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As a ‘Christofascist Godbag,’ I Need Some Civility Lessons From Melissa McEwan

Posted on | May 10, 2013 | 73 Comments

Let me begin this response to Melissa McEwan by citing Ann Coulter, not because she is a woman — certainly not one of those “liberal women constantly talking about their vaginas suddenly pretending to be offended by the word ‘slut'” — but because Coulter dared to tell the truth about Max Cleland’s Vietnam war injuries.

Flashback to 2002 (and I should include a “trigger alert” for liberals traumatized by that year’s mid-term elections) when Cleland was running for re-election to the Senate in Georgia. His Republican opponent Saxby Chambliss hit Cleland hard for having insisted on union rights for Homeland Security employees, Democrats claimed this was an attack on Cleland’s patriotism and, because of Cleland’s status as a disabled Vietnam War veteran, when Chambliss won the election, “Democrats began citing Cleland’s lost Senate seat as proof that Republicans hate war heroes,” to quote Coulter.

Among those who worked to craft that false narrative was notorious liar Eric Boehler, who said “Cleland lost both his legs and his right hand to a Viet Cong grenade” — which is a damned lie: Cleland was not wounded by hostile enemy action. His was not a combat injury, but inflicted by an American grenade that somebody dropped at at a division assembly area where Cleland decided to “have a beer with some friends.” Cleland himself never claimed to have been a hero, but liberals dishonestly did so, as part of a calculated strategy of playing the “chicken hawk” card against George W. Bush in the 2004 campaign.

Ann Coulter called this what it was — a lie — and when the usual suspects (Molly Ivins, Al Hunt, Joe Klein) reacted by trying to claim Coulter was impugning Cleland, Coulter let it rip in a memorably brutal February 2004 column that included this:

Liberals are not angry because I “lied”; they’re angry because I told the truth.
I wouldn’t press the point except that Democrats have deliberately “sexed up” the circumstances of Cleland’s accident in the service of slandering the people of Georgia, the National Guard and George Bush. Cleland has questioned Bush’s fitness for office because he served in the National Guard but did not go to Vietnam. . . .
Liberals simply can’t grasp the problem Lexis-Nexis poses to their incessant lying. They ought to stick to their specialty — hysterical overreaction. The truth is not their forte.

What the Cleland episode illustrated was how liberals shamelessly exploit victimhood for political gain, and never expect to be called out on it, because  then the liberals will accuse conservatives of being insensitive to victims. In her 2006 book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, Coulter explains how the “absolute moral authority” of Cleland, Cindy Sheehan and the so-called “Jersey Girls” (anti-war Democrat widows of men killed in the 9/11 attacks) was tantamount to a doctrine of infallibility: They’re victims, so you can’t argue with them.

Well . . . rape.

Can we just begin this part of the discussion by making clear that nobody is in favor of rape? Certainly, Republicans are not pro-rape, but maybe Juanita Broaddrick would have something to say about the Democrat policy on rape. (“Better put some ice on that.”) It should not be necessary to issue disclaimers like this — I’m also anti-burglary, anti-car-theft and anti-aggravated-assault — except that liberals have spent so much time trying to turn rape into a partisan issue. Exploiting rape to elect Democrats is acceptable (ask Todd Akin), but is grievously wrong when Republicans do it. In 1988, Democrat concern for Willie Horton’s victims Cliff and Angela Barnes manifested itself mainly as Mike Dukakis blathering on about his ACLU membership and liberals accusing Republicans of racism.

So when it was reported that Cleveland “house of horrors” rapist Ariel Castro is a registered Democrat, this was the kind of fact liberals were certain to ignore. The media was happy to have the Cleveland story (and the Jodi Arias verdict) as an excuse not to cover the Benghazi hearings, but now that we know the perpetrator was a Democrat, we’re likely to see a bit less coverage. And given how the media have spent the past four years endlessly trying to pin the Tea Party label on a mass murderer — from Tucson to Aurora to Boston — there must have been a huge letdown for liberals when they learned Ariel Castro is not a Rush Limbaugh listener. And, because this is National Offend a Feminist Week . . .

After checking to see whether Ms. Marcotte had indeed addressed that story (she hadn’t), I then decided to check on feminist writer Melissa McEwan. Marcotte and McEwan worked together briefly in 2007 on the John Edwards presidential campaign, a thought that always makes me smile when I think of this headline:

 Vote for Edwards, Godbag Christofascists!

As wretched as Marcotte is, it was McEwan whose penchant for obscene diatribes against Christianity did the most to get them fired from the Edwards campaign. The ironic denouement — Edwards being exposed as an adulterer, cheating on his cancer-stricken wife and siring a love child with a ditzy would-be documentary film-maker — ought to have been enough to give both Marcotte and Edwards second thoughts about how they had been blinded by their progressive ideology. But if feminists ever thought twice, they wouldn’t be feminists, would they?

