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The "pecking order" on the Left
William KatzLinkage 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 2008-02-27 |
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