The Four Stages of Conservative Female Abuse

[legion]

Michelle Malkin really nails it this time. Of course, I'm waiting for Speeder to tell me she's not a real woman (see #4 below).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20080903/cm_uc_crmmax/op_197242

There's something about outspoken conservative women that drives the left mad. It's a peculiar pathology I've reported on for more than 15 years, both as a witness and a target. Thus, the onset of Palin Derangement Syndrome in the media, Democratic circles and the cesspools of the blogosphere came as no surprise. They just can't help themselves.

Liberals hold a special animus for constituencies they deem traitors. Minorities who identify as social and economic conservatives have left the plantation and sold out their people. Women who put an "R" by their name have abandoned their ovaries and betrayed their gender. As female Republican officeholders and female conservative public figures have grown in number and visibility, so has the progression of Conservative Female Abuse. The astonishing vitriol and virulent hatred directed at GOP Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the most severe manifestation to date.

The first stage of Conservative Female Abuse by the left is infantilization. Right-wing women can't possibly believe what they say they believe about the sanctity of life, self-defense, free markets or foreign policy. They must be submissive little dolls of the White Male Hierarchy. Or, as a far-left (Is there any other kind of left in San Francisco?) San Francisco Chronicle columnist wrote of first lady Laura Bush, they must be put in their place as "docile doormats" with no brains of their own. True to form, no sooner had John McCain announced Gov. Palin as his veep pick than jeers of "Palin = neocon puppet" sprouted across the Internet.

The second stage of CFA is sexualization. A conservative woman is not merely a sellout. She is an intellectual prostitute. Unable or unwilling to argue with them on the merits, detractors resort to mocking the physical appearance of their ideological opponents in skirts and denigrating them with vulgar epithets. MSNBC hosts insulted former GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson's accomplished wife and mother of two, Jeri Thompson, as working the stripper pole. Newspaper cartoonists Ted Rall, Pat Oliphant and Jeff Danziger have caricatured Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, including as a mammy, thick-lipped parrot and a Bush "House nigga" armed with "hair straightener." New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd derided former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a Republican, for applying "her makeup with a trowel."

True to form, Dowd was first out of the box to snicker at Gov. Palin's beauty pageant past, ridicule her "beehive and sexy shoes" and compare her path to the vice-presidential nomination as a "hokey chick flick." Joe Biden backhandedly praised her as "good looking." And left-wing bloggers worked overtime on lurid Photoshops of Palin as a bikini model and porn star. At the Democratic Underground, a highly trafficked liberal website raising money for Barack Obama, members held a contest to come up with nicknames and posters to slime GOP Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — and then to "spread [them] all over the 'Net." Among the nicer entries: "Cruella," "Gidget," "Governor Jesus Camp," "VPILF," "Fertilla the Huntress," "Iditabroad" and "KILLER PYSCHO FUNDIE B***H FROM HELL!!"

The third stage of CFA is demonization. When the left tires of hurling whore insults, it turns conservative women in the public eye into nefarious creatures. Bill Maher called Laura Bush "Hitler's dog." George Carlin attacked Barbara Bush as "the Silver douche bag." A Huffington Post website member wrote of Nancy Reagan: "Like her evil husband, she has lived far too long. Here's hoping the hag suffers for several weeks, then croaks in the tub." Another commenter added: "I feel no pity for the ***** who took delight in watching thousands die of a horrible disease and watching the poor having to eat out of dumpsters because of her husband's political beliefs."

True to form, rumors of Palin being a crypto-Nazi surfaced on the Internet and in the fringe media. And liberal critics used her gun-rights record to smear her as bloodthirsty.

The final stage of CFA is dehumanization. Conservative women aren't real women according to the liberal feminist establishment's definition. Remember when Gloria Steinem called Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator"? Or when curdled NOW leader Patricia Ireland instructed Democrats to vote only for "authentic" female political candidates? Or when Al Gore's fashion consultant Naomi Wolf described the foreign-policy analysis of Jeane Kirkpatrick as being "uninflected by the experiences of the female body"?

Echoing the bottom-feeders in the liberal blogosphere, mainstream journalists and Obama water-carriers now question Palin's commitment to motherhood and even challenge her prenatal care decisions in an effort to destroy her. Forget about questioning their patriotism. I question their sanity.

[Jim Richards]

The second stage of CFA is sexualization.

From the threads shown here on PPOT, I'd say that everyone (left, right, center, off-world) played in that game. Malkin feeds you what you want to hear to keep the hate going, Chris. Same with Rush, Coulter, etc. These commentaries are caca. Not worth the electrons that carry them to the internet.

[red-beard]

Michelle is hot when she's angry....

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Michelle is hot when she's angry....

[Pazuzu]

There was only one politician mentioned in the entire article, and his comment was mild, and (at least to me) not at all inflammatory.

It seems that the author has a problem with the Liberal blogosphere, which I'll agree with. The curse of the internet during this election is that every toothless inbred fool , on BOTH sides, can have his poorly written message of hate spread across the entire planet, emblazoned in 14 point font. However, anyone who gets so worked up as to feel that they TOO need to contribute to the blog-flotsam by writing an article complaining about such background noise...well, there's something about the definition of irony involved in THAT one

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

Did she play that talking dog in Men In Black?