Anyway, I checked, and McEwan had actually written about the Cleveland case, so I taunted her:

This was . . . ah . . . not an informed decision. McEwan responded:

No, Robert Stacy McCain, the reason this case is hard for me is not because Ariel Castro is a registered Democrat. The reason this case is hard for me is because I was raped by a man who not only raped me in my own home, but also used to take me to his home, at the end of a gun, and lock me in his basement, and hurt me there, too. It’s hard for me because, when his father found me, shivering and afraid, he told his son, “Tell her to make a pizza while she’s down there,” before he walked back upstairs and shut the door behind him. It’s hard for me because I was forced to make fucking dinner for the abuser who called me his girlfriend and his cruelly indifferent father.

So now my thoughtless error permits the narrative ju-jitsu, and my insensitivity to victims becomes the subject of the story.

Well, I’m willing to drop this and move on. Healey’s First Law of Holes, and all that. But neither am I going to be lectured about decorum by deranged hate-filled moonbats. So I’ve considered what arguments I might make if these fanatics decide to belabor the point.

Did I mention she’s crazy? No, but she did.

And it’s still National Offend a Feminist Week, you know.

 

Category: Crime, National Offend a Feminist Week

Comments

73 Responses to “As a ‘Christofascist Godbag,’ I Need Some Civility Lessons From Melissa McEwan”

  1. a
    May 10th, 2013 @ 6:00 pm

    One notes there is no apology to the offended party. Lack of apology — and common decency — noted.

  2. Kristi
    May 10th, 2013 @ 6:11 pm

    “But if feminists ever thought twice, they wouldn’t be feminists, would they?”

    LMAO!!! XD

  3. Mike G.
    May 10th, 2013 @ 6:24 pm

    Where is the apology from @AmandaMarcotte and Melissa McEwan for “Christofacist Godbags?” Not forthcoming? I didn’t think so.

    The problem with Liberals, and Feminists in particular, is that they expect apologies from people on the right for unseemly remarks, but whatever crap they say is a-OK. Screw that…what’s good for the Gander is good for the Goose, eh. If you can’t stand the heat, stay the hell out of the kitchen, unless you’re gonna fix me a sammich and bring me a beer.

  4. Kevin Trainor Jr.
    May 10th, 2013 @ 6:42 pm

    Kevin Trainor Jr. liked this on Facebook.

  5. Blue Hen
    May 10th, 2013 @ 7:14 pm

    It’s in the same place as the apology to the Duke lacrosse team that Marcotte smeared.

  6. jsn2
    May 10th, 2013 @ 7:36 pm

    A week ago we had the story about Ms. Mega Lunker from Wyoming who stalked herself online in order to accuse Republicans of being mean or something. Now, radical feminist Melissa McEwan divulges that she had to cook dinner for her rapist and was degraded by the rapists father. Unfortunately the Mega Lunker radical feminist hate fuck story which was a lie (there have been others) may make it difficult for law abiding people of good faith to believe stories of rape and mysogyny whether they be from girl next door types or radical feminists when they tell stories like Ms. McEwan’s.

    Assuming McEwan’s story is true, and I believe her, what does she think about her fellow traveling radical feminist sisters lying about rape, stalking and tales of mysogyny conveniently aimed at their political and ideological enemies just to be able to make their male political opponents look evil when in fact they are innocent?

    It appears that radical feminists are misandrists using an unpleasant experience and politically correct leftist ideology as cover to bash all boys and men. Maybe they should learn a lesson from Elizabeth Smart who believes living a happy life is the best revenge on her abuser. Leave the rest of us alone.

  7. RhymesWithRight
    May 10th, 2013 @ 7:50 pm

    Not quite true — if they thought once, they would not be the sort of feminists in the manner that the Left defines the word, but would instead be as welcoming of Sarah Palin as they are of Elizabeth Warren.

  8. RhymesWithRight
    May 10th, 2013 @ 7:51 pm

    Well of course they will not apologize — for the same reason they will never refer to “Islamofascist Allahbags” . They know that we offended Christians won’t make an effort to kill them.

  9. Quartermaster
    May 10th, 2013 @ 7:53 pm

    Sadly, McEwan’s experience combined with her behavior marks her as a massive hypocrite. I have no reason to believe she is lying about her rape, but set against her behavior overall, it just marks her as more of a vile individual than I thought.

    Being a victim does not buy anyone any moral authority. It does, however, make them more accountable for their actions. She obviously has no desire to be held to account however. Like every other progtard it’s a matter of BAMN. The goal is all that counts. The rest is just, sadly, necessary collateral damage.

  10. dixie pomeroy
    May 10th, 2013 @ 8:04 pm

    “Can we just begin this part of the discussion by making clear that nobody is in favor of rape?”

