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On 2025-04-21 12:17 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2025 at 1:30:47 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> 
>> CBS News host Gayle King took issue with those who referred to her eight
>> minutes in space-- with an all-female, celebrity-heavy "crew"-- as "a ride",
>> arguing that it was sexist and disrespectful to do so.
>>
>> King went on to complain about the underlying sexist tone of those referring
>> to the eight-minute space flight as "a ride", saying, "You never see a man, a
>>
>> male astronaut, who's going up in space and they say, 'Oh, he took a ride.'
> 
> If floating in space for 10 minutes makes you an astronaut, Gayle, then I'm a
> gynecologist.
> 
>> Katy Perry was also mocked for overblowing the importance of the trip. "Katy
>> Perry out here acting like she was just stranded in space by Joe Biden for
>> nearly a year," one commented after video circulated of the pop star kissing
>> the ground.
> 
> BREAKING: Katy Perry had to stand in a puddle while waiting for her limo. She
> now claims to be a Navy SEAL.
> 
> 
Megyn Kelly was also scathing in her comments on this ride:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3TZGF3hZyI [14 minutes]

She did two other videos of further mockery in subsequent days.

-- 
Rhino