Comments on: Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529317 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:58:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529317 Monica, ‘s all good. I realized there were plenty of people who probably had no idea what I meant.

]]> By: Monica https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529316 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:28:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529316 Stephanie, I was being flip in saying gravitas=bad for us wimin… kind of. I agree with you completely, I don’t like the idea it represents either. I was particularly irked by that very critique of Obama during the primaries. I actually don’t have a beef with Gupta’s gravitas (that was very fun to type) and/or qualifications, but with what I have read and heard him say sometimes.

And, you’re right, A LOT of people already listen to him. But, that might not be enough, because what is his message going to be?

Don’t grind your teeth too hard! 🙂

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529315 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:13:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529315 Same thought occurred to me, Greg.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529314 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:56:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529314 He can just grow a big funny looking beard and he’ll get the gravitas.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529313 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:43:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529313 Monica, I’m not keen on a lot of stuff he’s said, but what had me grinding my teeth is the talk that he doesn’t have the age or demeanor for the position. True, “elder statesman” he ain’t, but that has nothing to do with the qualifications for the job. He needs people to listen to him. They do that.

Calls for gravitas are calls to fit someone’s mental image of the job. That’s something I don’t do, but it’s never stopped people from coming to me as the expert on all sorts of things (more than I am expert in) once they see what I can do.

]]> By: Monica https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529312 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:22:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529312 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/05/20/two-two-two-moral-panics-in-one/

Gravitas=bad for us wimins.

I don’t love him.

]]> By: uncle noel https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529311 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:22:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529311 What showed up in Gupta’s response to Moore was his lack of concern for the millions of Americans who are poorly insured or uninsured. I was surprised to find him so callous and clueless on this issue – he seemed to be purposefully missing Moore’s more important points to quibble over details. I was appalled and no longer respect him.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529310 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:44:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/07/sanjay-gupta-as-surgeon-genera/#comment-529310 As a relatively young, brilliant and unconventional person, may I just take this opportunity to mention that the “gravitas” arguments are making me grind my teeth.

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