Gender Wars 2: The Patriarchy Strikes Back

February 14th, 2008

I’m not even going to waste words or blogspace commenting on the sheer, blindered stupidity of this statement:

Ever since I wrote an article in the Washington Post ten days ago, I’ve been getting love letters from women and super-smart men and brickbats from the Hillary-Haters. Unfortunately the Hillary-Haters are in charge. They monopolize the networks, the newspapers, the talk shows — both radio and TV. They are crossing their legs for fear of castration. They are wearing the body armor our troops never got. Or got too late to matter. They are determined that a woman will not prove herself competent as Commander in Chief.

OK, I’m going to waste some words here. I have often stated that the farther Left someone goes, the farther Right they appear to be. The spectrum of Right (conservativism) verses Left (liberalism) is not a line—it’s a circle.

Consider this: the Left is often associated with Big Government, while the Right supports limited government and states’ rights. But have a gander at the U.S. Government under George W. Bush, the Right’s idiot prince: is not the Department of Homeland Security a blatantly perfect example of Big Government in that fact that it is a gigantic organization sucking up vast amounts of taxpayers’ money yet not showing any verifiably positive result?

In the above statement, Jong has proven this again by retreating so far Left she has begun to spout the exact same statements that the Right are accustomed to making. The so-called Hillary-Haters “monopolize the networks, the newspapers, the talk shows — both radio and TV.” Hmmm. How often have Republican pundits over the past however-many years stood on their radio soapboxes declaring that the “Liberal Media” was stifling their opinions and preventing Candidate X from having a fair say?

Jong, you’re acting like a Republican in disguise. Just like Hillary Clinton herself. This is not a feminist issue. No one is fearing…what, political or literal “castration”? Could you possibly have used a more ridiculous, stereotypical phrase? No one likes Hillary Clinton because despite running as a Democrat, she is a pro-war, pro-status-quo oligarchist. If you really want an -archy to rail against, try the Beltway oligarchy who has been running this nation for the past twentyfive years specifically to fill their pockets and those of their friends? You would have a very pertinent topic then. Leave the outdated, bra-burning “feminist” rhetoric (and I use that term very loosely, as “feminism” is so much more than your squinty anti-male view with its eternal catchwords “patriarchy” and “castration”) behind and focus your righteous ire on a legitimate topic.

Oh, and if you wonder what Obama specifically stands for, have a look at his campaign website, or, more pertinently, his Senate webpage. Take some time to read his speeches given on various issues and take a look at his voting record. And remember: people make mistakes, like voting for a war that seemed justified at the time. However, smart people—that is, people unlike Hillary Clinton—learn from their mistakes.

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