Sensitive bitch or righteous Senator?

A valid argument, but tackled with the eloquence of a rock, and all the pleasantries of a pissed of cat.

I like her and I respect her right to be addressed as she sees fit but she could have handled it with a tad more diplomacy. She made herself seem bitchy when she really didn't have to.

Biggest Bitch of the year!

You don't call out a fucking General when he has the fucking courtesy to call you Ma'am.

She should have done it privately if she had an issue with it.

Fucking Bitch. Giving women a bad name everywhere.

So we can all call her a "bitch" because she asked to be addressed properly? She's a United States Senator, not just a "ma'am"

bitch works for me.
Sir or ma'am is correct

Please. Generals refer to Senators as sir and ma'am all the time. Watch any exchange and see for yourself. Oh, I am prior military (8 years), by the way, and calling someone sir or ma'am in itself is by no means considered subversive disrespect, unless one is referring to an NCO.

I think it is just insecurity on her part. She wants to establish dominance over a much more experienced General, but seems to have been ignorant of the fact that Sir and Ma'am are accepted vernacular for military servicemen/women when it comes to addressing a superior of any kind (apart from the President of the United States).

A person who would become offended over being called one respectful term in place of another isn't worth the respect of either title to begin with.

i think the point is that people in the military (if you're familiar with any) make SUCH a HUUUGE deal about addressing people by their proper title, rank, etc.

like in basic training in the marines, the recruits can't even address anyone by their rank only "sir"

...this guy knew that he was doing when he decided to address her as "ma'am", sort of like being disrespectful, but trying not to get noticed by doing it.

Self righteous cunt (spent her life serving herself) deserves to be knocked on her prissy ass for disrespecting a general that has spent his adult life TRULY serving his country. Fuck her.

If she wants to play it this way she must call us what we deserve to be called: BOSS!

Respect is earned, not something that is conferred as a result of position. Who does she think she is. I think I would have referred to her as "Senator bitch". Frankly I think Ma,am is superior to Senator. The former is a term of respect. To call address someone as "Senator" conveys many negative connotations.

shes a bitch regardless

I think it's just a matter of preference. She can be called what she wants if it is something significant to her. Did she say it in a menacing way or something?

Sir or Ma'am, depending on gender, is what the General would call a superior officer in the military. Because of her ignorance about such things she thought he was addressing her as a civilian. On the other hand she has every right to be addressed as Senator if she desires. By the way Ma'am is a contraction for Madam. We should just say Madam, it's easier to type.

I think the options "sensitive bitch" and "righteous senator" are uncalled for. But she's absolutely right, she's a Senator of the United States, you wouldn't call the general Mr.

That's nothing new to anybody who has ever been in the military. That same General has probably made more than a few PFC's go through hell for using the wrong title, greeting, or just saying "yeah" within his vicinity.

women just don't like being called ma'am. It makes them feel old. At least thats what my mom always said.

On another note, the same question could be asked about her picture above. Sensitive? or Righteous?

I think she should also allow something along the lines of "Merciless and most feared and revered mighty Queen.....etc. etc. etc. Groveling would seem acceptable as a procedural flourish. Every one needs a pat on the back from time to time.

technically she has a point. She has worked hard to called senator.

But honestly who really gives a shit, it shouldnt be about the title.

Humans want to be addressed different than other humans?

Having to address people by according to their human position is considered being polite...

..Its a habit among to humans to seem superior than other humans, espically of how they are addressed...

In conclusion, she was not rude, but was not righteous, it just a simple fact she wants to be addressed in a much superior way....