A former liberal on the sexist attacks on Sarah Palin

Excerpts from a Robin of Berkeley op-ed at American Thinker:

Like most feminists, it was a no brainer to become a Democrat. Liberal men, not conservatives, were the ones devoted to women's issues. They marched at my side in support of abortion rights. They were enthusiastic about women succeeding in the workplace.

As time went on, I had many experiences that should have made me rethink my certainty.

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What finally woke me up were the utterances of bitch, witch, and monster toward Hillary Clinton and her supporters early last year. I was shocked into reality: the trash talk wasn't coming from conservatives but from male and female liberals.

I finally beheld what my eyes had refused to see: that leftists are Mr. and Ms. Misogyny. Both the males and the females don't care a whit about women.

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Then along came Sarah, and the attacks became particularly heinous. And I realized something even more chilling about the Left. Leftists not only sacrifice and disrespect women.

It's far worse than that: many are perpetrators.

The Left's behavior towards Palin is not politics as usual. By their laser focus on her body and her sexuality, leftists are defiling her.

They are wilding her. And they do this with the full knowledge and complicity of the White House.

We've seen lost of instances ourselves. Chris Matthews and Howard Fineman snickering as the former likened Sarah Palin to a mail-order bride. The Newsweek cover and even worse inside that issue of the magazine. David Frum. Andrew Sullivan. Letterman. Bernhard. Maher. And these are just a few examples. There is much more of it. And it gets even worse on scores of look-alike nutroots blogs run by radical leftists.

These lowlifes must be held accountable. They've been getting away with it for far too long.

Before the link to Robin's full opinion piece, please be advised that it is raw and not family-friendly. But it should be read by every warrior in Sarah's army. Know the enemies, even if that knowledge churns your stomach. Such knowledge is essential to defeating them.

The full article is here.

- JP