On a less serious note i had the misfortune of being subjected to a bit of OReally the other day and some of the women calling in re. Palin were classic bitter *****es.

[legion]

I saw three female politicians mentioned: Condoleeza Rice, Sarah Palin, and Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Some of the things I've seen published in major newspapers (The New York Times, for example) about Rice would have had Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton marching on their office, had they been about liberal women. Do a Google search on "Ted Rall" and "Condoleeza Rice", you'll see.

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by legion

I saw three female politicians mentioned: Condoleeza Rice, Sarah Palin, and Kay Bailey Hutchison..

There was only one politician mentioned who was part of the anti-female Liberal cabal. That was the point of the article. One. Just one, and like I said, if his comment would have been in empty space and not associated with what is happening around Palin now, then it would never have been considered "Conservative Female Abuse", but instead, a simple comment by someone saying she was pretty.

Oh, and I enjoy reading Ted Rall's comics. They're comics. They're meant to be funny, somewhat biting, and mostly absurd. That's why people enjoy comics.

[red-beard]

Yes, but what if Ted had targeted Michelle Obama the same way. Would he still have a job?

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Yes, but what if Ted had targeted Michelle Obama the same way. Would he still have a job?

Have you seen his average cartoon? The dude plays fast and hard with anyone. I don't think that he's on a tightrope when it comes to any contracts he has with any newspapers.

Heck, the guy who made the cover for the New Yorker is still working, right? Can't get much worse than that.

[speeder]

There are plenty of hot right-wing women. Most women, heck most people just form their views by imitating the stronger/smarter alfa member of their family. (Father/husband/etc.). MM is a four-square dooger and she has the crazy look and vibe of a stalker or something. No thanks, buddy-that's all you!

Fertilla the Huntress"?? Good god, that's some funny s**t! Thanks!

[Jim Richards]

The third stage of CFA is demonization.

I'm glad that the Elephants are above demonizing others.

[Tobra]

Ms Palin has had her personal information stolen(SSN, etc, you know, identity theft)

That was probably those evil conservatives trying to make the liberals look bad.

I notice that the libs had nothing to rebut and had to rely on a conservative to point out that commentary is 99.9% manure, as is Mr Bradshaw on this one

Hillary is evil, but I don't think she is an actual demon

[Jim Richards]

The first stage of Conservative Female Abuse by the left is infantilization.

Byron!!! Mule!!! Glenn!!! Are ya out there?

[Jim Richards]

The final stage of CFA is dehumanization.

Where are those Hillary pics?

MM is about as lame as you can get. Chris, I can't for the life of me figure out why you would stoop to posting her babble. I thought you had brains, even if they are periodically obscured by your ardent GOP support.

Like I've said before, both these political parties suck. Suck badly. And the all hate, all the time campaign from the GOP since the early-mid 1990's has opened up the hating to all sides. Pandora's box is open gents. Duck and cover.

[legion]

Jim, Malkin's piece hits at something that the MSM just plain won't discuss: the Dems feel they own certain groups of people.

Something I posted on another thread:

Why do the Dems feel they "own" certain groups? Because they go out of their way to redistribute wealth, to provided unearned benefits, or extend special protections to these groups, and feel like they are "owed" their votes in return.

They are attacking Palin so vehemently because they feel betrayed. In the Democratic mind, Roe v. Wade was payment for every woman's vote, forever. Anyone who doesn't believe this must be silenced, lest they spoil the rest of the "group" (women voters).

[varmint]

being a liberal seems to involve turning off parts of the brain related to critical thinking.

and using what's left to actively search out bull**** information to reinforce the lies they want to believe.


and there's also just a lot of hate.



that's how they can think raising taxes on oil companies will lower the price of gas. and obama is somehow qualified to be president. and michelle malkin is ugly.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by legion

Jim, Malkin's piece hits at something that the MSM just plain won't discuss: the Dems feel they own certain groups of people.

Something I posted on another thread:



They are attacking Palin so vehemently because they feel betrayed. In the Democratic mind, Roe v. Wade was payment for every woman's vote, forever. Anyone who doesn't believe this must be silenced, lest they spoil the rest of the "group" (women voters).

Chris, I'm not buying this. "They" feeling betrayed is a smokescreen. Women are not the exclusive domain of the Donkeys, and there have been enough Elephant women (not talking weight. ) elected over the years to make that point clear. The writer is clearly whining, and that is nothing new for her. I just think it's a crap premise. Let's talk about the Elephants for a minute. Who is "owned" by the GOP? White men? The religious? Gun owners? Current & former military? Small business owners? Well, yes, and no. I know enough people that go against the grain that the "ownership" of these groups is incomplete. Should the MSM focus on that, too? It's all so freakin' childish.

[Jim727]

"Traitor" is a word much more frequently thrown around by the far right than by the far left, Chris.

[dd74]

Meanwhile, as you guys whine about "conservative female abuse," don't forget how the conservatives abused, and endangered the life of Valerie Plame...

...who is alive, well, and naming names.