The CBC interview seen in the video below is addressing the practice of young men shouting obscenities at women broadcast reporters as a form of fun, apparently. One of the obscene phrases begins with F (no, really?) but it absolutely does not matter because any filthy language would surely do, one supposes.
The issue was turned into news by CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt who confronted these jackasses and, most critically, recorded them for publication on YouTube. Society owes Ms. Hunt a debit of gratitude for this. As to the CBC interview, what is useful is the reaction of the perps and their defenders.
The news pay dirt here is in the indignant comments posted by those who think that such behavior is an important part of Western Civilization. Commentator MetalAsFork tells the CBC reporter to remember there are reporters working in war zones.
This sloppy logic will leave most people smiling at MetalAsFork’s heavily- defended right to boorishness. But it’s a tip off to deeply-bunkered anger that likes to turn common civility upside down. It’s okay they say to humiliate and insult everyone in sight (because after all, it offends men too) It’s their right, they claim. Well, not so much. Employers and others who can make constructive change here should act in whatever way they can to crack the defenses of these obscenity cultists and bring them to their senses
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