Comment Of The Day: Sexism Rears Its Ugly Butt

Today we discussed David Bushby, an Australian politician who recently meowed at a female colleague. Ms B. Having says:

His reaction to the issue was that of an ass. It could have been a male or female ass. So I thought he was like a stupid ass, the way they somtimes act out. I like asses.

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