This has been bouncing around the last couple of days on Facebook, and I just caught it today.
And seriously? I can’t express how much dumber I am for having read it:
The reporter has her own comments about it as well:
i’m honestly surprised it’s taken this long for people to come at me based on my hair. a “students first” fb group posted my photo & cited my “liberal bias” -no quotes from my stories, just a photo of me/my hair.
my hair doesn’t write my stories or affect my reporting in any way— abby wargo (@abbylwargo) September 7, 2021
Personally, having read Abby Wargo while she was at the Cap Journal and now at the RCJ, I can’t say that I’ve ever noted anything that made me roll my eyes, or gave me cause to point out what I perceive as bias. But that’s just me. If you want to disagree with what the reporter writes, go for it. I do it all the time. Go ahead and call balls and strikes on her ideas. All in favor of that.
But when you’re left with taking pot-shots at the reporter’s personal appearance because of how she colored her hair? You probably should be embarrassed.
Because those are the same kinds of attacks that Matt Walsh was just making against Governor Noem, and comments that certain liberals have made against other Republican women. It’s pretty chauvinistic, and really just implies she’s no more than her personal appearance because of her gender.
And really, I’m just dumber for having read it on Facebook, and I’m personally embarrassed that people claiming to be “Conservative” put it in writing. Because it’s not conservative.
It’s just basically being a sh*thead, and turning people who might support you into those who will not.
Wring hands all you want, but this is 100% on-brand for the Pennington County GOP.
I don’t believe the broad brush was called for.
Truth hurts.
Too broad of a brush. The rank and file are still a silent majority.
Then you’re complicit
Sound money is that she wants the attention and got it.
Poor thing.
Her hair is really ugly that way, but who really cares?
Huge virtue signal on all sides.
Pot calling kettle black again I see.
EVERYBODY daily makes a statement with their appearance, whether intentional or unintentional. Everyone else is able to make what ever judgment they want about that statement and the person making a statement gets to live with that judgement.
That said, remember a statement made by appearance is not even skin deep and wholly worthless if the statement was made unintentionally. Be prepared to have one’s skin deep judgement proven wrong, so judge at your own peril.
Judgement by John Dale. 5g will kill you. And pink hair is also bad.
says the guy with the yellow tinted glasses, melts into a cheap recliner, and write the plains tribune…. and that was just at a quick glance. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
I don’t now, these long hairs need to get a job, can’t sit around the bongo drum and smoke pot all day. The pink haired one probably doesn’t even support the constitution, thinks that the socialism “vote by the people” is good, we all know that those votes were hacked.
Yup. 100% on-brand. Come collect your own Brad.
Frankly, the fact that the individuals took pot-shots at Ms. Wargo’s hair is not only inexcusable, but childish.
I always tell my students that you can have disagreements over politics, religion, and the like, but you will treat each other with respect. Apparently some “grown-ups” need to remember that lesson, too.
The TL:DR version… Grow up, people. UFF-DAH!
I want that hair color for the next Breast Cancer awareness/fundraising event!!
I need the details on how to achieve that.