There’s a bit of a scuffle going on in conservative neighborhoods of blogtopia. It seems the blog Right Wing News surveyed 40 (mostly conservative) bloggers regarding “the twenty greatest figures from American History.” (Aside: Right Wing News uses Superman’s old catchphrase “truth, justice and the American way” as its motto; I wonder if the blogger realizes that Superman was a leftist in his original appearances?).
But when the survey results came out, Meryl Yourish commented, “…There is definitely a boys’ club in the blogosphere, and this list is entered into evidence as Exhibit A. There are a lot of bloggers on that list who have some pretty thoughtful, well-researched posts. But they couldn’t see fit to include a single woman?” Meryl’s criticism of blogotopian sexism led to something of a firestorm, with people posting both in support of and opposed to (but mostly opposed to) Meryl’s comments. My favorite was this supportive post from Electric Venom, a right-wing blogger:
Revisionism sneers at the steps that brought half of our country’s population out of the dark, dim shadows of history.
Shame on you for taking for granted the import of what those women accomplished. Shame on you for thinking their deeds less noteworthy, less relevant, less influential. You see I – a mere woman – know better.
I know that were it not for Susan and Gloria and others equally brave, Ann Coulter would be meekly waiting tables and keeping her mouth shut. Without Rosa Parks, where would Condi Rice be?
That’s just a sample; do go read the whole thing, it’s totally kick-ass..
i read Kate every day and i would hardly call her a “right wing” blogger. Funny how those labels are so useless anymore.
I dislike the use of the term revisionism. Although it’s colloquial, revisionism isn’t in and of itself a bad thing, since there are multiple views of history. Still I agree with what she says besides is exactly right on. It reminds me of an anecdote I heard about someone reading Hamlet and decrying that it was “full of cliches.”
Aside: Wonder if Right Wing News also remember that Superman originally only fought for Truth and Justice (no “American Way” in the old Fleischer cartoons).
Aside: Wonder if Right Wing News also remember that Superman originally only fought for Truth and Justice (no “American Way” in the old Fleischer cartoons).
Even today, Superman is fairly leftist. After all his archnemesis Lex Luthor is the consummate right-wing, anti-immigrant (well anti-alien anyway–I figure it’s a metaphor), militarist, capitalist businessman. Plus Lex is the President of the United States of America.
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