The Patriot Post® · Monday Opinion
Best of Right Opinion
- Todd Starnes: Sen. Cory Booker Grills Mike Pompeo Over Christian Beliefs
- Rebecca Hagelin: A Wolf at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- Tony Perkins: The Hill’s Near-Debt Experience
- George Will: South Dakota Asks SCOTUS to Circumvent Congress and the Market
- Ken Blackwell: Time to Reverse America’s Innovation Decline
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Opinion in Brief
Rebecca Hagelin: “There’s no doubt that the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner historically has been a grand affair. … [But] I simply refuse to sit through the sexist, hypocritical, divisive, incredibly crude shtick of this year’s chosen emcee, ‘comedian’ and radical feminist Michelle Wolf. Ms. Wolf fashions herself a heroine of the #MeToo movement, but she totally misses the mark. She trashes men, in general, as sexual predators, while insinuating that all women are blameless. Of course, she doesn’t directly say so, but her message is loud and clear in recent monologues. For instance, in one, she insists that every man even accused of sexual impropriety in the workplace be replaced with a woman. Except that she doesn’t call men ‘men’ but refers to them using a pejorative for male genitalia. Always after the cheap laugh, her humor is non-creative and sophomoric — and so very boring. And the double standard practiced by this female entertainer, who now is celebrated by the WHCA, is mind-numbing. Imagine for a moment a male comedian who refers to women with a pejorative for female genitalia being invited to headline the single biggest media event of the year. It wouldn’t happen. Or imagine inviting a male who says that every female executive accused of wrongdoing must be replaced with a man. Such sexism would not be tolerated by the WHCA, let alone celebrated. … The media elite are concerned with only one thing: their own stardom. My preference is to have my political views challenged on an intellectual level. It’s impossible to even consider Ms. Wolf’s views as legitimate when she routinely trashes men and offers sainthood to women.”