Uber Feminists on the Right
We're having a fun discussion over at Broadsides: SittingPretty about Babs Amiel and her gal pals on the Right. Now, regardless of what you think of Ms. Amiel, it seems to me she personifies Feminism in that she has always, damn the torpedoes, done whatever the hell she wanted. Wanted an abortion? Got one. Wanted a divorce? Got one. Wanted another divorce? Got one. Wanted another... and so on and so forth and more of the same etc etc. Meanwhile, she worked her way up to the top of the most male dominated heap on the planet - Punditry (and the irony of professional blather being a field thoroughly dominated by men while women are supposedly the sex what talks too much should be lost on no one) before shutting the door behind her.
So I have a certain fascination for her, as do men on the Right, obviously. But what I admire and what they admire are two different things. I admire that she's lived her life on her own terms, ambition up front, other women be damned - while making no pretense of caring about anyone but herself. There's a certain honesty to that because if you're really ambitious, and a woman, it's gotta be other women be damned or you're just not going to get very far in this man's world.
Meanwhile, what men on the Right admire about her is that she says what they want to hear. That's all. They're that stupid. She says, "women should not be allowed to have abortions, they should have to stay home with babies, marriage is forever"... and so on and so forth and more of the same etc etc - and they fall at her feet.
So really, when you get right down to it, why do we listen to ANYONE on the Right? It's pretty clear to me that what they say is pretty much the complete opposite of what they do and since it really couldn't be any more obvious than in the Case of Babs Amiel, at what point are we going to start calling them on it? Don't address what they say, address what they do and in no time we'll have exposed them all.
By the way, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Sarah Palin has had as many abortions as she's had kids (and that would be four, ya suckers). That's how ambitious these Uber Feminists be. And why not? That kooky nut, thanks to the men on the Right, might just end up the first lady President of the United States. Ambition, thy name is Lady on the Right.
