Kamala Harris celebrated not for her merits but for being a woman and “not white”: this is true sexism
We live in very strange times. We live in societies that say they are free, in which we say that we must be grateful if we can freely express what we think, in which we often hear people say "I don't agree with what you say, but I'd give my life so that you can say it " . We hear these things often, especially when it comes to countries that are not free. We repeat them to ourselves as if they were a mantra, we internalize them, and we assume that they are true.
Here, perhaps the time has come to begin to ask ourselves if these things that are said about freedom are actually at the basis of the societies in which we live or if they have become empty containers.
"He wrote post-sexist against Kamala Harris, suspended professor of the University of Milan", headline the newspapers. Marco Bassani, the professor of History of Political Doctrines at the State University of Milan who posted an accused meme on his Facebook page last November, was suspended from teaching for a month and will remain without salary for this same period of time. of sexism on the newly elected American vice president Kamala Harris. A photo of Joe Biden's number two with the words (translated from English): “It will be an inspiration to young girls by showing that if you sleep with the right, powerful and well-connected man, then you too can be the deputy of a man with dementia. It's like the Cinderella story ”. Post that after a few hours the professor had spontaneously removed, apologizing.
Now, it does not appear that Kamala Harris has filed a libel suit, nor does it appear that she even knows of the existence of this professor. You will not find a tweet, an interview, a single statement in which he complains about what the professor published in his private profile. Only this is known: the post was reported by a group of left-wing students from the Unisì-Unite a Sinistra university list. It does not appear, even here, that Kamala Harris has asked for their intervention, or whether she is aware of the extraordinary efforts they make to make the University of Milan a worse place (remember the story of the brawls at the university ? They had to call the police). There is no difficulty in imagining that she shares their ideas: on the other hand, she herself has engaged in a fundraiser in 2020 to pay the bail to the violent protesters of Black Lives Matter . Do you remember? Those who burned shops and police stations, who beat passers-by, who killed five African Americans in the days immediately following George Floyd's death. Of course, violence is always justified if in the name of leftist battles. They say it themselves. Look at their posts, see what they write. Don't worry, Twitter has no intention of taking action against them. They are not Trump supporters, so everything is fine.
I'll spare you their indignant statement, but in essence it sounds like this: the professor is an oppressor. Kamala Harris is oppressed. Here is the point. Kamala Harris is oppressed . They too feel oppressed, helpless. For this they used all their impotence to write to the Rector, obtaining the suspension of the professor from the board of the State, and while there were also some salary, for a month. It's interesting. Usually the university professors in these cases get away with a call, a "slap on the ears". But no, in this case the professor stepped on the toes of the oppressed Kamala Harris, and since she is the idol of these powerless and oppressed people, here is the maximum possible punishment. They would have wanted life imprisonment, but you know, we still have laws in this country …
Speaking of laws. Do you know what law was applied to sanction Professor Bassani? A law that dates back to 1933… The Royal Decree 31/08/33 n. 1592 “Consolidated text of the laws on higher education”, to be precise. Curious. 1933. A group of left-wing students asking for the application of a law signed by none other than His Excellency the Knight of Italy Benito Mussolini himself. Exhilarating. Using a fascist law in the name of anti-fascism. As well as our penal code by the way: ah, guess which political party has a bill ready on the launching pad to reform the crime of discrimination?
How is it possible that such a law is still in our legal system? Where are you anti-fascists by profession? Where is your indignation? The pickets, the principals, the street demonstrations? Yet, a Constitution was approved in 1948… Remember? The one founded on anti-fascism. Why do we still have fascist laws in place? Why has the left in Italy touted anti-fascism with a raised fist for decades but never fought to repeal these laws? We understand that we have had left-wing governments in this country, and not just. Why have they never done it? What is the rationale of this law? Is useful? For who? Did they discuss it at the State University of Milan? We are all curious to hear the next speech by the Rector, Elio Franzini, regarding the Constitution founded on anti-fascism. It will certainly be enlightening.