    Well, since rapes exist you can assume that at least some people (rapists) are in favor of rape, correct?

    Also, Amanda Marcotte has covered the story, so I’m not sure where you were looking.

  11. Zilla of the Resistance
    May 10th, 2013 @ 8:09 pm

    WTF should Stacy apologize for, that he’s not a freakin PSYCHIC? How was he supposed to know about that woman’s past? She made herself famous be being nasty to people, THAT is what she is known for, not the stuff she JUST revealed. Stacy has got NOTHING to apologize for. He didn’t do anything to that woman.

  12. Moxiesong
    May 10th, 2013 @ 8:24 pm

    You are taking the kidnapping, and rape of women and turning into into political hay and you’re calling -other people names-?

    It’s incredible how despicable people can be without batting an eyelash.

    All of you commenting on ‘hypocrisy’ while you attack rape victims talking about rape victims, all of you using this to make hay and points on ‘liberals’ are so reprehensible that I have sat here for the last few minutes wondering how much self denial and self medication it must take to live as such a terrible example of a human being.

    If this is how you defend your points, on the back and bodies of victims, then your point is worthless. You have every right to be lectured on ‘decorum’ by anyone you deign to call ‘hate filled moonbats’ because you haven’t been near decorum in so long you wouldn’t recognize it if came up and kicked you in the face.

    Making fun of mental illness, rape, and women. You’re such a piece of work.

  13. richard mcenroe
    May 10th, 2013 @ 8:28 pm

    Offend A Feminist Week Friday! http://tinyurl.com/bsqdkhc

  14. richard mcenroe
    May 10th, 2013 @ 8:29 pm

    So what’s your opinion of Kathleen Willett and Juantia Broadrick?

  15. DaveO
    May 10th, 2013 @ 9:00 pm

    Police report? Trial occurred when? When McEwan says the sky is blue, it’s best to step outside and look up.
    First rule of feminist advocacy: have a shaming story ready. Verbal jiu-jitsu indeed.

  16. Dana
    May 10th, 2013 @ 9:19 pm

    Our esteemed host wrote:

    As wretched as Marcotte is, it was McEwan whose penchant for obscene diatribes against Christianity did the most to get them fired from the Edwards campaign.

    I must step forward here to defend the integrity of my good friend Amanda Marcotte: she was far, far! more responsible for the things that got Mrs McEwan and Miss Marcotte resigned from the Edwards campaign than was the lovely, lesser known Mrs McEwan, and I believe that you do Miss Marcotte an unfair disservice to suggest otherwise. 🙂

  17. Wombat_socho
    May 10th, 2013 @ 9:20 pm

    I guess that wasn’t rape-rape to ol’ Moxiesong.

  18. Mike G.
    May 10th, 2013 @ 10:03 pm

    What’s your opinion of Cheryl Nelson, who stalked herself for over a year on Face Book to get back at an old boy friend? And did someone else ask what you thought of Meg Lanker and her false report, or the two women mentioned by Mr. McEnroe? Or how about Tawana Brawly?

    While you think about it, think also about the men whose lives were ruined by these faker feminists.

    And while you’re at it, fetch me a beer.

  19. Sirius U. Guise
    May 10th, 2013 @ 10:47 pm

    I gotta say, their taking offense gives them a perfect right to be . . . offended.

  20. jsn2
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:12 pm

    Decorum doesn’t kick anyone in the face.

    Go eat some donuts and chocolate ice cream, that is how you medicate yourself isn’t it?

  21. gvanderleun
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:16 pm

    Actually the law that comes before Healey’s First Law of Holes is to always sanitize before dealing with professional feminist holes. They are always so big and so empty and smell bad to boot.

  22. gvanderleun
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:17 pm

    Let’s not waste any time with the professiønal barren hole “Moxiesong,” okay? She hasn’t had a cogent thought since she said, “Daddy, are you sure this is the right thing to do?”

  23. SDN
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:31 pm

    OTOH, if they keep reminding everyone that the incentives they set up favor a more Islamic response strategy….

  24. SDN
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:33 pm

    No, we’re making fun of Leftists like you.

  25. SDN
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm

    Yeah, and we’re also in favor of women being able to defend themselves against rape, unlike Leftists in favor of gun control. Next?

  26. Lindsey Weedston
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm

    Thanks for notifying me of this article. My new Twitter bio is now “Deranged hate-filled moonbat.”

  27. SDN
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm

    But not a perfect right to be offensive without being laughed at.

  28. SDN
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:37 pm

    So you’re apologizing to Stacy? Good idea….

  29. Adjoran
    May 10th, 2013 @ 11:59 pm

    Finally someone with the guts to just say it: given McEwan’s long history, any assertion of hers should be treated with skepticism until independently verified.

    If any of it really happened, it is very awful, but she’s spent her adult life ensuring no rational person accords her any credibility at all.

