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When Andrew Yang was asked about choking "bitches," he laughed. But violence against women isn't... (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2021 OP
Whoever the guy is talking to him is pretty fucking gross too. Treefrog Apr 2021 #1
I am the crudest person I know and THAT is just disgusting. He should have just said BYE, Felicia. CurtEastPoint Apr 2021 #2
Yeah, it's pretty poor optics. Arthur_Frain Apr 2021 #4
What does the guy mean by keeping his "timbs" on? Haggard Celine Apr 2021 #3
Timberland boots. demmiblue Apr 2021 #6
You mean Timberland. Haggard Celine Apr 2021 #7
Whoops! demmiblue Apr 2021 #9
yeah he seems to not really get what the guy is talking about at all Kali Apr 2021 #10
That's disgusting and sadly not unexpected. rogue emissary Apr 2021 #5
Not going to watch ecstatic Apr 2021 #8
I think they are joking about the happybird Apr 2021 #11
To be fair, I'm sure he was completely caught off guard Polybius Apr 2021 #12
Ugh! Dumb. Grow up. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2021 #13
Well there goes his office holding dreams Fullduplexxx Apr 2021 #14
Andrew Yang's wife was sexually assaulted mainer Apr 2021 #15
I'd probably laugh too. 🤷‍♂️ BlueStater Apr 2021 #16
It's a riff on the Wayne Brady joke from the chapelle show and Yang stopped the encounter. SYFROYH Apr 2021 #17
That sketch made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt happybird Apr 2021 #20
sounds like anti-asian bias to me catsudon Apr 2021 #18
Which is why I added the longer clip. demmiblue Apr 2021 #19

Arthur_Frain

(1,784 posts)
4. Yeah, it's pretty poor optics.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 12:45 PM
Apr 2021

I’ve tried to walk away from mentally ill people on the street. Usually that’s who’s going on like this to me. It’s easier said than done and will often as not result in them being more confrontational. Most of the time, you just have to wait until they run down and fixate on somebody else, which they will if you’re quiet.

Life Pro Tip: Masks are great for not letting them see I’m gritting my teeth whilst listening, and sunglasses will let you actually take a nap while this is going on.

Haggard Celine

(16,820 posts)
3. What does the guy mean by keeping his "timbs" on?
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 12:45 PM
Apr 2021

I really couldn't even understand anything the guy was saying. Isn't it possible Yang was just laughing along with him and not really getting it? People do that all the time just to be nice.

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
6. Timberland boots.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 12:51 PM
Apr 2021

Kamala got a lot of attention for wearing Timbs and Converse. I'm sure Yang knows what it means. As to the rest, puhlease.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
10. yeah he seems to not really get what the guy is talking about at all
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 01:30 PM
Apr 2021

and then realizes it was bad and told camera person to cut

seems like a politician trying to hang with the cool people and being a little over his head, whoever the crude kid is needs to be the focus of whatever outrage is going on since he is the one saying this shit.

Polybius

(15,239 posts)
12. To be fair, I'm sure he was completely caught off guard
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 01:41 PM
Apr 2021

Sounded like a nervous laugh to me. He still has my vote.

mainer

(12,013 posts)
15. Andrew Yang's wife was sexually assaulted
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 02:05 PM
Apr 2021

And Andrew has been a rock in standing by her. I think he didn't realize what the guy was saying, and when he finally picked up on it, tried to end the conversation.

This attack on him is just pitiful.

Finally, she decided to tell her husband.
"I needed to share it at that moment because it felt so big to me and I needed that support. And I told him, and he cried," Evelyn Yang said.
He told her he remembered her coming home one day ranting about how men should never be allowed to be OB-GYNs.
"He remembered that I had made this comment and he felt so bad. He felt guilty that he didn't make the connection or ask me more," she said. "He felt terrible for me, and I think that's what I was trying to prevent by not telling him in the first place."
In a statement Thursday, Andrew Yang said his "heart breaks" when he thinks about it.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/evelyn-yang-interview-assault/index.html

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
16. I'd probably laugh too. 🤷‍♂️
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 02:41 PM
Apr 2021

Not because the line is funny, but I’d be caught off guard that someone would talk like that in my presence.

This doesn’t seem like a big deal to me.

SYFROYH

(34,127 posts)
17. It's a riff on the Wayne Brady joke from the chapelle show and Yang stopped the encounter.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 02:50 PM
Apr 2021


The joke about trying to get super nice guys to let their "true self" out.

catsudon

(839 posts)
18. sounds like anti-asian bias to me
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 02:58 PM
Apr 2021

the clip was cut short without context

Andrew Yang is not trump



Your first clue on this being a smear piece should’ve been her using term “tech bro”...because he’s never worked in tech, studied tech, or lived in SV. But all Asian men are “tech bros”, right?

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
19. Which is why I added the longer clip.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 04:20 PM
Apr 2021

She was also called a feminazi, so there's that. Rush would be proud.

No one said he was like Trump. Also, she never wrote "tech bro" (that fuck up is on The Daily Beast... the Daily Beast article didn't even use that terminology).

Here is the original article that The Daily Beast linked to:

Inside Andrew Yang's presidential campaign which former employees say was rife with sexism and a hostile 'bro culture'

Allison Groves was a career political organizer when she joined Andrew Yang's 2020 presidential campaign.

Groves uprooted her life in California and moved to Davenport, Iowa, to start a job as a regional organizing director on Yang's team in August 2019. Yang was one of the earliest people to declare a 2020 presidential run, and he is now running for mayor of New York City. Back then, however, he opened multiple offices in the key battleground states and hosted several events, including bus tours, town halls, and a "Yangapalooza" concert in his bid for the White House.

Groves — who had worked on campaigns and political committees since at least 2010 — told Insider she only moved to Iowa for Yang's campaign. Otherwise, "there's nothing in Iowa," she said. "And all of us had come from states that are like California or New York."

In Iowa, though, her career prospects seemed bright. Nick Ryan, who at the time was Yang's campaign chief, promised Groves she'd be promoted to deputy director, she said. That role came with broader control over the campaign's Iowa strategy.

But she found out in a team meeting that the promotion went to a male staffer who was about half her age, she said. Groves said she didn't even have the opportunity to apply for it.

https://www.businessinsider.com/former-staffers-say-they-experienced-sexism-hostility-yangs-presidential-campaign-2021-1


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