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This is what happens when you get women in politics
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BasilRathbone · 11/02/2012 13:15
OK that's a flippant thread title. But I was thinking as I watched this, how fucking irritated I always am, by the wanky male notion, that emotion has no place in debate.
Firstly, dudes who tell you that your view is invalid because you are "emotional" about it, invariably ignore their own emotion about the subject, because they think they own reason and their lofty dismissal of women's arguments as "emotional" is actually just plain sexism - quite often, you see the argument which women are putting forward calmly, coherently, assertively and realise that emotional" is just a silencing technique.
Second, being emotional is part of being human and as long as it doesn't interfere with critical thinking, it's perfectly valid as part of a debate.
But really I just wanted to share this video because it's so rare to see a right wing person in politics speaking so movingly about anything.
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