RUDE, CRUDE, AND LEWD

Once upon a time, ordinary people aspired to comport themselves with dignity,  as  ladies and gentlemen.  Hopefully, that has not changed in the real world.  But there was no class, whatsoever, in the Michelle Wolf speech at the Washington Correspondent’s Dinner in DC on April 28, where she brutally insulted the current

White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

During WWII, the only source of live news was the radio.  The newspapers were a day late, and the newsreels at the movie theaters were probably a week late.   Listening to the nightly news drew the family together as though sitting before a fireplace.  We trusted that news reporters were telling the truth.   Journalists were expected to report the news as it occurred, not as filtered by their own biases. And, comedians like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Fibber McGee and Molly were actually funny, with no need to use four letter words.  

Now it’s fashionable for  trashy women to stand up and use vulgar language in order to please certain journalists.  It just shows how divided we are in this country.   I think if Michelle Wolf had made that mean spirited speech in Flyover Country, either  someone would have deadened the microphone or the entire audience would have walked out of the room.  Here in middle America we don’t cotton to bullying, trash talk, name calling, and obscenity  in our journalists, no matter which political party they favor.

Sadly,  women like Kathy Griffin and Michelle Wolf are actually hurting the women’s movement. Women  want equal opportunity and equal representation in elected offices. They also want respect No one respects women who are Rude, Crude, and Lewd.  If this comedian from Canada is supposed to represent modern women,  God help us all.  

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