TV traffic reporter Leslie Horton has developed a thick skin over the years because of nasty feedback from viewers, but she unleashed a viral smackdown last week after she says one of them “crossed my line.”
The usually unflappable host, who has been at Global Calgary since 1995, was about to give a live report on the morning show when she decided to read out a message she received during a break.
“I’m just gonna respond to an email that I just got saying, 'Congratulations on your pregnancy. If you’re gonna wear old bus-driver pants, you have to expect emails like this,”’ Horton said.
“So thanks for that,” she responded. "No, I’m not pregnant. I actually lost my uterus to cancer last year. And this is what women of my age look like. So if it is offensive to you, that is unfortunate.
“Think about the emails that you send.”
Do you think it would be appropriate to say “it’s always women who do x” and then call any women who disagree “fragile little beasties”?
If it were always women doing it and predictably always women throwing a fit when abuse were talked about? Yeah. Next question.
Yikes.
Are you crying now?
Jeez, you’re just an awful person all around.
Probably. I’m old … and just sick and tired of this same dumb shit year after year after year.
Maybe you guys could have a meeting to find new ways to annoy women? A change would be nice.
Don’t blame your age for you being a sexist arsehole.
Damn are you fragile.
oh noes! men!!
Bad-faith exaggerations, lazy scapegoating, and unwillingness to accept responsibility will overshadow the truths in your positions.
You could’ve grown up to be anything you wanted, and you chose to become a loudmouth asshole on the internet. Why don’t you go to a park or someplace and get some fresh air?
Sounds like you either spend too much time online or you really like hanging out with shitty people.
Eeexcept it’s really not like that. Next rebuttal.