Friday, October 25, 2013

Sexism: Just another reason David Alvord is Wrong for South Jordan!

Sexism:
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:  prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially :  discrimination against women2
:  behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex


My discussion around David Alvord's candidacy for Mayor of South Jordan has been as much about temperament as anything.  Well David can't help himself.  If you are from Utah and know anything about Mormonism you have probably heard of the Ordain Women movement.  It is a feminist movement that asks the Mormon church to treat members of all sexes equally.  They staged a protest during the last LDS General conference.  They are brave women who know asking for equality means they risk excommunication and ostracism.  However David Alvord, the sexist, thinks it is fair to belittle their request.


   So he was supported by a few folks but largely criticized by others for his flippant insensitivity and sexism.  As a result, David did what he usually does... he deleted the post.  He also did what he usually does... put up another post to make his point.

  I support David's right to "BLURT".  I would just think he would use a filter knowing that he was running for political office and someone like me might write about it.  Why would he do such a thing?  Well, because he was defending the church thats why!


I think, most importantly, he thinks sexism is ordained by god:


It is becoming clearer that David Alvord lacks the temperament to be Mayor.  He has a context in which he looks at the world that makes him a poor candidate to represent the rest of the community.  South Jordan needs a leader that is fair to everyone no matter their sex or religion.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, he lacks the temperament to be a mayor or any other kind of human leader. Part of leading is including everyone, not putting half the population down. It is even worse that he automatically assumes that God agrees with him when we have no such information. God declared All Are Alike Unto God and women have been anointed to receive the priesthood in the temple since forever. The only question has ever been "when"? not IF. This guy puts the ugly into God's mouth and that's probably an actual sin.

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  2. He is a divisive figure that is for sure.

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