This week The New York Times published the rant of a radical left-winger who openly despises conservative women, particularly the now-lone conservative voice on ABC’S “The View,” Meghan McCain.
In response, the 35-year-old conservative commentator and daughter of deceased Sen. John McCain mockingly turned the tables on the “thoughts and prayer”-hating left by sending the left-wing paper her “thoughts and prayers.”
Look:
Going home to the promised land of Sedona…. I’ll be back @TheView next week as usual. Thoughts and prayers to the @nytimes opinion for having to suffer through a conservative woman with a big platform’s problematic opinions. ???
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 17, 2020
To hear the Times’ columnist Shamira Ibrahim tell it, there’s no room on “The View” (or probably any other show) for pesky right-wingers and their “harmful rhetoric.”
Why does she feel this way? Because Ibrahim appears to be a radical left-winger who’s against the age-old notion of engaging in civil discourse/debate and agreeing to disagree.
“This ‘agree to disagree’ stance is frustrating and lies in stark contrast with the current political moment, when many are skeptical of the idea of civil discourse and who it is meant to benefit,” she wrote.
By “many,” she meant members of the increasingly radical far-left, who not only believe that conservative voices need to be eliminated/canceled, but that those conservatives who speak out against this censorship are playing the victim card.
“When she appeared on the late-night talk show ‘Watch What Happens Live’ in September, [McCain] informed the host, Andy Cohen, that every day she assumes she could get fired, because of ‘the tone of where we are culturally,'” Ibrahim’s piece continued.
One might argue it’s a fair assumption given the left’s attempts to dole out punishment on opposing voices. After left-wingers complained, this week a Milwaukee dental assistant was reportedly fired from her job for posting the words “MAGA 2020” on Facebook. Other left-wingers meanwhile fumed first over actor Vince Vaughn speaking with the president and then over the LSU Tigers meeting with the president.
But Ibrahim doesn’t believe this is a fair assumption.
“It’s a deflecting refrain that has been employed by standup comedians and political commentators alike — anyone bemoaning the rise of so-called cancel culture when facing pushback for harmful rhetoric,” she wrote.
And by “harmful rhetoric,” she meant words and statements that offend the sensibility of the increasingly anti-fact, anti-science left. Words such as “men are men,” for instance.
When McCain first learned of Ibrahim’s piece, she responded with the following tweet accusing the Times and its writers of, one, despising conservative women who support gun rights and oppose abortion, and two, wanting them to “all just go away.”
Look:
.@nytimes – everyone already knows how much you despise red state, pro life, pro #2A conservative women, and wish we would all just go away. pic.twitter.com/TwTXoLP5l6
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 16, 2020
In response, Ibrahim basically wrote that the accusation — in so far as it pertains to her — is factually valid:
Well I’m not a NYTimes employee to be clear….but….yes????? pic.twitter.com/wIW2Z13x9M
— Comorienne ?? (@_ShamGod) January 16, 2020
The writer of the hit piece on me @nytimes admitting how much they hate conservative women. At least everyone is being honest. https://t.co/8AGGJtKtx5
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 16, 2020
It wasn’t a surprising admission considering she’d described McCain as the “the privileged product of conservative nepotism, capitalism, and the American military-industrial complex.”
Actually, she’s the daughter of a now-deceased combat veteran who, besides earning numerous awards for his Vietnam War efforts, later became a senator.
What also wasn’t surprising was the Times’ decision to publish Ibrahim’s piece. That the paper let a rabid left-winger share her views about McCain is fine. Conservatives believe in free speech, after all.
But when you factor in that the Times’ op-eds almost always lean radically to the left, it does seemingly speak to the left’s growing insularity and echo chamber.
Even MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough, an ostensible conservative though he tends to act more like a liberal, noted this.
Look:
What an embarrassing example of how the Left is becoming even more insular by the day. That is saying a lot.
“Ms. McCain is the privileged product of conservative nepotism, capitalism and the American military-industrial complex.” https://t.co/48ksZmze7R via @NYTOpinion
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 16, 2020
The Left owns most of American popular culture. And yet the existence of one moderately conservative woman poses a threat to civil discourse. Good Lord. What a joke.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 16, 2020
The Left kissed up to John McCain every time he spoke truth to Trump but can’t handle his daughter speaking her own mind when it doesn’t fit neatly into a progressive world view?
Open your mind.— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 16, 2020
The View doesn’t have a @MeghanMcCain problem. The Left does. They don’t want to hear from any conservative, ever, no matter how socially libertarian or anti-Trump she is. https://t.co/JxWh0a0fqE
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) January 16, 2020
This piece is basically “I don’t like conservative women, so please fire @meghanmccain.” That op-ed page is a dumpster fire. https://t.co/Ak2B3Re51q
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 16, 2020
The hatred for conservative women by the “woke” is ever apparent and totally undermining to their demands that ppl take them seriously. So empathetic … unless you don’t think exactly as they do. https://t.co/gByX9GDoFa
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) January 16, 2020
Sometimes I struggle to explain just how petty this industry has become. I’ll keep this one handy pic.twitter.com/gLWdfPbgE2
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 16, 2020
Members of the left disagree, of course.
To them, it’s obvious that the piece is a gem of truth — especially given McCain’s even more “deplorable” sin: being WHITE.
Look:
‘The View’ Has a Meghan McCain Problem https://t.co/pQoRg9jhkl
Really terrific piece. And yes, Meghan McCain is the female equivalent of the medicore white male who keeps getting promoted over the people much smarter and harder working.
— Jodi Optimism Bias Jacobson (@jljacobson) January 17, 2020
@TheView Yes I’m done with the snotty, entitled white girl. Get rid of her. https://t.co/KTChBRYwsG
— PATRIOT (@Stillwalkn) January 18, 2020
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