Sunday, November 18, 2018
The View From The Side-Eye: The Right's Obsession With Alexandria Ocasio-Corte...
The View From The Side-Eye: The Right's Obsession With Alexandria Ocasio-Corte...: Hey, Fox News, right-wing punditry, right-wing media what you all are doing to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is called stalking! Y'all are ...
The Right's Obsession With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Hey, Fox News, right-wing punditry, right-wing media what you all are doing to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is called stalking! Y'all are more obsessed with her than a 13 year old girl in 2010 was with Justin Bieber.
It was funny at first. Then, it became pathetic. Now, it's sort of unnerving and frightening.
Look, I get it. I understand why y'all are so preoccupied with her. I see why you are all in your feelings about her.
The congresswoman-elect from New York state's 14th district is the total package. She is young, extremely bright, intelligent, charismatic, genuine and laser focused. And, yes, she is beautiful on top of everything else.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is the candidate you wish you had but do not. Also, it is not just her but an entire incoming freshmen class of young progressive diverse women that are getting under your skin.
But, it's AOC that really strikes a nerve. She is the one you focus on constantly.
You have literally spent the last five months attempting to discredit her. She has been accessed of lying about her upbringing. It has been pointed out she spent her "formative years" in Westchester instead of the Bronx which she lists as home.
Well, if you weren't so lazy and so insincere you would acknowledge she addressed this. Her mother worked multiple jobs so she could get a house in Westchester so she could attend better schools. As AOC repeatedly mentioned, they lived check to check and her mother sacrificed greatly so she had a shot at a future. Also, if you actually saw the picture of the house they lived in it was not exactly a mansion.
Next, you clowns lied about her education attempting to make her sound elitist. Then, you incessantly implied she is unintelligent.
Some right-wing hack from NewsMax said AOC attended an Ivy League school thus making her an elite instead of the working class populist she says she is. The truth is she attended Boston University working her way through college.
Then you went to the other end of the spectrum. There was a concerted attempt to make AOC out to be well-meaning but naive and silly regarding economic and social issues.
No more idiotic example of this is when Sean Hannity "exposed" her on his show for being a "radical Marxist socialist". He had this huge board listing Ocasio-Cortez's radical ideas. Those "radical" ideas included a living wage, affordable housing for every American, Medicare For All, no child going to bed hungry, legalizing weed and ensuring senior citizens have adequate housing, food and healthcare. *Gasp* I know. How appalling! What kind of craziness is this silly child promoting? The elderly and the children not going to bed hungry? The audacity!
Oh, and lest we not forget Jake Tapper attempting to trip her up on paying for Medicare For All. "How are we going to pay for it?", he asked. Her response was brilliant. She asked how do we pay for eight wars? How do we pay for a military that is bigger than the next nine biggest countries combined. She said we find a way and cut out excess waste such as our military budget and corporate welfare.
Now, that she's been elected the obsession has become worse.
AOC gave an interview to The Hill (I believe) where she openly opined about being able to afford housing in the months before she is actually sworn into office. Fox News took the opportunity to mock her. A panel of millionaires sat around laughing about Ocasio-Cortez possibly not being able to afford housing in the most expensive area in the country.
One panelist, Ed Henry, suggested again that she was exaggerating because she lived some of her formative years in Westchester. Another panelist, Judith Miller, implied it was a political ploy to play up her middle class working girl persona. Six months ago AOC was literally a bar tender. So, it's not an act. For most Americans paying for housing is a legit concern. By the way look up Judith Miller and her role in selling the lie about wmds to the American public on the Iraq War.
The most recent and creepiest example of the obsession with Ocasio-Cortez came just this week from Washington Examiner "journalist", Ed Scarry. Scarry tweeted a pic of AOC taken from behind her. In the caption he said the jacket she was wearing didn't look like the clothing of someone who is struggling. Scarry claims a congressional staffer sent him the pic. *Coughs* Liar!
First, you can't tell what type of jacket it is. The jacket is solid black. It literally could have came from Goodwill. He nor anyone else knows.
Second, even if it is an expensive jacket that doesn't automatically mean she's lying about being middle class. Only a vapid idiot would think that.
Third, why is anyone sneaking around taking pics of AOC's ass? That seems inappropriate, no?
Well, it appears Scarry has an extensive history of taking and tweeting inappropriate pictures of women. I implore you to look it up. It is quite creepy.
To me the obsession with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is funny. It is also very revealing.
It reveals an unreal level of sexism, misogyny and belittlement of millennials. But, that is par for the course.
What is truly illuminated is the fear Conservatives and mainstream media even have of AOC. You don't put this much of a concerted effort into discrediting and demeaning someone whom you view as irrelevant or inconsequential. Am I right?
If they really thought she was stupid or naive, they wouldn't spend so much time attempting to convince their flock she is. She is a first term representative from New York who has no pedigree or lineage, so why be so obsessed with her?
Republicans are not stupid. They know a star when they see one. They know an icon or cult of personality. That is what AOC has become.
However, what they also realize is AOC isn't a cursory superstar. She smart, witty, intuitive and intellectually curious. They know she has substance-lots of substance- to her. What they know is 10 or 15 years from now they could be dealing with presidential candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
I am sure some will laugh at that. We will see who is laughing in the end. Republicans are obviously worried about her for some reason, right.
AOC is apart of the insurgent new Democratic Party. A party that inclusive, progressive and populist. She is a fighter and doesn't back down. She is not apart of the old guard who allows themselves to get punched in the face without hitting back in the name of civility. She fully understands civility doesn't mean capitulating to the opposition and abandoning your principles.
