NY Times Columnist: Conservatives Racist, Sexist Toward Hillary Clinton

In an op-ed piece run by the New York Times, columnist Charles Blow, a self-described “social justice” advocate, accused “white men” of having their “egos goosed” by the declaration from Hillary Clinton that she is running for President.

The article, titled “Woe of White Men, Again,” is poorly argued and nearly incomprehensible to anyone without a tremendous political bias.

Mr. Blow begins his piece by writing about conservative commentators who he believes are upset at Hillary Clinton for running. “Hillary Clinton’s entry into the race for the presidency has goosed the egos of some conservative ganders,” he writes.

He then explains that people like Wayne LaPierre, the C.E.O. and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, and Bill O’Reilly stated that it would be unwise to elect Ms. Clinton if the only reason to do so is because she is a woman.

“I have to tell you, eight years of one demographically symbolic president is enough,” Mr. LaPierre was quoted as saying.

Mr. Blow then brings race into his piece, saying that Bill O’Reilly stated that the Democrat party is unfairly castigating white men. And somehow this relates to Ms. Clinton and racism from conservatives, despite the fact that she too is white...

He then says Republicans’ concerns that white men are, at times, being attacked by liberals are ridiculous. He bases this, in part, on a study from ThinkProgress.

Mr. Blow then stumbles inexplicably another way, saying that the conservative field is diverse, mentioning Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina...

He then accuses the GOP of being sexist because they have a potential candidate like Ms. Fiorina.

I had this amazing discussion when a Hispanic gay HIV positive free-ride law school student (HGH+F-RLSS) posted a link on my daughter’s Facebook:

HGH+F-RLSS: Here’s A List Of Hillary Clinton’s Accomplishments, So Quit Saying She Doesn’t Have Any. Her activism on behalf of women a children across the world is renowned.

HVC: Tell that to Monica Lewinsky

HGH+F-RLSS: Yeah let's vote for a white dude because he'll be so much better on women's issues. And what exactly do you expect Hillary to do about Monica Lewinsky? That's just sexist.

HVC: Racists bring up race…and throw out the sexist card way to early.

HGH+F-RLSS: Too* learn to spell. And learn something about systemic racial inequality before you call a minority racist. You need to learn something about power, privilege, and oppression.

HVC: Your a racist. To. Theirs some spelling to cheque.

HGH+F-RLSS: It must be nice to have privilege so that when a minority speaks up about unequal treatment, you can call it a "card." That speaks volumes about privilege.

HVC: Racist = The guy that brings race into the discussion. From out of nowhere.

HGH+F-RLSS: If you want to know why I am voting for Hillary, you don't need to look any further than HVC. Thank you. You'll turn out a lot of voters for Hillary with that rhetoric.

HVC: That's the sheer force of my privilege

HGH+F-RLSS: Yes, it's called addressing historical systems of oppression. We all have privileges, that's not what causes conflict. It's when we use those privileges to institutionalize supremacy over a minority. Just because you call something racist doesn't make it racist. RACISM: Racism is a system in which one race maintains supremacy over another race through a set of attitudes, behaviors, social structures, and institutional power. Racism is a “system of structured dis-equality where the goods, services, rewards, privileges, and benefits of the society are available to individuals according to their presumed membership in” particular racial groups (Barbara Love, 1994. Understanding Internalized Oppression). A person of any race can have prejudices about people of other races, but only members of the dominant social group can exhibit racism because racism is prejudice plus the institutional power to enforce it.

HVC: The KKK thinks everything is about race, just like you.

At this point, HGH+F-RLSS runs to his own Facebook where I can’t post and tells all of his friends about the racist he just debated.

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