>>I was working crazy-hard and was SO TIRED!

Erm, no. When you’re crazy tired is when you often reveal what your core beliefs.

The “women are emotional and therefore lesser” trope is something we fight against so often that *I’m* crazy tired, and it’s only Thursday. There were not one, but THREE “if you feel” phrases in his original statement. Women’s feelings can’t be trustsed; we might “pop a round” at somebody. (The “pop a round” phrasing is also offensive to any serious gun owner – it’s a cartoonish and dismissive phrase that does nothing to further serious discussion about firearm regulations.)

Using “feeling” language in a point aimed specifically aimed at women is going to get feminists upset. Reasonably so.

If one thinks that the problem was that Salazar expressed himself inexpertly, the “I was tired” excuse should be acceptable. It would be different if he had let slip a comment that revealed an attitude that he should have kept hidden.