  30. Adjoran
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:01 am

    True, McEwan was quite obscure and no one would likely have bothered to check her archives had it not been for Marcotte crapping all over the internet.

  31. Adjoran
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:03 am

    Doubling down on redundancy won’t get you much attention. Just ask Daddy.

  32. Adjoran
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:05 am

    Shut up and get me a beer.

  33. Lindsey Weedston
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:08 am

    Wow. Didn’t expect it to get so creepy so quickly.

  34. Bob Belvedere
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:30 am

    THIS.

  35. Adjoran
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:31 am

    Okay, since Stacy is taking a judicious and careful approach (proving once again that Men of a Certain Age are capable of trying new things), I’ll be the guy who goes there.

    A cursory search on Bing and Google for “Melissa McEwan rape” yields multiple screeds from her on “rape culture” and pseudo-psychological crap about rape in history – as well as a hilarious Encyclopedia Dramatica Shakesville entry. Not a word about her supposed personal experience.

    WHAT ARE THE ODDS that someone who writes so much about rape and feminism keeps her own dark secret to herself UNTIL provoked to reveal it by a tweet from Stacy McCain? I call BS.

  36. Adjoran
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:32 am

    Come on. She constantly writes, whines, and screeches about rape all the time, everything is rape to her, but she doesn’t mention her own story until it just pours out after McCain’s tweet challenges her?

    Doesn’t pass the smell test.

  37. Adjoran
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:35 am

    You’re welcome.

  38. Lindsey Weedston
    May 11th, 2013 @ 12:35 am

    She revealed it before the tweet from McCain, in her post about the kidnappings.

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    May 11th, 2013 @ 1:12 am

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  40. Evil Lance
    May 11th, 2013 @ 2:30 am

    I think people should be able to comment even if they haven’t experienced something, but if you put something out there, you should expect to be judged. If you try to mandate the worship of something unproved, we’ll call your god delusion. If you attempt to implement a racist policy, we’ll call you on your bigotry. If you twist or deny facts, we’ll call you on your bullshit.

  41. robertstacymccain
    May 11th, 2013 @ 3:10 am

    To be honest, I felt awful about this. But feeling awful is not the same as feeling I need to apologize. After all the hate that McEwan has pour out upon entire categories of people, I need to apologize to her for being insensitive?

    I’ve been insensitive my whole life.

    I was born that way.

    And just because Insensitive-Americans are not recognized as an official victim group does not mean we don’t have rights.

    BTW, did I mention she’s crazy?

  42. K-Bob
    May 11th, 2013 @ 4:32 am

    Oddly enough, the fact that gets ignored the most in situations like the one Ms. McEwan described (and also the current events story of the month about the Ohio captives) is that Conservatives, especially religious conservatives, tend to react toward trying to protect the actual victims from being used as tragic heroes by the left. We tend to be very respectful of, and put up with a great deal of crap from people like Cindy Sheehan. But only up to a point.

    And that point is usually when they begin trying to slander half or more of the population. Right now Gabby Giffords is being used (in my opinion) by her husband, specifically, and by the left, unconscionably, to become the latest Victim-With Absolute Moral Authority(tm) or V-WAMA, if you want.

    They also abusively (in my opinion) wound up Cindy Sheehan, making her into their poster child of V-WAMA, with ZERO regard for what that did to her. So even now, I tend to think of Sheehan more with pity than rage. And I will be the same way about Rep. Giffords, and to a lesser extent, her husband. But I won’t tolerate their emotional terrorism in a campaign to deny us our unalienable rights.

    My tolerance and sympathy only extend to their situation, not to what they do next.

  43. Zilla of the Resistance
    May 11th, 2013 @ 7:43 am

    And whoever down twinkled me is an ass. Just sayin’!

  44. Zilla of the Resistance
    May 11th, 2013 @ 7:50 am

    THIS!

  45. Zilla of the Resistance
    May 11th, 2013 @ 7:51 am

    Oh, SNAP! (Also, ewwww….)

  46. Zilla of the Resistance
    May 11th, 2013 @ 7:52 am

    Adjoran has a gift.

  47. Zilla of the Resistance
    May 11th, 2013 @ 7:53 am

    Stacy, you didn’t do anything wrong.

  48. Kyle Kiernan
    May 11th, 2013 @ 9:46 am

    I can’t believe you so casually mention “hay” here, before so many members of the asthmatic and allergenically disadvantaged community! You insensitive brutess!

  49. Porridge
    May 11th, 2013 @ 10:10 am

    Maybe you should have checked the other McEwan post that McCain linked on this very blog? The one about her mental illness? She mentions her rape there as well, and that was written before the tweet.

  50. Porridge
    May 11th, 2013 @ 10:14 am

    Perhaps you should also put those epic Googling skills to use trying to find a single instance where McEwan referred to anybody as a Christofascist Godbag.