Look, Cassie, a ranty, sweary participant of original and current Catallaxy, and now Currency Lad's sad fact free blog, is getting old, and her memory is clearly fading, if this any evidence:
As I said yesterday, this kind of behaviour is consistent with “female” behaviour. And this is why I find that Wong’s comment about Kitching’s childlessness rings true. A man would never comment on a woman’s childlessness. The plain fact is that men don’t say such things.Ahem:
The Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan has once again called Ms Gillard "deliberately barren" and unqualified for leadership, because she has no children.
Senior members of the Government from the Prime Minister down quickly distanced themselves from the Senator's comments.
The Treasurer Peter Costello was the most critical.
He said decisions about having children were deeply personal, and Senator Heffernan should not have made the remarks.
Late this afternoon the Senator backed down and apologised to Ms Gillard for his comments.
I would also bet my last dollar on finding within old Catallaxy - if it still existed - plenty of men who joined in with the "childless Gillard just wouldn't understand" line over the years. Quite possibly, CL himself.
Wong was right and wrong. She was right if you have no children then you just do not understand.
ReplyDeleteBut then she has no children.
As I said at his site this is disgraceful. There are always two sides to a story BUT you certainly cannot say that before a funeral!
No class at all.