US Senator Telling Brig. Gen. To call her Senator not Ma'am?

[highcountrychickens]

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That's my thoughts. She is an elected offical. You don't get voted a Brig. Gen.

well... yyyeeaaah... in a way you do -

However it happened though, It is still a title she earned, and it may be a matter of sturdying her position as a policymaker to ask for that title to be used. She may be on a committee overseeing some investigation that Brig. General is part of, and therefore doesn't want to be taken lightly in her position.

Like it or not... most Senators are more powerful and influential than most Brass in a lot of ways. They demand the same respect those officers demand... as it should be. Not to mention that those Senators represent the voice of the American citizen - slighting her and her elected position slights a constituency of Americans - SHE has to respect that.

I don't know. I think the way she asked was appropriate. I think what she asked was within reason, and I believe we don't know the entire scope of the story surrounding it.

 

[jjdward]

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That's my thoughts. She is an elected offical. You don't get voted a Brig. Gen.

well... yyyeeaaah... in a way you do -

However it happened though, It is still a title she earned, and it may be a matter of sturdying her position as a policymaker to ask for that title to be used. She may be on a committee overseeing some investigation that Brig. General is part of, and therefore doesn't want to be taken lightly in her position.

Like it or not... most Senators are more powerful and influential than most Brass in a lot of ways. They demand the same respect those officers demand... as it should be. Not to mention that those Senators represent the voice of the American citizen - slighting her and her elected position slights a constituency of Americans - SHE has to respect that.

I don't know. I think the way she asked was appropriate. I think what she asked was within reason, and I believe we don't know the entire scope of the story surrounding it.

I guess we will just have to disagree on this one. By the way, I love the vid of the chicken attack!!

 

[highcountrychickens]

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Being from the South, I do call my Dr. Sir. I was raised that Ma'am and Sir were above all titles. But that is just me.

You may call him Sir in the context of an answer or conversation... but you don't call him "Mister So and So", you call him "Dr. So and So"...
interesting argument though... it's a tough one to call - good point there.

 

[pawprnts88]

...not to mention that the Brig Gen was being RESPECTFUL when he said that... It's not like he was calling her Barb. LoL

 

[jjdward]

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[texaschickmama]

He was not saying it in a disrespectful way or meaning to degrade her. He was saying ma'am and where I come from that is not a bad thing. I could think of some other things to call her and I'm sure the General could too.

 

[jjdward]

I watched it and she said it in a very snide and "I better that you" kind of way.

 

[saddina]

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Explain please.

In some places, CA being one of them, Ma'am is NOT a sign of respect, it's code for "old hag". While he may have meant it as a sign of respect, she informed him of her title, and he should use the form of address given. In much the same way you say "Mr. President" for both current and former presidents, it's a specific title for a specific job.

BTW: "young lady" is also considered disrespectful here, took me a few years to drill that into some "proper southern boys".

 

[pawprnts88]

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Yep, ma'am is not the first word that comes to mind..

 

[pawprnts88]

Well ladies and gents, ma'ams and misters, young ladies... and senators.. I'm calling it a night!

Have fun hashing this out to the wee hours of the morning!!