re: ‘God, you’re hot’ Tennessee school board member says to student during board meeting

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The funny thing is, it’s not even sensational utilized in the context of the situation.

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Please explain what exactly was diminished by calling someone hot

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Because I find it to be unnecessary and sensationalist.

It's 100% inappropriate, that doesn't need to be said. But I don't see diminishment here. Not sorry

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it's roughly the equivalent of patting her on the head and calling her little lady. i didnt watch the video, but i presume she wasnt there in the capacity of a beauty pageant contestant, so to address her looks in that manner is, yes, to somewhat diminish her role in the proceedings, whatever they may have been.

i get what you're saying, and i would generally agree with the concept you are pushing here, but i think you're wrong on this one for the reason i stated above.

if he had said the same thing to the same girl walking down the street, i would say "creepy but not diminishment", but in this context, i think it was.

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is, yes, to somewhat dimish her role in the proceedings

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See, you can't even commit to it being fully diminishing. You want to agree with me but not get downvotes

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“Mr. Ervin knows his own intentions, but the rest of us have to judge his words and his actions. What we saw was shocking. He objectified and diminished a young woman publicly. No explanation can justify that

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I'm not concerned about the objectifying nonsense.

The concerning part is in the title of the thread. Adults should not be hitting on the students.

Fwiw I assumed before opening the thread it was going to be an adult woman and a male student because that's been the recent history

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See, you can't even commit to it being fully diminishing. You want to agree with me but not get downvotes

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no i fully disagree with you here, in this context.

i will say that whoever said "what we saw was shocking. He objectified and diminished a young woman publicly" was being overly-sensationalistic and indignant, didnt give it as much critical thought as i probably did, and was only accidentally right. but right nonetheless.

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no i fully disagree with you here, in this context.

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It doesn't appear that you do.

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i will say that whoever said "what we saw was shocking. He objectified and diminished a young woman publicly" was being overly-sensationalistic and indignant

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See?

haha fine. i agree it was sensationalistic. but i also DISAGREE that it wasn't diminishing to her.

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but i also DISAGREE that it wasn't diminishing to her.

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Since you brought up the context of what they were doing when the creep called a girl hot to make it "diminishing," how would you say it compares to this situation?

Basketball player calls stenographer beautiful

Thats a college student athlete talking to a grown woman. Not exactly the same as some geezer and a high school student. “Arent you pretty” would have been more appropriate than calling someone young enough to be your granddaughter “hot.”