The hypocrisy of liberalism shows no bounds. The Occupy Wall Street movement has adopted racist rules for speech at its nightly “General Assembly” meetings, according to which white men cannot speak unless preceded by some other type of person.
Occupy Wall Street’s General Assembly operates under a revolutionary “progressive stack.” A normal “stack” means those who wish to speak get in line. A progressive stack encourages women and traditionally marginalized groups speak before men, especially white men. This is something that has been in place since the beginning, it is necessary, and it is important.
“Step up, step back” was a common phrase of the first week, encouraging white men to acknowledge the privilege they have lived in their entire lives and to step back from continually speaking. This progressive stack has been inspiring and mind-boggling in its effectiveness.
[Hat tip: Matt Sledge at Huffington Post]
This is what democracy looks like! (In Zimbabwe.)
“I am a retired white guy who has never owned a slave; abused a wife; mistreated a child, or played second fiddle to an insolent, disrespectful person who is so ignorant of commerce that he/she believes commerce can thrive without profits and that all wealth resides in some cornucopia into which only CEO’s can reach and extract wealth. They have been super charged on self-esteem, but robbed of the self respect that can be gained via rigorous effort and application of honed skills and talents discovered on the fields of battle and competition. While the tough get going, these pukes bitch and whine.”–Bobby L. Reed