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Michelle Goldberg debunks feminist tirade against Sen. Obama
March 14, 2008 - 12:14 AM
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Hell hath no fury
US elections 2008: Criticising pro-Obama women for not backing the female candidate hurts feminism more than a Clinton loss ever could
Infuriated by Barack Obama's ascent, Geraldine Ferraro, erstwhile feminist icon, has transformed herself into Archie Bunker in heels. First she claimed that Obama owes his electoral success to being black, as if Hillary Clinton were some unlucky victim of affirmative action, in danger of losing a job she deserves to an unqualified token. As the uproar over her comments grew, she dug in further, claiming that she herself is the injured party: "Racism works in two different directions," she said. "I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?"
How's that? Well, that's the kind of thing Rush Limbaugh and other self-appointed spokesmen for the beleaguered white male like to say. To hear a putative progressive, the first and only American woman ever nominated for vice-president, complain about the unfair advantages black men enjoy in American life is, to say the least, disappointing. (Maybe it shouldn't be - the Politico informs us that she said similar things about Jesse Jackson in the 1980s, though her comments had since been largely forgotten.) Yesterday, having thoroughly disgraced herself, she quit her post on Clinton's finance committee, though she remained blithely self-righteous about the entire affair, never offering even a hint of an apology.
Comment is free: Hell hath no fury
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michelle_goldberg/2008/03/hell_hath_no_fury.html
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Re: Michelle Goldberg debunks feminist tirade against Sen. Obama
March 14, 2008 - 10:48 AM
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Ms Ferraro is, in my view, an opportunist, extremist and in fact racist. Her ideology has no place in progressive 21st century democracy. Women and men alike should be respected and provided with equal opportunities, same is true whether you are black or white, Muslim or Christian. Freedom of expression is a vital component of democracy, but at times people go too far to score cheap political points. This is what Geraldine Ferraro hads done.
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