Not personally.  Her big beef was with the police who weren't interested in doing her bidding or even her attempt to shame and ridicule them as they went about their sworn duty.   That kind seems to always look for someone else to do the actual dirty work of enforcement unless they've gone completely off the edge. 

Interesting point about the cultural divide and its hardware corollary.  With any luck the political pendulum has reached the limit of its leftward swing and will begin its journey back toward sanity. 

Well, if we elect Donald Trump to the presidency we will have to thank him for one thing even if he accomplishes nothing else.   Specifically, he will have brought an end to both the Bush and Clinton political dynasties at one fell swoop.   Clearing the decks of such useless political debris is the first step righting the ship of state and getting it moving under its own power again. 

As for the possibilities you foresee at the other end of the pendulum's arc, I would leave you with a quote often attributed to Mark Twain: 

"History never repeats itself but it does rhyme."   

Just as we will never see the return of any of the great empires of the past, we will likewise never see the return of nineteenth century America.   The ideas that the nation was founded on will never truly die but they will certainly be interpreted and acted upon by those in whose hearts and minds they resonate, regardless the age that they live in. 

With any luck the political pendulum has reached the limit of its leftward swing and will begin its journey back toward sanity. 

My father and I have discussed this, and we believe it has.  It will begin to swing backward, the only question is: before or after the election?

That being said, history has shown that the pendulum does eventually change direction and when it does- it goes just as far in the opposite extreme.

True.  Eight years ago, no one would have given Trump the time of day.  In 2000, Obama would have been soundly defeated in the primaries.  But...  Obama followed eight years of Bush's nonsense, and Trump is following on the heels of eight years of America-hating incompetence by Obama. 

2. That pendulum is slow and I'll never see those changes in my lifetime.

It can also happen quite fast.  I very much doubt that you will not live to see the changes. 

Well, if we elect Donald Trump to the presidency we will have to thank him for one thing even if he accomplishes nothing else.   Specifically, he will have brought an end to both the Bush and Clinton political dynasties at one fell swoop.   Clearing the decks of such useless political debris is the first step righting the ship of state and getting it moving under its own power again. 

Another thing he has done, is provide the much-needed service of dragging the GOP away from the grasp of the evangelical 'moral values voters.'  Moral values are nice to have, but not a blueprint for running the country.  Because someday we may have a(n openly) muslim president, and I don't want his values running the country, either.

well,  you do remember the "joke" that went around when Chelsea had her baby right ?   first child born in the US that was "pre-qualified" to be president ?

I wish I was as optimistic about getting rid of the Clintons.  I would not be surprised at all to see Chelsea running for office in a few years.

He rambles a bit but is nonetheless uncommonly clear headed in his diagnosis of the problems he speaks about. 

Found this little gem from an episode of the BBC's "Dragon's Den" (I think the US equivalent is called "Shark Tank"). Two women have an idea to promote women in the construction industry. Unfortunately for them their maths skills and attitudes are dreadful.

At first I felt bad for her. She was pretty nervous and pitching an idea about something you're passionate about can be pretty scary. I'm a little confused where the nervous silence broke and was overcome by an undeserved sense of superiority? I've never seen a change so fast before. From 0 confidence to 100 grandiosity, that fast  .

At first I felt bad for her. She was pretty nervous and pitching an idea about something you're passionate about can be pretty scary. I'm a little confused where the nervous silence broke and was overcome by an undeserved sense of superiority? I've never seen a change so fast before. From 0 confidence to 100 grandiosity, that fast  .

I think the shift occurred when one of the men tried to explain percentages to them and the woman dropped into feminist drone mode.

Interesting.         We can't approach any discussion of the so called "gender wage gap" without stipulating to the existence of "sexism" as a pre-condition to the discussion.  We can't objectively discuss a fluid societal structure in the context of how it differs from long standing traditional gender roles without accusatory language being introduced when discussing the long standing tradition. 

I suppose it begs the question;  What would a completely equitable, gender neutral society look like?  And, would anybody actually want to live in it?   

  I had to re-read this a couple times to get the gist of it. If I understand what you're saying correctly, you're asking that we agree on the definition of "sexism" before this debate even takes place, correct?

If that's the case, I think this is a good point. I frequently find myself fighting "gender normativity" (God, I hate using their language), but they hate me for it because I go about it the wrong way. I have the "wrong opinion". I encourage women to shoot and I want to reverse that horrible puritan cultural belief that women are inherently more morale and virtuous than men.

My example for virtuosity is as follows. Physicians are typically male. Nurses are typically female. You get the physicians in the room together and they will fight to back each other up, even to the point of almost being unethical if one of their own mess up.

If you take the nurses and put them all in one room, and it is the perfect day: the floor is quiet, change of shift went flawlessly, the charting and patient care are going smoothly- the nurses will still choose to kill each other with lateral professional violence. Hell, if they're bored they will try to stir s___ up. I've had the privilege to listen to Renee Thompson speak on this matter (as she is the current expert on nurse professional violence), but even then we don't know why they do it  . But we have some theories.

So yes, we should fight gender norms and establish equal opportunity. I think the best rounded individuals are those who can be sensitive and compassionate and also aggressive and protective, which are both male and female traits.

But this whole male patriarchy and micro-aggression stuff? It's for the birds.