Cenk, the Turkish Barbarian, is a sexist | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)
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First, the word "perv" is being used incorrectly.

Men are not naturally pervy. Men are naturally lusty. And there is nothing perverted about simple lust.

Cenk, on the other hand, in addition to being as lusty as any other guy, and very up-front about confessing it, is shamelessly sexist.

He conceives of women as inferior and not-quite-human beings.

None of this, up to this point, is any cause for more than a yawn of boredom. What annoys me is the fact that Cenk thinks he's being so damned clever with his sexist comments, as though he watched too much Johnny Carson as a small boy, and had an invisible Ed McMahon providing sycophantic laughter and rimshots.

It's the smugly self-congratulatory nature of his sexism that bothers me, not the sexism itself; that's too common to be getting excited over.

by RedPossum on 03/10/2010 10:10:36 AM EST

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I think it's that Cenk is a bit immature... I mean, look at the two films he thought were the top contenders for the Oscar - Basterds and Avatar. In his mind, these were the best two movies of the year.

Hurt Locker on the other hand, was more low-key and showed realistic people in realistic situations. There were no monsters, no aliens, no car chases and no big "shoot 'em up" scenes.  There was no "fantasy" and no sex scenes.  Cenk's favorite movies of all times are probably The Blues Brothers and Caddyshack. And, you know, I can't fault him for being immature. All men are basically "little boys" on some level.

Come on, would watching Cenk's views on politics be as fun if he weren't Cenk?  Anybody can watch some egghead geek wax on about politics... b-o-r-i-n-g. We like Cenk because he's absolutely hilarious and somewhat childish while making fun of all the political figures... What other political commentator has all those little buttons that make the crying baby sound effects and plays them to torment the conservative right wing?

So, as a woman, I have already forgiven Cenk for his stupid comments on the director of the Hurt Locker... I mean, Smokin's right, she probably blew half the Academy to get that award.  (just kidding, folks).  But seriously, women have to deal with this immature man-stuff everyday. We don't like it but we're used to it.   I mean, you men don't fully realize it but we completely control your thoughts and actions and we get our revenge every once in a while...

by ilovecenk99 on 03/10/2010 11:26:54 AM EST

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Th-topit! You're offending meeeeeeeee! (none / 0)

"All men are basically "little boys" on some level."

"But seriously, women have to deal with this immature man-stuff everyday. We don't like it but we're used to it.   I mean, you men don't fully realize it but we completely control your thoughts and actions and we get our revenge every once in a while..."

How sexist! I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! Men are human beings too!

WWWWAAAAAAAAA!!!!! &nb sp; WWWWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

by mr science on 03/10/2010 11:49:07 AM EST

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Sorry, this is my first inflammatory post.. (none / 0)
but Cenk started it...

give me some proof otherwise...

by ilovecenk99 on 03/10/2010 12:15:15 PM EST

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Started what? (none / 0)
If you think Cenk started something, you have the burdern of proof for that. I can't prove a negative.

by mr science on 03/10/2010 12:30:25 PM EST

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no, that men aren't all little boys deep inside... (none / 0)

by ilovecenk99 on 03/10/2010 12:58:35 PM EST

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Mr Science? (none / 0)
You sound like a LadyFriend sock-puppet.

First the whole burden of proof thing:
This only applies in a court of law. In every other situation both side in an argument have to argue their positions and the one with the stronger arguments wins. Saying the burden of proof is on you is just childish in a situation like this.

"I can't prove a negative."
That's one of the most stupid sentences EVER!
Why not? I is not so hard to "proof" that the sun doesn't revolve around the earth. Another negative that is even easier to proof: I didn't kill JFK. I wasn't born when he died.
I can only redeem the sentence when I delete the "a negative" or I add "nor a positive".
In scientific (and philosophical) terms you can't proof anything. You can only disproof a theory or statement.
An experiment can work a million times and it would still proof nothing, because it is possible that it doesn't work the next time.
When people (in Britain) wanted to say something is impossible they used to say:"That's as likely as a black swan."
They have all seen swans. They were always white, and they "knew" that the next swan they were going to see would be white again. This observation has worked billions of times.
They were extremly sure that swans have to be white.
Then Australia was dicovered and a little later black swans.

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/11/2010 02:31:49 AM EST

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