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| The "pecking order" on the Left |
| 2008-02-27 |
| William Katz Linkage added. I continue to be intrigued by the lack of support Hillary Clinton receives from the feminist crowd. The reason, I think, has much to do with the political left, and it's troubling. The modern feminist movement is a creature of the left, and on the left there's a pecking order. At the top is contempt for the United States. You'll notice the utter lack of response, on the left, to Michelle Obama's disgraceful comment that this is the only time in her adult life that she's been proud of her country. There was no response because the left would agree. Next in the pecking order, and related to the top slot, is contempt for free enterprise. And next comes race. Gender equality is far down the list. Race simply trumps gender, every time. Show me an exception. Yes, it's true, The New York Times endorsed Clinton in the New York Democratic primary, but that was an aberration, probably reflecting internal personnel issues. I recall that, during the O.J. Simpson trial, the sister of Simpson's murdered wife asked permission to address a feminist rally about violence against women. She was refused, on the remarkable ground that Simpson's trial wasn't about violence against women, but was about race. That was blatantly false, of course, but it conformed to leftist ideology. Even feminist groups fall in line, just as they fall in line when they refuse to denounce Muslim oppression of women. On the left, the party line endures, and is sacrosanct. One of the great myths about the left is that it cares about women. Remember the support Bill Clinton received from women's groups, despite his awful record in treating women? He was useful because he favored Roe v. Wade, which is the feminist Book of Genesis. Another myth is that the left fights fascism. It will fight fascism when convenient, and go along with it if that's convenient. That's because fascisim is part of the Left. The left had no problem with the Hitler-Stalin pact. It had no problem with it even though the synagogues of Berlin were already burning. Anti-semitism is no problem for the left. If it serves a purpose, it's accommodated. Another myth is that the left cares about human life. Ask a leftist friend to name two victims of the Cambodian genocide. You'll lose a friend. The left lives in a world of ideology and myth. Hillary is learning that the sisterhood will support her, but only if the party line is maintained. Race trumps gender. The line is maintained. This year, Hillary didn't qualify. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 For all the glowing words of the 'Bill of Rights' the 'leadership' and the writers of the Constitution didn't do a whole lot in stopping the post Treaty of Paris purge of Tory Crown Loyalists from the former colonies. Even they understood you don't leave the snakes in the nest. We should have held the leftist apologists to similar standards after the fall of the wall in the early 90s. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-27 19:37 |
| #4 I still can't get the comment by the president of NOW at the time of Billy Jeff's problem with "wimmen" out of my mind. She said that the Republican's were just stirring things up and we should be behind the Prez cuz "he's just a rascal" at heart! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-02-27 17:04 |
| #3 OBAMA-MANIA > B.O. is suppos to be the symbol of hope for a NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY = NEW LIBERTARIAN MULTI-DIVERSE "CAMELOT" IN AMERICA??? Just remember, Amer, SO WAS POTUS JIMMY CARTER AFTER WATERGATE, + FALL OF SAIGON = MEDIA-PROCLAIMED DE FACTO "US FAILURE/DEFEAT IN VIETNAM". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-27 16:54 |
| #2 The left are like a park, set aside for all of mankind and the critters and the flowers. Along comes Islam. Islam camps out in the park. Islam claims the park as sacred ground and makes the left eat dirt. Across the street, we look on and giggle. We clean our weapons and wait for park cleaning day. [/channeling unknown source] |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-02-27 16:11 |
| #1 Contempt for the U.S., contempt for free enterprise, race trumps gender, fascism is part of the Left, anti-semitism is no problem for the Left; donk heads are spinning around on their necks and pea soup is coming out of their mouths. Call the exorcist. It is sad the Democratic Party has fallen to such depths--very anti-American. Hope the voters realize it in time. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-02-27 11:34 |