Misogynist attacks on Hillary Clinton from women-hating progressives

Clinton as manClinton as stripper

There is an onslaught against feminism & against women coming from both the right & the left. Everyone rightly goes up in arms when Drumpf spews his vulgar misogyny but when some woman-hating bozo with progressive politics produces crap like this, we are supposed to rise up in horror at any abridgments of his civil liberties & defend this trash as satiric evisceration of Clinton’s patriarchal & imperialist politics.

If you don’t viscerally & intellectually get what is hateful toward women in these images of Clinton, if you actually believe these are satiric takedowns of the patriarchy rather than debased attempts to diminish women in positions of power, you only illustrate how imperative the need for women’s political power.

By women’s political power I do not mean the election of Clinton or other contemptible or compromised female politicians. I mean the massive growth of feminism, the struggle for women’s rights, & that scary specter of identity politics which will not have feminism mansplained to us by so-called progressive women haters.

I post these detestable images only to illustrate, not to have them spread all over FB to titillate the haters. The vile thing on the left titled “Hillary Clinton has big hands” by Anthony Freda, was considered a mockery of Drumpf’s small hands which led him to publicly discuss the size of his penis. But why was Clinton parodied rather than Drumpf? The vile thing on the right portraying Clinton as a stripper is a photo of a mural in Melbourne, Australia posted to Instagram by the lowbrow artist named Lushsux which caused his account to be shut down. He needs his ass kicked too.

Don’t try to pawn this crap off as progressive critique & don’t even consider calling feminists blue-nosed for taking objection to this. It is what it is: suitable to porn but an outrage in progressive politics.

Notice how none of the leading Sandernistas, most of whom pretentiously call themselves Marxists, have done a postmortem on their failed strategy? A political misstep of such import requires not mea culpas but at least analyses of what went wrong. Otherwise, they’ll get away with repeating it next election.

On Facebook censorship

On Facebook censorship: “If you’re Kashmiri or Palestinian or Rohingya, social media has been a primary way of breaking the news blackouts and media distortions of what is going on. Without that resource for getting out the truth, there would not be the exponential growth of understanding and solidarity. India, Israel and Myanmar would continue their horrors with impunity. So censorship on FB is a very serious problem.”

Concealed carry policy goes into effect next Monday at the local University of Texas. What kind of insane society allows students & university personnel to pack a weapon in the context of so many mass shootings?

Not to be small-minded, but while Obama’s rhetorical style is patronizing Sunday school teacher, Clinton’s has a raucous shouting character. One wonders why her handlers don’t coach her to speak with authority without sounding like a belligerent shop foreman.

It only comes to mind because it will be hell to listen to four years of this.

That Chelsea Clinton worships her corrupt mother does not qualify Hillary for president of the US. But the corruption does.

Judging from the DNC carnival of deceits, Clinton’s resume is all about improving the lives of children. The assembled political hacks swooned & clapped like trained seals at every lie on this score.

Regrettably for the children of the world, Clinton–representing the policies of Bill Clinton & Obama–has been a disaster. What about the kids of Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, Haiti, Rohingya kids in Myanmar, the thousands of Mexican & Central American kids coming across the US border, Black & Latino kids in the US jailed for minor offenses, & undocumented children excluded from food stamps because of the destruction of welfare?

Chelsea Manning may be prosecuted for suicide attempt

The ACLU announced yesterday that Chelsea Manning may face three charges for “administrative offenses” related to her July 5th suicide attempt.

If convicted, she faces possible solitary confinement for the duration of her sentence, reassignment as a maximum-security prisoner, an addition of 9 years to her 35 year sentence, & could eliminate the possibility of parole.

Consider the barbarism of putting someone despondent enough to attempt suicide in solitary confinement or of considering suicide as a crime against the state.

Please take a moment to sign petition in her defense: https://www.freechelsea.com

Facebook censorship making the news

Kashmir Life reports the Foreign Office of Pakistan will be contacting Facebook to protest censorship about Kashmir. That is a direct result of our petition & protests in social media which led to articles written by Pakistani, Kashmiri, & Indian journalists.

This is something to be very proud of. But of course, our work has just begun.

http://www.kashmirlife.net/day20-pakistan-to-lodge-protest-with-facebook-over-kashmir-blockade-112655/

Robert Reich, the unreconstructed Clintonite, is back to his rancid role as shill for the Democratic party–trying to take up where Sanders left off. Capitalist politics, & not just in the US, is filled with such asses.