Anne Coulter wears skirts so short you can
see her brains. Or you could if she had any. She is the best
argument
that the foamy-mouthed Right has made for
the immediate passage of the long delayed ERA.
Nasty? Yes, and like all humor it
arrives at a truth seen but not spoken.
Coulter is the unwoman prime of this generation;
the latest and least representative of a specie of women who have
carried the ball, and presumably the coffee,
for an establishment that wants more than anything to deny women the
seats they earn at the table of power and
their place in deciding for themselves how their lives will be lived.
The ERA is history but it is also the future.
Americans assume equality for men and women by an overwhelming
percentage. A recent poll from Opinion
Research Corporation found that 96% of all Americans believe that men
and women should have equal rights even
as the Foamy-mouthed Right, and Libertarians deny it to women by
blocking the passage of the ERA.
Congress will be taking up the question
again. So far the measure has 186 cosponsors, nearly enough to push
it
past the blockage put up by Republicans.
That, and other factors mean it is about
to happen despite Anne Coulter.
The Good Old Boys needed a titular woman
who would obfuscate the truth. They found a real tool in Coulter
to replace the sad, silly spokeswoman they
had found in Phyllis Schlafly.
They still use carefully forged campaigns
of disinformation and managed pressure groups to arrest the future.
Coulter has rung in new variations on the
theme. Such women are conscious tools of the GOB network.
They have a long and dishonorable history
in American politics.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,
along with other leaders of the original American Women's
Movement, were at first astonished to be
sniped at and then virulently attacked by women of privilege.
Why would those who had so much grudge
other women, most of them far less wealthy, a voice in public
affaires and the right to their own lives
and property? The Madams of Privilege had not been asked to give
up
their soirees, their laundrywomen, their
coachmen, and their wealth. Why would they seek to deny working
women the rights of self-determination?
The answer is not nice.
The fact is that there are always individuals
out there looking for the benefits of public acclaim.
Therefore with women arming for war Phyllis
Schlafly still tries to frighten us by urging mothers not to allow
their daughters to risk joining the military.
Anne Coulter goes farther, asserting that women should not be
allowed to vote - while voting herself
and enjoying all of the privileges of power.
These MOPs accept the privileges of fame
and adulation for destroying the future of women unborn.
It is the best job they could find - and
the perks have been very good.
America has birthed many famous women, women
who poured lifetimes into finding better truths for all of us.
Such is the fame of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Margaret Sanger and the host
of other women who redefined the world
in which we live. Fame is a heady drug for some, a tool for others.
Mother Theresa could tell you about the
benefits of fame. The best holders of fame convert it into movements
that change the world. The best are
not about having the perks. They are about service.
This is about the MOPs. They are not
good enough to make it to the upper echelons in their chosen marketplace
as proponents for women - but they mightily
want the flavor of fame and the favors fame brings.
So the GOBs sign them up. It is easier to
join the Good Old Boys and shoot down those struggling for equality
than it is to fight city hall. There
are always those who valued the advantages of fame and wealth over being
particularly discriminating about how they
accomplish those ends. Fame and money are aphrodisiacs for self-love,
too.
The subtext of GOB Babes like Phyllis Schlafly
and Anne Coulter is not just, "to the back of the bus," but,
"on your back, bitch." Not that they would fail
to be outraged if they were treated like that themselves.
Anne expects to be treated like a celebrity,
meaning she does not expect to do the right thing herself,
just to talk about it. They
have changed their strategies but their ends are the same.
Ann Coulter in particular has used the FemCard.
She is blond by choice, razor thin and dresses like a
two bit whore. This allows her the
natural protection of femininity, armoring her from males on the left.
All males hope they might get lucky, that
is simple biology. Leftist males are no different.
The issue is what comes out of her mouth.
She has a mouth like a toilet and a mind
to match. She calls for death, destruction, hate, and female servitude
to the principle of masculinity.
Her book, Slander was well named. It marks what we
must hope is the low tide
mark for journalistic standards.
The challenge to the reader is finding statements that are true, not those
that
are false. We can hope that this attack
of the undead of the Right will die in oncoming light, leaving the field
open to a productive discourse between
the decent majority.
Think of the ERA as the garlic that will
put Anne Coulter back in her coffin.
There, she cannot offend.
END
The above op-ed is the first of a series of in
a Blogeskreig. On the subject of Pundititus, a nearly fatal condition presently
infecting the journalistic body politic.
Melinda Pillsbury-Foster is the President of
the Women's Institute for Individual and Political Justice, a nonprofit
foundation based in Santa Barbara working on alternatives such as domestic
violence. Url: womensinstitutes.com
Lexicon:
Blogeskreig - To make your point on line using
the power of pointed opinion.
(Example, Trent Lott was Blogeskrieged)
FemCard - the Female equivalent of the Black card.
Foamy-mouthed Right - You know, those people
who keep sneaking into our bedrooms to comment.
Makes you wonder why they don't take up bowling.
GOB - Good Old Boys - See the bathroom next to
the Congressional Dining room after they have
lunch with their chief lobbyists.
GOB Babes - The flutter-eyes and very willing
females who give theirall for those in power - on the Right.
MOP - Madams of Privilege - Women who want to
bake cookies and want you to use their recipe for your cookies, too.
Pundititus - Talking so much and being paid so
much that you start thinking your farts are commentary.
Condition appears in all political viewpoints.
Unwoman - A woman who adopts the behaviors of
masculinity without ever taking up the behaviors of a woman.
For Further Information:
Melinda Pillsbury-Foster mpf@womensinstitutes.com