AOC has convictions and a core guiding principle, which is to help not just a few but all people. She and the rest of the Progressive incoming class has made it clear they have come to get things done for their constituents and taking "no" for an answer us not an option!
That is why she and they are feared.
It was funny at first. Then, it became pathetic. Now, it's sort of unnerving and frightening.
Look, I get it. I understand why y'all are so preoccupied with her. I see why you are all in your feelings about her.
The congresswoman-elect from New York state's 14th district is the total package. She is young, extremely bright, intelligent, charismatic, genuine and laser focused. And, yes, she is beautiful on top of everything else.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is the candidate you wish you had but do not. Also, it is not just her but an entire incoming freshmen class of young progressive diverse women that are getting under your skin.
But, it's AOC that really strikes a nerve. She is the one you focus on constantly.
You have literally spent the last five months attempting to discredit her. She has been accessed of lying about her upbringing. It has been pointed out she spent her "formative years" in Westchester instead of the Bronx which she lists as home.
Well, if you weren't so lazy and so insincere you would acknowledge she addressed this. Her mother worked multiple jobs so she could get a house in Westchester so she could attend better schools. As AOC repeatedly mentioned, they lived check to check and her mother sacrificed greatly so she had a shot at a future. Also, if you actually saw the picture of the house they lived in it was not exactly a mansion.
Next, you clowns lied about her education attempting to make her sound elitist. Then, you incessantly implied she is unintelligent.
Some right-wing hack from NewsMax said AOC attended an Ivy League school thus making her an elite instead of the working class populist she says she is. The truth is she attended Boston University working her way through college.
Then you went to the other end of the spectrum. There was a concerted attempt to make AOC out to be well-meaning but naive and silly regarding economic and social issues.
No more idiotic example of this is when Sean Hannity "exposed" her on his show for being a "radical Marxist socialist". He had this huge board listing Ocasio-Cortez's radical ideas. Those "radical" ideas included a living wage, affordable housing for every American, Medicare For All, no child going to bed hungry, legalizing weed and ensuring senior citizens have adequate housing, food and healthcare. *Gasp* I know. How appalling! What kind of craziness is this silly child promoting? The elderly and the children not going to bed hungry? The audacity!
Oh, and lest we not forget Jake Tapper attempting to trip her up on paying for Medicare For All. "How are we going to pay for it?", he asked. Her response was brilliant. She asked how do we pay for eight wars? How do we pay for a military that is bigger than the next nine biggest countries combined. She said we find a way and cut out excess waste such as our military budget and corporate welfare.
Now, that she's been elected the obsession has become worse.
AOC gave an interview to The Hill (I believe) where she openly opined about being able to afford housing in the months before she is actually sworn into office. Fox News took the opportunity to mock her. A panel of millionaires sat around laughing about Ocasio-Cortez possibly not being able to afford housing in the most expensive area in the country.
One panelist, Ed Henry, suggested again that she was exaggerating because she lived some of her formative years in Westchester. Another panelist, Judith Miller, implied it was a political ploy to play up her middle class working girl persona. Six months ago AOC was literally a bar tender. So, it's not an act. For most Americans paying for housing is a legit concern. By the way look up Judith Miller and her role in selling the lie about wmds to the American public on the Iraq War.
The most recent and creepiest example of the obsession with Ocasio-Cortez came just this week from Washington Examiner "journalist", Ed Scarry. Scarry tweeted a pic of AOC taken from behind her. In the caption he said the jacket she was wearing didn't look like the clothing of someone who is struggling. Scarry claims a congressional staffer sent him the pic. *Coughs* Liar!
First, you can't tell what type of jacket it is. The jacket is solid black. It literally could have came from Goodwill. He nor anyone else knows.
Second, even if it is an expensive jacket that doesn't automatically mean she's lying about being middle class. Only a vapid idiot would think that.
Third, why is anyone sneaking around taking pics of AOC's ass? That seems inappropriate, no?
Well, it appears Scarry has an extensive history of taking and tweeting inappropriate pictures of women. I implore you to look it up. It is quite creepy.
To me the obsession with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is funny. It is also very revealing.
It reveals an unreal level of sexism, misogyny and belittlement of millennials. But, that is par for the course.
What is truly illuminated is the fear Conservatives and mainstream media even have of AOC. You don't put this much of a concerted effort into discrediting and demeaning someone whom you view as irrelevant or inconsequential. Am I right?
If they really thought she was stupid or naive, they wouldn't spend so much time attempting to convince their flock she is. She is a first term representative from New York who has no pedigree or lineage, so why be so obsessed with her?
Republicans are not stupid. They know a star when they see one. They know an icon or cult of personality. That is what AOC has become.
However, what they also realize is AOC isn't a cursory superstar. She smart, witty, intuitive and intellectually curious. They know she has substance-lots of substance- to her. What they know is 10 or 15 years from now they could be dealing with presidential candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
I am sure some will laugh at that. We will see who is laughing in the end. Republicans are obviously worried about her for some reason, right.
AOC is apart of the insurgent new Democratic Party. A party that inclusive, progressive and populist. She is a fighter and doesn't back down. She is not apart of the old guard who allows themselves to get punched in the face without hitting back in the name of civility. She fully understands civility doesn't mean capitulating to the opposition and abandoning your principles.
AOC has convictions and a core guiding principle, which is to help not just a few but all people. She and the rest of the Progressive incoming class has made it clear they have come to get things done for their constituents and taking "no" for an answer us not an option!
That is why she and they are feared.
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