did? c) You'd be defending him right now?

You have to answer "no" to all those questions except maybe the last one because it seems you'd defend any stupid comment he makes.

by ilovecenk99 on 03/10/2010 05:55:05 PM EST

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Oscar politics (none / 0)

I've seen how these things get political and gender politics may have swayed peoples vote in this case. To point that out is to state the obvious.

Cenk never said women don't deserve to win Best Directing Oscars. That would be sexist. He just said that gender politics being what they are is why Katherine Bigelow won and gave his reasons. He said that it is just his opinion and he may be wrong. I think its a valid opinion.

If the same case applied to a black person and Cenk thought racial politics played a role and gave good reasons for thinking so, yes I'd defend him. When sanctimonious leebrals like you pass judgement and throw the charge of racism at people unjustly, you bet I would defend him.

by mr science on 03/10/2010 06:17:58 PM EST

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Uhhhh.... sure, it was all gender politics... (none / 0)
there's no way a woman could have actually "earned" an Oscar for best director.  I see your point...  

The Tarantino's and Cameron's of the world just have to sit back and take it.. because if they speak up then those stupid sanctimonious liberals will scream about it.  Thank God they've got Cenk to speak up for them now.  I mean, those poor guys were robbed by the director with the vagina... Robbed, I tell you!!!!!

Most of the people promoted in corporate America these days, that's all racial and gender politics as well... You know, affirmative action and shit. They don't actually deserve it, but what can you do about it???

I'm going to take off my shoes and get back to the kitchen now, where I belong....

by ilovecenk99 on 03/10/2010 07:16:18 PM EST

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congratulations (none / 0)
You have completely misconstrued EVERYTHING I wrote. I will only say to you: come back when you have calmed down and reread my post when you can think more clearly. Anything else I can say will just get twisted into something grotesque... if its not already happening...

by mr science on 03/10/2010 07:25:48 PM EST

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Cenk, the Turkish Barbarian, is a sexist | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)