We live in a world where you typically have to pay very careful attention to the words that you say. People can get offended if you say the wrong things, but not everybody plays by those rules.
One person who certainly stepped on toes recently is Megyn Kelly. She made some controversial remarks about female leaders of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Essentially, she called them obese and said that women would prefer being rescued by a ‘strong man.’
Kristin Crowley is the 22-year-old fire department veteran and the first openly gay female Fire Chief who was the target of Kelly’s remarks. In addition, the head of human resources, Kristine Larson, and the training commander, Jamie Brown were also targeted.
Kelly was on her podcast when she said: “I believe I speak for all females in Los Angeles when I say we want a strong man to rescue us.
“These three women who are at the top there are all, I mean honestly, I’m not trying to be mean, but they’re obese. These are overweight, out-of-shape women.
“And the last thing I want to see if I am in a burning building is A) a woman and B) an obese woman. Who takes comfort [in that]? I’m going to die, but it’s in the presence of an obese lesbian. This is ridiculous.
“I speak for all women – I believe I speak for all females in Los Angeles – when I say: We want a strong man to rescue us. That’s what we want. Do we ask for too much?”
It wasn’t long before people were debating what she said on social media. Some agreed with her wholeheartedly, while others felt that her words were unnecessary and even hurtful. There were also some who said they would be happy to be saved by any person, as long as they were saved.
Kelly went on to give some trans-phobic remarks, referring to trans women as ‘fake women’ and saying that they should be on the LAFD instead of people born biological female.
Kelly said: “Let’s get the fake women who want to invade our sports and redirect them to the fire department. That would be a great place for you to break barriers as a quote ‘woman’ in the firefighting realm where you still have all of your male advantage.”
She was upset because she feels that Los Angeles officials have diverted resources from fire prevention to cover their DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policies.
She said: “They should all be fired. Any time you spent, fire chief, worrying about this, making sure you had the staff for DEI and amassed the staff for that, while you’re short firefighters, you should be fired.”
Mike Beasley is in charge of the board of Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology, and he claims that DEI policies have not impacted the efforts to combat wildfires. He said: “There is no number of people that will stop all the fires in the middle of a hot, dry season with the climate-charged fuel aridity. There just isn’t.
“With these Santa Ana winds happening, it’s just about getting people out of the way. It’s not really about putting the fire out until the winds calm down.
This is something that will likely continue to be debated.
People Are Outraged Over Megyn Kelly’s Body Shaming And Transphobic Remarks About Female Firefighters
We live in a world where you typically have to pay very careful attention to the words that you say. People can get offended if you say the wrong things, but not everybody plays by those rules.
One person who certainly stepped on toes recently is Megyn Kelly. She made some controversial remarks about female leaders of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Essentially, she called them obese and said that women would prefer being rescued by a ‘strong man.’
Kristin Crowley is the 22-year-old fire department veteran and the first openly gay female Fire Chief who was the target of Kelly’s remarks. In addition, the head of human resources, Kristine Larson, and the training commander, Jamie Brown were also targeted.
Kelly was on her podcast when she said: “I believe I speak for all females in Los Angeles when I say we want a strong man to rescue us.
“These three women who are at the top there are all, I mean honestly, I’m not trying to be mean, but they’re obese. These are overweight, out-of-shape women.
“And the last thing I want to see if I am in a burning building is A) a woman and B) an obese woman. Who takes comfort [in that]? I’m going to die, but it’s in the presence of an obese lesbian. This is ridiculous.
“I speak for all women – I believe I speak for all females in Los Angeles – when I say: We want a strong man to rescue us. That’s what we want. Do we ask for too much?”
It wasn’t long before people were debating what she said on social media. Some agreed with her wholeheartedly, while others felt that her words were unnecessary and even hurtful. There were also some who said they would be happy to be saved by any person, as long as they were saved.
Kelly went on to give some trans-phobic remarks, referring to trans women as ‘fake women’ and saying that they should be on the LAFD instead of people born biological female.
Kelly said: “Let’s get the fake women who want to invade our sports and redirect them to the fire department. That would be a great place for you to break barriers as a quote ‘woman’ in the firefighting realm where you still have all of your male advantage.”
She was upset because she feels that Los Angeles officials have diverted resources from fire prevention to cover their DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policies.
She said: “They should all be fired. Any time you spent, fire chief, worrying about this, making sure you had the staff for DEI and amassed the staff for that, while you’re short firefighters, you should be fired.”
Mike Beasley is in charge of the board of Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology, and he claims that DEI policies have not impacted the efforts to combat wildfires. He said: “There is no number of people that will stop all the fires in the middle of a hot, dry season with the climate-charged fuel aridity. There just isn’t.
“With these Santa Ana winds happening, it’s just about getting people out of the way. It’s not really about putting the fire out until the winds calm down.
This is something that will likely continue to be debated.