"But there is no right to offend," someone will say. True. Absolutely true. Do you know who has the right to act when there is an offense? The offended. Do you understand that Kamala Harris has filed a lawsuit? Is the group of left-wing students of the University of Milan entitled to intervene to protect the US vice president? Is the State University of Milan the same? "But it serves to protect the good name of the university". Ok, but the leftist groups, powerless and oppressed, that spark fights, and the banners with Marxist slogans that incite hatred and discrimination, left hanging for months in the various offices, will contribute to giving great prestige to the aforementioned university …
Mind you, the sanction would at least have a foundation of logic if the fact behind the meme published by the professor were false. The point is, it isn't. And it is Kamala Harris herself who says it …
“It turns out Kamala Harris dated former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown 20 years ago. While Brown was still married at the time, he had been estranged from his wife since 1981. Harris and Brown broke up in 1995 ”. Kamala Harris dealt with dating Willie Brown for some time, asking an SFWeekly interviewer in 2003: 'It would make sense, if you're a Martian coming to Earth, that the litmus test for public office where is a candidate in relation to his relationship with Willie Brown? "… But that's not all, read how the article continues …
“And, to his credit, Brown seems to agree. […] The former mayor released a very short statement to SFGate titled 'Sure, I dated Kamala Harris. So?' In it he mentioned that it certainly helped her career, but she also “helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Dianne Feinstein and a number of other politicians. The difference is that Harris is the only one who, after I helped her, sent word that I would be indicted if I 'stepped on her toes' while she was a prosecutor. "
Who is Willie Brown? He is a former Dem Mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004. He says he was there together, Kamala Harris confirms it. He says he helped political personalities, Kamala Harris doesn't deny it. So what? There's nothing bad. Why should he lie? Democrats never tell lies …
The point, therefore, is that Professor Bassani did not share something invented, a lie, a fake news . In America they talk about it, Fox News , even the liberal press talks about it, everyone talks about it in America … and Professor Bassani is absolutely entitled to talk about it, since he is an American citizen, was born in Hinsdale (Illinois), has citizenship, vote in America. He is fully entitled to talk about it because it is his country, he is interested in what happens because it concerns him. Think also of the members of UniSì , when there is the electoral campaign in our country: go and see what they publish, what they say, what they write about politicians, especially women on the right. Kamala Harris feels oppressed, they think she is oppressed – even if she has made it to the vice presidency of the United States – so for them she is a famous oppressed: what better opportunity! He is also an easily identifiable character. It must be defended, regardless.
But the real question is not whether Kamala Harris profited politically from her relationship with Willie Brown. The point is: Has Harris done something good for the American people with all this power? This is what matters: the results.
But of course, when it comes to Kamala Harris, the results don't matter. It counts who you are, it only matters that you are a woman, it only counts the color of your skin. In the aftermath of her proclamation as Vice-President-elect in the world of the left was a riot of posts that sounded more or less like this: "first non-white woman to the vice presidency . " You have seen hundreds of them. She was not celebrated for her political merits, but for her looks and career, "first woman here, first woman there", eventually insinuating themselves that Kamala Harris' career is due to her gender or her color. his skin.
I don't like Kamala Harris. I don't like it because it is the expression of an incompetent elite that has wreaked havoc in the United States and because it has brought with it a tradition of misrule in the White House. It comes from California, a Democratic state that has been experiencing continuous depopulation for years. He lost a seat in the House and a Grand Elector this year due to the emigration of the population. The Governor, one of his political allies, is the subject of a removal procedure, the signatures have been collected by the thousands of his own citizens, for the bad management of Covid, for too many deaths, for the closures of economic activities and for the too severe restrictions. California has gone from being one of the richest states to one with the greatest economic and social disparity in America. The poorest in America live in California.
Not to mention Kamala Harris' records as California Attorney General, the arrests of people with even small amounts of marijuana or the discrepancy between African American arrested people versus other races during his tenure. On the other hand, her own party comrades called her "Top Cop" . She liked this nickname. But don't tell them about it, to the left-wing students of the state, because they could be disappointed.
So why has such a politician become the idol of the left? Well, because she is a woman, she plays in a party that pleases those who like them, she is not white, she says the things they say; in her career she has done quite the opposite, and has always been proud of her strict application of the law. But that doesn't seem to matter. He's in a position of power, so that's enough. It is the power that matters. No one will ever be punished for implying that Kamala Harris is good because she is a woman and because she is not white.
Ask those who have studied or are studying at the State University, ask how many times a professor has been suspended for writing "strong" opinions on politicians. Since when has it become the practice of universities to punish their professors' comments against politicians? Until last week it was the national sport. Ask anyone who goes to or has attended a university if they don't think they are places dominated by leftist ideology, listen to the answers they will give you. But it doesn't matter, the University must be preserved from dissenting thought. The place par excellence reservoir of ideas, seat of confrontation and debate has been the most conformist environment that exists for decades.
It's power that counts, and the left has always been a master of power. In the representatives of our universities the left dominates, in the ministries men and women of the left sit or have sat, a crazy monopoly of power. They are militant, angry, powerful, influential. And the results are what we see … Do you know how many Italian universities are in the international rankings ? Only one, that of Bologna, more for a matter of name (it is the first university in history). Something will mean….
Can these things still be said? Is it possible to oppose political figures loved by the "powerless" and "oppressed" members of the left elites? Do we still live in a society that calls itself free, where it says we must be grateful if we can freely express what we think? Think about it, especially when you are about to comment on what happens in countries that are not free. Ask yourself. Isn't it that we are approaching these countries instead? Is there still someone who wants to die because we can say these things?
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