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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: Gayle King Complains It's `Disrespectful,' Sexist To Call 8-Minute Space Ride `A Ride'
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:30:45 -0400
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Rhino wrote:
>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.

They were _glorious_!

https://youtu.be/2rkGxogyXlQ?si=VrVXVggFY9Go4J9v
https://youtu.be/mdrSEG5qxFw?si=RcSWDNvSZTT_aXou
https://youtu.be/o3TZGF3hZyI?si=xVytd9cMeNfH9frf