I am not alone. Teresa Shook, who launched the movement with her viral Facebook post, has publicly called for the co-chairs to resign, writing that Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez and Tamika Mallory "have allowed anti-Semitism, anti-LBGTQIA sentiment and hateful, racist rhetoric to become a part of the platform” of the march.The Southern Poverty Law Center, EMILY’s List and the Democratic National Committee I once led are among the groups distancing themselves from the national event. The Washington State Women’s March rebuked the national group, noting its leaders’ failure to “apologize for their anti-Semitic stance.”
I applaud Schultz for her stand and am glad to see others on the left doing the same.
Maybe it's a stand.
ReplyDeleteGiven her past behavior, I can't tell that this isn't just posturing.
Besides, it's warmer in Florida this time of year.
Eric Hines
That may be, but she took a public stand against anti-Semitic leaders in the march and pointed out their racism. That's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteshe took a public stand.... That's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteOnly if she means it. Taking a public stand, however convenient to an appearance of honor but taken for personal gain, is rank hypocrisy, and it produces a public persona designed to mislead that public.
Eric Hines
It’s hard to be charitable to one’s political opponents these days, let alone to praise them. Well, DWS is noted for her insincerity; on the other hand, she has reason to fear anti-Semitism. Regardless, this is better than not objecting.
ReplyDeleteWell, good for whom is another thing. If her stand is hypocritical, then you are correct that it is not good for her. But a prominent Democrat taking this stand is good for the nation, and it's good for public discourse.
ReplyDeleteBut a prominent Democrat taking this stand is good for the nation, and it's good for public discourse.
ReplyDeleteAgain, only if she means it. Hypocrisy, dishonesty are good for no one.
Eric Hines
The fact that DWS and other left-leaning organizations are only now disassociating themselves from the Women's March is a prime example of the problems that arise when one side of the political divide does not listen to or discounts as false/sexist/etc, what the other side says. People on the right have pointed out these problems with the Women's March for quite a while but people on the left weren't listening.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am glad DWS has said what she said. What is in her heart, I do not know, but I can see her actions. And, after all, isn't hypocrisy the tribute vice pays to virtue? It's nice to know that anti-Semitism is still a vice to some people and organizations.
Although I would have preferred that DWS take this stand as soon as Linda Sarsour made her nasty comment about Ali Hirsan Ali. Having an anti-Semite as a head of the Women's March is horrible; having someone who supports sharia law as a head of the Women's March is just ludicrous.
ReplyDeleteAnd, after all, isn't hypocrisy the tribute vice pays to virtue?
ReplyDeleteNot when it's borne of virtue signalling. Then it's just check kiting.
Like you, I don't know what's in DWS' heart, but as Grim said above, she's noted for her insincerity. I have to see an actual trend of changed behavior, not just a single act that's indistinguishable from her currently established trend of behavior.
Eric Hines
Mr. Hines, I think we all agree it isn't enough on it's own to redeem DWS. That said, I think they're correct that it falls to the communal good, at least slightly. I don't think those two things are tied together.
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