Leftists That Arent Leftist
In the last few weeks a video of Michelle Obama speaking at a conference began to make the twitter rounds to general acclaim. In it the former First Lady was responding to a query concerning the phenomenon of Imposter Syndrome. Imposter Syndrome, first conceived of by Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes in 1978, has been a common topic of discussion in liberal academic circles since and it concerns the negative experiences of members of underrepresented groups in straight white male dominated environments — the feeling of being an imposter in such settings.The First Lady, interpreting and guiding the conversation in a somewhat different direction, began to use the imposter syndrome conversation as a base to expand upon other conceptions of the imposter. Though not directly stated (she really has mastered the ability to name names without actually naming any names), her comments were very clearly a grade-A read of the current president: he was the imposter. While Trump may fit the predetermined mold our society has outlined for the role of president in body and skin tone and selection of sexual partners, the implication underlying the First Lady’s statement was that in reality he was actually a fake and maybe, perhaps, us self-conscious marginalized types are not the ones so out of place.
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Take Julian Assange, for instance: ever since Wikileaks first dropped those Chelsea Manning-acquired dispatches he’s been hailed by large portions of the left as a truth-telling hero of the people. This reputation has largely continued with that group even as the man, self-exiled to an embassy due to rape charges, worked for a year to get Trump elected and has been operating as a clear front for the far right Russian government. He’s even had things to say on twitter about Weinstein! Mostly, that he blames the former Democratic presidential candidate and popular vote winner Hillary Clinton for Weinstein.
There’s Jill Stein to consider too. The former Green Party candidate ran off with Hillary supporters’ money at the end of 2016 and is now a likely focus of Mueller’s investigation. Importantly, her state margins and choice to specifically target battleground states played an integral role in Trump’s election. And she still has no explanation for her infamous dinner with Putin.
And there’s Edward Snowden: a far left hero since 2012 and bunk buddy to Putin ever since, he urged voters nationwide — likely at Putin’s request — to vote third party. It had, obviously, a disastrous outcome. Both Snowden and Stein have largely kept their image intact with the far left even as their actions have contributed directly to the rise of the right: there seems to be no recognition of the damage they each have wrought. As for the man, Glenn Greenwald, who made Snowden famous in 2012? You could have caught him on FOX News this week attacking Democrats and liberals.
These people are fakes. They do not wish the party well and they do not care about the ramifications of a rising far right they’ve regularly assisted. They are in this for themselves. The left needs to recognize that.
https://medium.com/jeremystephenwright/leftists-that-arent-leftist-657f1f3e02e
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