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"I believe in the 1st amendment and boobs" - Clay Travis declares on CNN
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Queen Vulpix
Member
Do people really have no sense of humour in America?
Meanwhile in Australia.
The time an place of his comment wasn't appropriate in the slightest or even relevant to the discussion at hand. There's a difference between having a preference/attraction for certain body parts and being so brazen to claim something like that on live tv multiple times no less
and to a woman achor. When your constantly reduced/seen as an object rather then a person by many (not talking about you) it does get old really fast and regardless of his intent Brooke clearly felt that and thus ended the discussion.
BlackGoku03
Member
So the boob guy and Trump want a female ESPN journalist to be fired for saying Trump is a white nationalists on social media (if I'm not mistaken). He doesn't even allow the conversation on the issue to take place because he just has to declare his love and belief for the 1st amendment and boobs.
So what does boobs have to do with anything in this context? He's trolling Brooke, CNN's viewers (CNN does that to them enough) and women.
Women's breasts don't need him to believe in them. They already exist. They're a body part, not an important amendment to our nation's most important document. They have nothing to do with each other.
GlassBurrito
Member
CNN is fake boobs.
Maybe because this dumbass was speaking to a female journalist about the professional career and comments of another female journalist, and the only interesting and vaguely topical thing he could think to say was "the only two things I believe in are the first amendment and boobs."
It wasn't a joke because a) it wasn't funny; and b) he quadrupled down on it. I mean, take that shit to the nearest Dave and Busters, not a fucking news segment on a serious subject.
If anything is a fucking joke, it's that this guy thought a reference to his MACHO MASCULINE GRRRR BOOBS AMIRITE!?-ness would somehow reinforce the integrity of his opinion instead of the complete opposite.
Username1198
Member
Or boobs can mean stupid. Like trumps supporters are dumb fucking boobs.
RPGCrazied
Member
Of course its from a guy from the Fox network. What is with sexual comments with Fox?
Smiles and Cries
Member
"My man."
Karsticles
Member
First amendment -> freedom of expression -> pornography -> boobs.
The connection seems clear to me.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
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I understand the intent. There's no need to be snide.
Judging from the responses, I may have been hyperbolic in zeroing in on the pedophilic angle. I apologize for that, but I still think that the general callousness on display in this thread (and others) with regards to the bodily autonomy of women is not a good look, and the responses continue to exemplify that.
Like so.
BlackGoku03
Member
1. he didn't say that and said his first statement several times.
2. what does that have to do with the subject at hand?
oo7
Member
Someone with a public platform says president is a white supremicist. They say freedom of speech.
Someone with a public platform says he likes boobs. Everyone loses their minds. Sounds like a good Ledger Joker pic.
News stations pick up on a story about hot cops in Florida. No issues.
Guy says boobs have never let him down. Lynch him!!!
Other guy was funny. He definitely loves boobs too :"im not going to discuss that with you!"
Someone with a public platform says he likes boobs. Everyone loses their minds. Sounds like a good Ledger Joker pic.
News stations pick up on a story about hot cops in Florida. No issues.
Guy says boobs have never let him down. Lynch him!!!
Other guy was funny. He definitely loves boobs too :"im not going to discuss that with you!"
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
It was run by a sexual predator who enabled and was enabled by his pathetic subordinates who together created a culture of chauvinism and sexism.
Vile inside and out, is Fox.
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
This guy was straight up sexually harassing that woman.
BertramCooper
Banned
Pretty sad to see the entire country fall for a fucking Clay Travis attention stunt.
He's been escalating his stupid stunts dramatically in the past year or so.
Kinda think he's angling for some sort of godawful sports/political commentary show on the Fox News mothership or something.
He's been escalating his stupid stunts dramatically in the past year or so.
Kinda think he's angling for some sort of godawful sports/political commentary show on the Fox News mothership or something.
Don't be so reductive. My remark has nothing to do about bodily autonomy and everything to do with her overreaction. She had every right to pull the mics and cut him off. But look at what CNN has let people get away with saying without reacting like that. They have garbage people on for ratings and her acting like he said Hitler had some good ideas or something was funny to me. They want these people to say these over the top things. That's why they invite them.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
I disagree. It is deeply inappropriate to say it, it makes the conversation entirely about him (as evidenced by this whole thread) rather than the serious issue at hand, and is another case of the male gaze triumphing over all else. However i never got the impression that him talking about boobs was about anything but his own preference. This is narcissism, not harassment. He's attention seeking.
Jzero
Member
bitbydeath
Gold Member
That's Carrie Bickmore in the photo, it is not a daytime news show and she is a multi-gold logie winner which is the equivalent of the best award that whatever the emmys in America hands out.
Between this and the racial issues America is such a mess.
BlackGoku03
Member
I understand. I see it too. It's not funny and detracts from the conversation.
My apologies for being a bit snide. It's a bad habit I've had since high school. I just really wanted to get my point across.
Well, I'll admit I don't follow CNN closely enough to say one way or another.
I'm curious about these other examples of garbage people saying more over-the-top things. Why would this particular example be newsworthy, and the others not? What makes this one different?
Frozenprince
Banned
ESPN got some dude that works for the Blaze that comes on to "give the other side" whenever there is a race question.
Clay Travis is a professional troll and he trolled the shit out of CNN. They brought him on to debate why it's completely ok to call the president a white supremacist because of the first amendment and then they proceed to lose their shit when he says the word "boobs". Now he's making t-shirts of it and donating the profits to breast cancer research. He came off like a childish idiot but he knew what he was doing.
Frozenprince
Banned
He's asking for the video like he's some d tier YouTuber like you damn fool you are a professional who works in professional television and were on CNN act like a god damn adult.
To a man these people are children.
To a man these people are children.
I honestly never thought it was possible for a sports channel to have a political slant! Next up Jeff Sterling on Sky Sports explains why Tory Brexit proposals are are a good thing. Lol
jono51
Banned
cnn is an easy mark, they get played by everyone. fuck 'em
OpinionatedCyborg
Member
And a bababooey to ya'll.
GiantBombGamer
Member
Vermillion
Banned
As I said in the last thread about this subject... It really depends on the audience. Because there are a number of women who are fine with the discussion. It doesn't affect bodily autonomy, not is it inherently sexist.
That said, there are also a number of women who would be uncomfortable with it. It's really better saved for closer friends/tight communities etc. Which is why I said the thread was iffy in my response to you.
I noticed you admitted your initial reaction was an overreaction, so I won't harp on that.
Finally, as for the actual subject of this thread... It looks like most people are saying it's juvenile, but not necessarily sexist. So I can already see why the discussion ends up this way - "it's juvenile" vs "who cares if it's juvenile"?
Realistically, the only route (which has already been presented) is showing this guy is a jackass in all aspects of life.
Glass Shark
Banned
They must have known this guy was a clown before they invited him on. Surely they can't be surprised.
Normally I'd say she overreacted, but come the fuck on. That isn't the appropriate thing to say in any context, and much less so given the topic at hand at the time.
Brooke has done a fantastic job as a journalist, and she was right to not have to take any of that shit. Did she overreact? I don't think so, but there is an argument for it. Was she justified in her reaction? You bet.
Brooke has done a fantastic job as a journalist, and she was right to not have to take any of that shit. Did she overreact? I don't think so, but there is an argument for it. Was she justified in her reaction? You bet.