Leave it to the Republicans to be completely oblivious to the inadvertent sexism and racism they pump out on a regular basis. In a recent press release from the National Republican Congressional Committee, we find this delicious throwback to the 1950′s:
Want to know how many times the NRCC has used the phrase “put him in his place” when talking about a male Democrat?
I googled it — the answer is exactly zero times:
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Even in the 1950s, most people treated women with respect and appreciation, and attitudes such as "put her in her place" were considered uncouth and objectionable, especially after thousands of women stepped up during WW2 and ran the factories, made the aircraft, baked the bread and fed the kids…all at once….Rosie the Rivetter. There's always been a vein of hostile soured hateful sexist/racists/bigots projecting their own inadequacy and shame onto others. They used to get control of fringe groups like the KKK. After the Bush/Cheney fiasco left the majority of sensible conservative Republicans speechless, these hateful nuts have taken over the NRCC. This silent majority better wake up and speak up soon, or poof! they may find that they've become… Democrats.
and now they take control of fringe groups like… the Republican Party.
The correct search is: inurl:nrcc.org "put him in his place"
…which as you say returns zero results.
Correspondingly, the search: inurl:nrcc.org "put her in her place"
…returns only this one instance referring to Pelosi.
To cite this one (vs. zero for men) as evidence that NRCC is sexist is absurd.
Congressional Republicans have plenty of reasons to snipe at Pelosi and wish her taken down a peg that have nothing to do with sexism.
eh, close enough. i do know that i can't recall ever seeing repubs talking about needing to put harry reid "in his place" or Obama "in his place". it isn't "evidence" of sexism but it is evidence of a trend of complete tone-deafness when it comes to gender or race issues, especially when it comes to recognizing what kinds of words or imagery women and minorities would find offensive.
Then why word it that way, if not to intentionally inflame the irrational…which, btw, is one of the least effective means toward constructive action and progress.