Posted on 10/31/2018 5:41:28 AM PDT by SJackson
The Left's morbid world of selective indignation.
On Monday night, interviewer Kara Swisher asked Hillary Clinton what she thought of Cory Bookers statement that with Republicans, we kick them in the shins. The former First Lady replied that it was Eric Holder who said that, not Cory Booker. Swisher apologized but then the former Secretary of State said yeah, I know, they all look alike.
As one report noted, this appeared to be a racist comment, but the interview quickly moved on. On social media some contended Clinton had only been joking and nobody in the establishment media contended that she should drop out of the 2020 presidential race. Contrast the treatment of Megyn Kelly for recent comments about Halloween costumes.
What is racist? she asked a panel on her talk show. You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing in character.
Later in the discussion, Kelly recalled Luann de Lesseps dressing up like Diana Ross. She wants to look like Diana Ross for one day, Kelly said. I dont know how, like, that got racist on Halloween. Social media trolls targeted Kelly as a racist and on CNN Don Lemon said she lived in an echo chamber, and needed to educate herself about that privilege you havent been aware of for 47 years.
Lemon also charged that Megyn has taken over for what used to be an African-American woman and a black man who had that slot, who actually did better than her in the ratings, who in this situation would have said it is never to do blackface. In USA Today, Kirsten Powers charged, the original sin was that Kelly was hired by NBC at all.
Kelly had a long track record of racial demagoguery at Fox News, Powers wrote. It would be different if she had come to terms with her own racial animus and worked to overcome it and make amends with the communities she had harmed. But NBC hired an unrepentant Kelly, who spoke with pride of all her work at Fox News.
While with Fox, Kelly contended the New Black Panthers were a threat, agreed with Mark Fuhrman about anti-cop biases and decried the culture of victimization. At NBC, Kelly said blackface was fine on Halloween and was apologizing for racist comments. For Powers, her meteoric rise could not have happened without the complicity of a system that is far too comfortable with racism, especially when it comes in a pretty white package. For some of her readers, this might have sounded strange.
In The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech, Powers contended that for the left facts dont matter, only ideology does, and vilifying your opponents. They are at war with the freedom of speech and of legal due process that allows us to find the truth. Rather than answer an argument, leftists cite privilege, which amounts to a moving target that seems to apply to whomever the illiberal left is up to demonizing that day.
While I agree with you, it is also true that had Trump (or any Republican) said that the howls of racism and demands for impeachment would be like none heard before. There would be marches in the streets. The point is the double standard of the left.
BS he did not say kick them in the shins. MSM tries to sanitize his statement, going forward this will be what he said.
I guess soon enough we won't be able to buy and wear sports jersey's of athletes that are a different "color" than us without being labeled racist or accused of cultural appropriation. In reality, just being "white" is already enough to be labeled racist if you vote or support Republicans or even watch Fox News. Wait, check that, the Republican condition also goes for "non-whites" and "females" as race and gender betrayers too.
Cory Booker and Eric Holder: yeah, I know, they all look alike.
-PJ
I’m no Hillary apologist, but I think she was being sarcastic.
This will come back to bite Hil if she finds herself in a primary tussle with Spartacus.
Well, that’s possible. But talented politicians know better. Of course were she talented, she’d probably be President.
Have not heard that.
That's what lawyers are for. From what I've read, her contract was pretty airtight and she probably deserves it. Also big enough that she can take less and avoid the aggrivation.
bttt
I thought I saw it on here where they had a picture from a college party where Bill was dressed as a hillbilly and Hillary was in blackface. I could be mistaken...
LOL, it was a Photoshop, or so they say...
That is what I thought too, but...I enjoy seeing them hoisted on their own petard! Imagine Donald Trump saying that even sarcastically...can you imagine Nancy Pelosi saying "Oh, I know he was being sarcastic..."
More likely, Leftist outrage would cause the Internet to explode! (But you know all this!)
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