“Deplorable” ~ A Second Opinion

Posted by Tina

Hillary’s basket of deplorables comment has been roundly criticized even by some progressives. It’s not that they disagree, of course, it’s just that she shot herself in her already damaged and fainting foot:

“The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it”

Her choice of the word “deplorable” set my teeth on edge as it did many other people. It wasn’t just the word, it was also her tone. It represents the attitude behind the destructive, divisive, condescending progressive today. The political line (lie) has been used regularly and unjustly deployed against the American people.

Could Hillary pick these people from a crowd? She’s obviously prepared to to pin a damning star of shame on their clothing but could she even find them in any group of Americans. I’m watching the Giants play San Diego. It’s a packed house. Could she find those who belong in her basket in that crowd? Of course not. Her basket is a prop and her line as phony as she is.

The people she attempts to describe have finally grown weary of such judgemental, bigoted accusations after fifty years and are fighting back. The Hillaries of the world
don’t tolerate anyone who doesn’t stand in lockstep with her views.

An article in The American Thinker echoes what many of us have been thinking and saying for some time. It ties various elements of progressive activism together to illustrate what is truly deplorable:

Let’s have a reality check about the -isms and the -phobias.

Racism is a problem? You mean in the country that went to war to free the slaves, that passed the civil rights acts? That elected a black president? Sexism? You mean the country that gave women the vote, that has encouraged women, indeed, has mandated that women get preference at the university and the workplace? Homophobia? You mean the country that doesn’t riot in indignation when elite gays get to harass the little people for not wanting to bake a gay wedding cake? Islamophobia? You mean the country in which a supermarket checker gets to wear the hijab, a defiant statement of separation and act of segregation in my book, and gets to live to tell the tale?

You know what I think? I think that the ordinary white middle class has shown the most amazing patience and sturdiness as they have marked time for the last 50 years while liberals deployed government force to help blacks, women, gays, Hispanics, Muslims at their expense.

That’s right! It’s not just that they mock and malign and attempt to destroy, it is that they will go so far as to use the power of government to punish and marginalize. We have no equal rights when politicians, and their activist groups, think they can do this. The IRS targeting is one glaring example.

As the author points out, our Republican leaders have been useless in defending those Hillary maligns, the white middle class in particular, as things have accelerated and special rights set aside equal rights. That just goes to show that the individual cannot depend on the elites in government to even notice them much less stand up for them.

We Americans are a generous, inclusive, welcoming people, almost to a fault. But we don’t appreciate it when we are mischaracterized. The American people are happy to help but we don’t expect to be kicked and pushed to the bottom for our efforts. The American people believe in free speech and difference of opinion. It has required incredible tolerance for people from so many diverse nations and cultures to live side by side in relative peace. Given our history, it’s unforgivable that we are characterized with such specious and ugly terms, especially by someone who asks to become our leader. It’s unforgivable because it shows, once again, that this woman’s judgement is unsound.