The American Right and the American Left often share foibles and some maladies, but some forms of heinousness and dishonesty reside mostly on one side or the other.
For instance, conservatives are much more likely to think it’s okay to disdain or denigrate people for where they live (San Francisco, New York, etc…). Liberals who disdain flyover country at least usually have the decency to hide that feeling.
One obnoxious tendency that mostly resides on the Left: claiming certain inborn traits — like race or sex — compel an individual to hold liberal positions.
Remember the Left’s critique of conservative judicial nominee Miguel Estrada? He wan’t really Hispanic.
And Clarence Thomas, the conservative Supreme Court justice is an Uncle Tom.
And pro-life women? Well, according to one pro-choice Pennsylvania legislator, they’re just “men with breasts.” Charles Thompson of the Patriot-News reports [via Steve Ertelt at LifeNews.com]
Josephs stood by her words after the rally, arguing that the women lawmakers on the bill – sponsored by Rep. Kathy Rapp of Warren County — are acting like women only in the sense “that they will do what the men tell them.”
“They must believe that they are not capable of making their own health care choices, but they are capable of voting on bills that control all of our behavior,” Josephs continued. “I don’t understand it …
“I don’t believe they’re really women. … I believe they’re men with breasts.”
Organizers of the rally, sponsored by the Lancaster County Democratic Committee, stood by Josephs’ remarks and her right to say them.
“That’s her way of questioning the bill, and we support Babette,” said Sally Lyall, chair of the Lancaster Democrats. “We don’t move ahead if we don’t get people’s attention. If this gets people thinking, that’s the point of a rally like this.”
The implication is clear. White males are the only ones allowed to form their own positions. Blacks, hispanics, and women, this way of arguing suggests, must believe as they’re told.
