Tim Scott isn't the stupidest Senator, but he seems to be the most clueless. He seems to think there is an appetite for someone like him among Republican voters, which is pure fantasy. He has nothing to say when one of his colleagues, who is arguably the stupidest Senator (it's Tuberville or Blackburn, and I can't really decide), defends…
Tim Scott isn't the stupidest Senator, but he seems to be the most clueless. He seems to think there is an appetite for someone like him among Republican voters, which is pure fantasy. He has nothing to say when one of his colleagues, who is arguably the stupidest Senator (it's Tuberville or Blackburn, and I can't really decide), defends white supremacists and thinks the military needs more of them. He lives his life as though his party isn't rotten to the core; he's convinced it's one thing when clearly it's another.
The apologists for Hamas are continuing a tradition of overlooking considerable illiberalism and oppression that comes out of some of the more hardline fundamentalist Islamic regimes. It's this bizarre ideology they've bought into where anyone who isn't white is oppressed, and to be oppressed is to be blameless and pure. It's the same strain that sees the hijab as a symbol of empowerment while old-school feminists see it as a symbol of patriarchal oppression. It's the same people who will rationalize executing gays, covering women head-to-toe because men can't control themselves, honor killings of daughters for the crime of being raped; people who have nothing to say about what's become of the women and girls of Afghanistan now that we've left and the Taliban is back in control.
Tim Scott isn't the stupidest Senator, but he seems to be the most clueless. He seems to think there is an appetite for someone like him among Republican voters, which is pure fantasy. He has nothing to say when one of his colleagues, who is arguably the stupidest Senator (it's Tuberville or Blackburn, and I can't really decide), defends white supremacists and thinks the military needs more of them. He lives his life as though his party isn't rotten to the core; he's convinced it's one thing when clearly it's another.
The apologists for Hamas are continuing a tradition of overlooking considerable illiberalism and oppression that comes out of some of the more hardline fundamentalist Islamic regimes. It's this bizarre ideology they've bought into where anyone who isn't white is oppressed, and to be oppressed is to be blameless and pure. It's the same strain that sees the hijab as a symbol of empowerment while old-school feminists see it as a symbol of patriarchal oppression. It's the same people who will rationalize executing gays, covering women head-to-toe because men can't control themselves, honor killings of daughters for the crime of being raped; people who have nothing to say about what's become of the women and girls of Afghanistan now that we've left and the Taliban is back in control.
Love you second paragraph. Lots to chew on there.
I figured most folks who read it would much prefer the first paragraph to the second, so I appreciate that!
Are any of these people in any position of influence in the West?