Mean Girls

I wonder, is it possible for a woman to be a misogynist?
Esteemed New York Times writer Maureen Dowd does not like conservative women. “We are in the era of Republican Mean Girls,” she writes. “…Whether they’re mistreating the help or belittling the president’s manhood, making snide comments about a rival’s hair or ripping an opponent for spending money on a men’s fashion show, the Mean Girls have replaced Hope with Spite and Cool with Cold. They are the ideal nihilistic cheerleaders for an angry electorate.”
Interesting. What do psychologists call it, “Projection?”
The irony seems lost on her. Attacking so-called “Republican Mean Girls” with more meanness is pretty weak, coming from a celebrated intellectual New York Times columnist. Even if her accusations were true, the vibrancy of her “counterattack” (I guess you could call it?), is disappointing. I find the left’s unwavering belief that two wrongs do, in fact, make a right, fascinating and a little disturbing. Maureen’s a positively gleeful character assassin.
What is it about liberals that makes them so angry? Seriously? Especially liberal women? You’d think a liberal woman would be pleased as punch in summer to see successful women be successful. Instead it sounds like she wants to punch them in the head.
This sort of thing makes me suspect the feminist movement has more to do with advancing leftism than feminism. No – this sort of thing just reinforces that suspicion.
All this talk about conservative women – mothers and grandmothers, successful businesswomen and executives – hurling cafeteria insults or spray-painting lockers. Intellectually, socially, on some level, Ms. Dowd seems like she’s still stuck in high school.