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Naomi Wolf, feminist turncoat: A dyed-in-the-wool liberal feminist who woke up to the lies of her government
American Thinker ^ | 06/20/2023 | John Klar

Posted on 06/20/2023 9:49:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Naomi Wolf stands out as a walkaway; a dyed-in-the-wool liberal feminist who woke up to the lies of her government.

Intriguingly, Naomi Wolf has been alternately praised and scorned by both the Right and the Left. She was a darling of the Left as a third-wave feminist, and now that same cadre condemns her roundly for her questioning of the mRNA narrative; she was criticized sharply by conservatives for her feminism, but now is welcomed with open arms for her open-eyed revolt against globalist initiatives to enslave us all.

The Left dismissed conservative complaints against Wolf, once upon a time.  In a 1999 article in the Seattle Times the liberal author remarked:

The punditocracy and political consulates remain hot and bothered over news that comely best-selling author Naomi Wolf has been surreptitiously talking -- for big money -- to Vice President Al Gore.

…."They're telling Naomi Wolf that she should have no voice, because her voice is different, and that's discrimination," says [Donna] Brazile.

A 2012 article in Breitbart criticized Wolf for her lack of support for our military:

Ultimately, Naomi and her kind are not about women’s rights or equality. This group is more focused on a societal revolution that results in the creation of a special interest society dominated by a confederation of fringe interests and directed by the radical feminists.

But much like the ire reserved by trans-activists for detransitioners, the mRNA-touting Left pounced viciously on Naomi when she sought to dispel illusions (lies) about the science of COVID vaccines.  Consider this effort at character attack by those fearful of Wolf’s truth-seeking:


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2little2late; algore; california; donnabrazile; feminism; gavinnewsom; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; howdumbisshe; naomiwolf; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; rfkjr; robertfkennedyjr
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Many old friends and admirers of Naomi Wolf are horrified. The great figurehead of 1990s "third wave" feminism, who bestrode the highest pinnacles of literature and politics to become an inspiration to a generation of young women, has morphed into something other than the Naomi they thought they knew. ….as Wolf has aligned herself with figures from the political far right and turned on Joe Biden for taking America on a path to totalitarianism with his strategy for fighting Covid-19, her liberal allies have been aghast. ….on Twitter, …she bombards her 142k followers with messages about vaccine side-effects, the profits of big pharma and the negative impact of masks on children.
1 posted on 06/20/2023 9:49:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

In every socialist revolution, the loudest voices come from those who once supported the socialists.

Unfortunately, they are also the first to be silenced and sent off to the gulags.


2 posted on 06/20/2023 9:56:48 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Those who are not liberal in their youth have no heart. Those who are not conservative when they grow older have no head. Naomi wolf is really smart and she is a crusader at heart. She has learned her lessons and she has finally found her worthy cause in life
3 posted on 06/20/2023 9:57:10 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: Erik Latranyi

Or shot!


4 posted on 06/20/2023 10:10:12 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

She’s just riding the wave for profit.


5 posted on 06/20/2023 10:16:23 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s not just Covid and the shot. She’s been red pilled.


6 posted on 06/20/2023 10:23:32 AM PDT by safisoft
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To: SeekAndFind

How the left hates her now. They hate those who betray the cause with a hard and gemlike flame.


7 posted on 06/20/2023 10:27:50 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are still Liberals who believe in Civil Liberties.


8 posted on 06/20/2023 10:36:46 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: griswold3
There are still Liberals who believe in Civil Liberties.

I would include Alan Dershowitz on that list.

9 posted on 06/20/2023 10:38:39 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

10 posted on 06/20/2023 10:57:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: safisoft
She’s been red pilled.

She married a disabled Army veteran in 2018.

11 posted on 06/20/2023 10:59:46 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Agree. She jumps on every passing bandwagon that might bring her fame and fortune, veering left, then right, then left again, etc. See my post here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4131935/posts?page=58#58


12 posted on 06/20/2023 11:37:49 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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If I recall correctly, Naomi Wolf was criticized by some liberal academics for what they called sloppy research in one of her more recent books.

It is possible that like RFK, Jr., Seymour Hersh, and others, she may be angered at the increasingly authoritarian Left. But it could also be anger at academia for their criticism.

13 posted on 06/20/2023 11:43:27 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: SeekAndFind

How dare she not march in lockstep!


14 posted on 06/20/2023 12:22:46 PM PDT by bray (Dr Fauxi killed millions)
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To: Wallace T.

Yes, her thesis for her PhD in English Lit was full of errors and she was called on that by academics. Then her publisher had to pulp all copies of her latest book because it was so riddled with errors.

But even back in her days in academia, she was always an attention hound, always needing to be surrounded by adoring fans. So when that dried up, she looked around for a “movement” where she might elbow her way into the spotlight, and the Tea Party was in the news. So she hopped on that bandwagon, but it had already been decided Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin got to ride in the lead car, and the sensible Tea Partiers wanted nothing to do with her.

Then along came the lefty OWSers. That looked promising: she had been successful in dazzling gullible students before ...

Next up: the antivaxxer movement. Yay. She hit the big-time there. Too bad her research is still laughably sloppy:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4086071/replies?c=198

But the antivaxxers don’t mind. They don’t even mind her over-the-top kooky Tweets like these:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4131935/posts?page=10#10

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4131935/posts?page=57#57

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4131935/posts?page=94#94

She’s one of those kooky people who can’t stand not to be in the limelight, and will jump at anything to get into it. Who knows what’s next?

She’s a kooky erratic attention hound whose convictions seem to change with the wind. Conservatives should be wary.


15 posted on 06/20/2023 12:24:52 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Love how Conservatives love to spit on anyone who switches to the Conservative movement. And then they wonder why nobody converts.


16 posted on 06/20/2023 12:25:20 PM PDT by bray (Dr Fauxi killed millions)
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To: griswold3

You’ll find plenty of Dems at Trump rallies.


17 posted on 06/20/2023 12:26:38 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: bray

*Love how Conservatives love to spit on anyone who switches to the Conservative movement. And then they wonder why nobody converts.*

Come on. I for one believed her the first time. You mean they don’t spit on us? Think Fat Boy Christie, Mittens, Arnold. None were democrats but what did they do for our cause when we need them?

If the left takes back the house it will be because the right doesn’t care anymore. Think of the 20 who wouldn’t censor Schiff. Pathetic.


18 posted on 06/20/2023 12:49:32 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: SeekAndFind

To understand Wolf, just give Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an honest appraisal.

They will always buy into the fiction that the Democrat party can be a force for good, which is why neither will ever have a political home with both a floor and a roof.


19 posted on 06/20/2023 12:58:50 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: SeekAndFind

No more fierce champion of integrity than one who has awakened to the con.


20 posted on 06/20/2023 1:01:29 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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