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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 140348" data-attributes="member: 35">He was a comedian, but he was also a truth teller.&nbsp; Of course, it&#039;s still possible he wasn&#039;t killed.&nbsp; Carlin regularly exposed our corrupt government as well, and he lived until his early 70s.Probably not.&nbsp; But they get the message regardless.Getting back to #metoo, it has become acceptable for female politicians to call their detractors sexist.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t even matter if the criticisms are strictly based on politics.&nbsp; Hillary Clinton is an obvious example, and now the newly elected governor of Michigan is saying the same thing.&nbsp; Gretchen Whitmer became defensive when she was accused of being too close to Blue Cross Blue Shield, which her father had previously been the head of.&nbsp; She said it was sexist for people to accuse her of being beholden to her father&#039;s employer.&nbsp; Whitmer ran in a primary against a progressive who was for single payer, which would have put Blue Cross Blue Shield out of business.&nbsp; Not only did the health insurance giant raise $144,000 for Whitmer, she also appointed one of their executives to her transition team.&nbsp; If that&#039;s not the definition of quid pro quo, I don&#039;t know what is.&nbsp; That&#039;s the danger in letting women hide behind faux accusations of sexism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 140348, member: 35"] He was a comedian, but he was also a truth teller. Of course, it's still possible he wasn't killed. Carlin regularly exposed our corrupt government as well, and he lived until his early 70s. Probably not. But they get the message regardless. Getting back to #metoo, it has become acceptable for female politicians to call their detractors sexist. It doesn't even matter if the criticisms are strictly based on politics. Hillary Clinton is an obvious example, and now the newly elected governor of Michigan is saying the same thing. Gretchen Whitmer became defensive when she was accused of being too close to Blue Cross Blue Shield, which her father had previously been the head of. She said it was sexist for people to accuse her of being beholden to her father's employer. Whitmer ran in a primary against a progressive who was for single payer, which would have put Blue Cross Blue Shield out of business. Not only did the health insurance giant raise $144,000 for Whitmer, she also appointed one of their executives to her transition team. If that's not the definition of quid pro quo, I don't know what is. That's the danger in letting women hide behind faux accusations of sexism. [/QUOTE]

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