The back story reported by Journalist Elliot Kaufman concerning the 2019 Women’s March begins by explaining half of the original 2017 partners (550) backed away from participating. The reason cited were claims of bigotry sufficient enough for partners such as the Democrat Party, Southern Poverty Law Center, Emily’s List, Center for American Progress to sever their relationship to the Women’s March.
This break initially occurred because Carmen Perez and Tamika Mallory claimed and blamed Jewish people collectively, as exploiters of black and brown people and leaders in the slave trade. Perez and Malory were soon joined by Linda Sarsour and Mari Lynn Foulger and the four were dubbed the “toast of the resistance” by many on the left. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand referred to them as “suffragist of our time.” Not to be outdone Nancy Pelosi praised them as being “courageous,” and predictably the ACLU lauded Linda Sarsour as a “leader” in the truest form. The ACLU, Planned Parenthood Action Fund and the American Federation of Teachers remained sponsors despite the fact that the “toasts of resistance” expressed their admiration and support for Louis Farrakhan.
Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, as you may recall, was quoted as ranting about “lazy women who don’t want to get into the damn kitchen and cook.” In 2018 Farrakhan denounced Jews as the children of the devil which prompted Tamika Mallory to affectionately refer to Louis Farrakhan by the acronym GOAT “greatest of all time”.
This is all puzzling to me because the sole purpose of the 2017 march was to protest against Donald Trump’s bigotry and expanded to the alleged bigotry on the right. Ironically the message sent by the left by holding this year’s March, seems to be saying it’s fashionable to be anti-Semitic as long as you identify with the left
The more important story, to observe here, is what keeps the left in the mood for resistance two years after Donald Trump was elected? Why is the left so fixated on this individual? And, just as important look at the familiar names associated with this hate filled radical faction of the Democrat Party, beginning with the House speaker.
I would submit the following as the psychological underpinning of the claims made against Donald Trump. What drives the resistance and what the left fears most, is that Donald Trump represents what the radical left is intent on destroying and that is an alpha male. The pattern, cadence, the movement, media hype, the constant bellowing, invectives, mischaracterizations, allegations and outright lies all point to this fact.
In general, the hate-filled claims about the evils of masculine toxicity about evil white men, about white supremacy are all aimed at subordination. Look at the one dimensional and hate-filled claims made against notable American men who settled this land, established its government, its laws and fought its wars to protect and preserve this union.
Totalitarian states are fond of saying “the past can never be predicted” and many on the left mimic that sentiment by trying to destroy America’s past with their demands for the destruction or removal of names of honorable men who serve this nation and foraged its exceptionalism. In that same vein this goes a long way in explaining the left’s intent on denying biology and their agenda to re-engineer our society to fit their belief in a world that does not mesh with nature nor reality. They fear if Donald Trump prevails then others will be encouraged to follow and God forbid the likes of John Wayne return as a cult hero.
Dennis Petrucelli is a resident of the Village of Bonnybrook.
