January 18, 2008
Hitch on Identity Politics
I don't agree with Christopher Hitchens on everything, but when he's right, he's right...and even when I disagree, I always appreciate his wit and style.
Today I agree. The article is entitled The Perils of Identity Politics. Here's a snippet:
People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish this specter by invoking it. If I would not vote against someone on the grounds of "race" or "gender" alone, then by the exact same token I would not cast a vote in his or her favor for the identical reason. Yet see how this obvious question makes fairly intelligent people say the most alarmingly stupid things.
Stupid things indeed. Be sure to read the entire article.
Would a black or female (or both!) Republican candidate for president get nearly as much adulation from the MSM and various special interest groups? Can you see, for example, Al Sharpton getting behind a Michael Steele candidacy...or Gloria Steinem in ecstasy over Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (a Republican) running for the Oval Office?
Methinks not.
As I mention in my FamilySecurityMatters.org piece today (see the post below this one), it's important to look at policies, records, positions, and yes, character, first and foremost. The other stuff is fluff.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed it was the "content of our character" that counted most. But somehow, his message seems to have gotten lost. How very sad.
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If it's not important, why do rightwingers keep harping on it?
Posted by: mudkitty at January 19, 2008 04:34 AMI don't blame people for wanting to see one of their own break through, even though race and gender are constructs that have no real meaning outside of our imaginations.
Posted by: paul at January 24, 2008 12:43 AMWe are all "our own."
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