There is no “war on
women” (or on any other Americans for that matter)
When a hyperbolic term is used too often and applied too
broadly – like “war,” “Nazi,” or “racist,” for that matter – it starts to lose
its shock value. It becomes meaningless.
That doesn’t stop anyone.
But they should remember that overuse diminishes impact. When your local car dealer “declares war on
high prices,” or a big-city mayor declares “war on childhood obesity” it’s not
the same as declaring war on the Axis powers.
So it is with the new “war on women.” Catchy phrase, but meaningless. And this case, untrue, which further erodes
the meaning of a “war.”
The war on women theme is a purely manufactured
outrage. Most of us know this, but that
doesn’t stop the constant drumbeat in the media that Republicans are
misogynists.
But it’s easy to see how politicians and the media think
this is so.
See, it’s really simple:
if you disagree with any legislation – loony, pandering or otherwise –
put forth by the Democrats, or agree with anything – no matter how rational –
Republicans offer, you’re at war with somebody.
Automatically. Plus, you’re a
racist, a bigot, a sexist, a xenophobe, an enemy of the poor and the “working
class” … and that’s just for starters.
A lot of people have legitimate concerns, not solely on
religious or moral grounds, over the ObamaCare provision that contraceptives must
be free for women through all health plans – like who is paying for those, and
where do the freebies end? Or the Lilly
Ledbetter Act – which might as well be titled “Another Trial Lawyers Relief
Act.”
Or the very recent “Equal Pay” proposal that would make all
businesses ensure – and document extensively – that they are providing equal
pay to women for “equal work.” Whatever
that is.
[Defining “equal” work will be like some twisted SAT question: If a firefighter is to a bank teller as an
aardvark is to a Kaiser roll, then a filing clerk should be paid as much as a) an airline
pilot; b) a steelworker; c) a high-school math teacher; d) an auto mechanic.]
How do you possibly compare the value of truly disparate
jobs?
Real jobs – as opposed to government jobs – are only worth
what someone is willing to pay and what someone is willing to accept. It’s a free country. So if you don’t like the offer, don’t accept
it. And if you think you’re underpaid,
you always have the right to quit and try to find someone willing to pay you
what you think you’re worth. It’s the
same deal for men and women.
Now, no one wants to appear cynical here, God forbid, but
these prepackaged “women’s issues” have become hot topics in an election year …
just a coincidence?
As we all know, the Democrats are the party of women and
women’s rights, because they’ve told us that time and again.
They’re also the self-proclaimed party of all self-described
minorities and victims, the poor, the working class, the middle class, anybody
who is not “rich” (unless they are a celebrity, then it’s okay to be rich), the unemployed, the employed but not really
happy, the employed but don’t want to work, the 99 percenters, the old, the
young, the middle-aged, the disabled, the disabled-in-name-only (DINOs), the
LGBT, married people, cohabitating
straight people, single people, gay couples who would like to be married, gay
couples that don’t want to be married but want to be treated as if they were, immigrants,
the children of immigrants, the parents of immigrants who simply misplaced some
documents, people who can’t speak English, people who can’t speak English
anyone can understand, people who can’t read or write in any language, unions,
people not in unions (but would be if they had the good sense God gave a sweet
potato), farmers, teachers, firefighters, police, nurses, other caregivers, the
disenfranchised, the franchised who feel guilty about the disenfranchised, African
Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, plain vanilla Americans,
soccer moms, divorced moms, single moms, teen moms, all other “moms” with or
without kids, gay couples that want to adopt kids, gay couples that want to have
their own kids, straight couples having trouble having kids, parents with ADD
or ADHD kids, parents with autistic kids, parents with kids having
“self-esteem” or other issues, drug-addicted parents who don’t know who or
where their kids are, grandparents supporting their kids’ kids, parents still
supporting their adult children, adults that want to keep being supported by
their parents, people who want free stuff, people who want to give away free stuff as
long as someone else is paying – did we
leave anybody out?
It’s a mighty big tent, those Democrats have …
So if Democrats propose something – regardless of whatever
it is, or how completely daffy it appears – if you disagree you’re rejecting
their constituency.
You are at war with _______ (fill in the blank). And that’s that. End of discussion …
Oh, and you’re a heartless, mean-spirited, sexist, racist, son
of a bitch as well. So you know.
Is there a war on women?
Of course not. It’s manufactured,
like most of the other issues brought up by the Democrats and the loony left in
this election year.
It’s desperation. The
economy sucks, and everyone knows it’s not going to turn around until the
current administration is ousted, and incumbents from both parties are voted
out. As the party in control of the White House and the Senate, the Democrats
have the most to lose – so they are pulling out all the stops: class warfare, gender
warfare, race-baiting, you name it.
The only “war” going on internally in the U.S. is between
politicians and the people of all genders, races, creeds, colors and sexual
orientations they ostensibly serve, but don’t.
Re-elect no one. This
is the war that matters.
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