Feminist Icon Sounds Off on Donald Trump – What She Says WILL Shock You
Camille Paglia is a long-time feminist icon and promoter of liberalism via her regular column on Salon. She is also an openly lesbian member of the faculty at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia — about as far as you can get from the stereotype that most people have of Trump supporters.
In a recent article, she shocked many of her faithful readers and those on the left when she unabashedly announced, “I was wrong about Donald Trump.”
Rather than tearing apart The Donald as seems to be the left’s favorite things to do lately, she steps back and takes a deeper-than-surface view of the controversial GOP frontrunner.
While she still called him out as being “too impetuous and thin skinned,” she found quite a bit to say that was positive.
“Trump’s fearless candor and brash energy feel like a great gust of fresh air, sweeping the tedious clichés and constant guilt-tripping of political correctness out to sea. Unlike Hillary Clinton, whose every word and policy statement on the campaign trail are spoon-fed to her by a giant paid staff and army of shadowy advisors, Trump is his own man, with a steely “damn the torpedoes” attitude.”
Paglia’s tone has changed from previous statement where she called Trump a “carnival barker” who is “doing a great service for comedy as well as for politics!” But the fact that a member of the liberal media could give an honest opinion not based entirely on ideology and steeped in politics is also very refreshing.
Paglia’s praise wasn’t completely unreserved, however. She had a few words of caution,
“The American president, who can spook markets or spark a war with a rash phrase, must be more coolly circumspect. And aspirants to the presidency shouldn’t care what small fry like bobble-head TV hosts say or do. A leader must have the long view and show an instinctive capacity to focus and prioritize.”
She also addressed the recent controversy about Trump’s hands that had the liberal media condemning Trump and pretending to be prudes straight out of the Victorian era.
“As for a debasement of the presidency by Trump’s slanging matches about penis size, that sorry process was initiated by a Democrat, Bill Clinton, who chatted about his underwear on TV, let Hollywood pals jump up and down on the bed in the Lincoln Bedroom, and played lewd cigar games with an intern in the White House offices.”
“Primary voters nationwide are clearly responding to Trump’s brand of classic can-do American moxie.”
What do you think of this feminists’ take on Donald Trump? Does it show that he may have much broader appeal than the GOP establishment would have us believe?
The video below shows Paglia’s takedown of the “victim-centered nature” of contemporary feminism. When it comes to feminism, Paglia herself is a breath of fresh air – refusing to view herself or other women as victims. It almost makes you believe there is hope for people on the left to see reason. Almost.
I don't quite get the tomcat/pussycat analogy, but, I'm sure that it's just me.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
When I lived in Chicago, there was a gay bar and a lesbian bar about two blocks apart not far from where I lived.
One night, there was a fight at the corner tap and the windows got broken out. It was closed the next night and this guy wanted a beer. He went across the street to the Blue Pub. Some guy grabbed his ass and he punched him out. The cops came and arrested him. I heard when he got in front of the judge, the judge said, "I'm tired of you tough guys beating up on the gays." And he gave him 30 days in Cook County Jail. I knew about that place so I stayed away from it. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Why are there only militant queers, and not hetero's?
Why are there no straight-pride parades?
I'm sick of it.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken