"There's a lot of coward men out there"

[proud2BlibKansan]

"The men wanted to get in the choppers before the women"

So says some uniformed rescuer in NO on CNN.

FIRST, what an incredibly sexist comment. I am a woman and I can assure you I would let a man go in front of me if he was needier, older or sicker; or if I felt like it.

SECOND, yes, sir, there are coward men out there. The worst one is occupying the White House.

[terip64]

1. You are so right!

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

5. Truer words were never spoken, especially about *. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I agree totally with your comments

especially the second one.

[MuseRider]

3. Good response Proud!

I agree 100%. Nice one.

What a sexist ass.

[classof56]

4. Amen to that!

Ya gotta love it, huh? You take thousands of desperate people who've been abandoned and left in dire straits, then criticize them when the long-awaited, far too long-delayed "rescue" happens, and the criticism comes from one of the "rescuers."

For the zillionth time this past week, I feel sick!

Tired Old Cynic

[RandiFan1290]

6. They are working as hard as they can

to turn Americans against the victims.

Some of these Political Cartoons tell the entire story:

http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/

[ohio_liberal]

7. This wasn't just some uniformed rescuer

This man and 4 other police protected a large group of people at a school for 5 days before being evacuated. They were the very last to go. There were men who tried to shove women out of the way to get to helicopters (or buses, I can't remember). The police had established that women, children, and the sick would go first, able bodied men last.

edited to add that this story ran on TV last night. I hope they aren't chopping it up into bits. It would surely lose some of the context.