{"id":61827,"date":"2017-01-20T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=61827"},"modified":"2017-01-20T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T14:07:34","slug":"a-hit-a-laugh-and-a-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=61827","title":{"rendered":"A Hit, A Laugh, And A Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warren Henry, in writing about the “Womens March” for women<\/del> against Donald Trump<\/a>, notes sort of clubby fragmentalism that accompanies so much of the far left these days:<\/p>\n

Black feminists have turned off white women with calls to check their privilege. The march\u2019s inclusion of a pro-life group as a partner in a march that cites abortion rights as one of its \u201cunity principles\u201d was proven controversial and \u201chorrified\u201d the usual suspects. The march has now disowned the pro-life group. Given the march\u2019s problems with alienating women, it is not surprising that the enterprise has had some difficulty attracting men.<\/p>\n

The New York Times helpfully explains that \u201c[t]his brand of feminism \u2014 frequently referred to as \u2018intersectionality\u2019 \u2014 asks white women [and presumably everyone else] to acknowledge that they have had it easier.\u201d Moreover: \u201c[T]hese debates over race also reflect deeper questions about the future of progressivism in the age of Trump. Should the march highlight what divides women, or what unites them? Is there room for women who have never heard of \u2018white privilege\u2019?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Under Urbal Liberal Privilege, there\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>no contradictions.<\/p>\n

I cite this partly to diagnose some of the problems with the American left today – and partly to give me an excuse to run this video which is the ultimate illustration of the phenomenon:<\/p>\n