Anti-breastfeeding rant gone way too far

[amycooper]

I am so angry I'm shaking right now.

I was driving into work this morning and I had WPDH on the radio during the Coop and Kricket show. They were discussing the mother breastfeeding a 3 year old on the cover of Time Magazine. Coop went into this rant where he called the mother a whore and went on to say

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[skye_blue]

wow! im so pissed off at this pic on time mag. it makes all us nursers past the 1st year look crazy crazy!

[amycooper]

*Nods*

There definitely seems to be a focus on a more extreme take on attachment parenting there. I don't see anything wrong with that, it is just that most AP parents don't necessarily take things that far. I mean, it makes it sound like AP parents MUST co-sleep till 10, breastfeed till 5 and baby wear till 3. Some might, but I have yet to encounter the feeling that you MUST to be a good parent.

[amycooper]

I know. All he needed to do is invoke some racism and my bingo card would have been full.

[rafferbee]

Yep, if you don't agree with a woman, its always the chauvinists first defense to threaten her with violence.

[birdsonthewire]

yes, this.

[amycooper]

So true.

[teacentral]

wow. i really hope he will be prosecuted or at least fired, and i am a very forgiving person, and rarely say things like this.

btw, do you realize you posted this twice in the same community? just thought i would let you know, as my guess is you were probably trying to post to a different community the second time.

[amycooper]

No, not until you pointed it out. I had posted once, but after about 5-10 minutes it didn't show up so tried again. Oops?

I do hope he gets fired. That is beyond insulting. It is hate speech.

[birdsonthewire]

this whole thing has brought out so much hatred that it is just astonishing to me. It makes me literally cry ANGRY tears (which is a reaction I have when I get so mad I cannot cope, it's a frutsrating response lol but it's what happens to me). I'm SO MAD about how people are reacting to this whole thing.

[amycooper]

It is insane, it really is.