That’s What You Say

Alicia Glen was on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” this morning (3/1/19). She is the Deputy Mayor of New York City. The topic was the pull out of Amazon from moving to Long Island City New York. (https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/01/how-gov-cuomo-is-trying-to-bring-hq2-back.html) While defending her city she said that if women lead more companies, there would be a different way of engagement with the community. Host Joe Kernan said that was sexist which Ms. Glen quickly dismissed as “not at all” and defended her position including that only 1 large company in NY is run by a woman. I’m not sure how Ms. Glen defines sexist but when you say somebody is better at something merely because of their sex, it fits the raw version of the term.

This fits a pattern I have noticed when applying any of the derogatory labels including racism, homophobic, misogynist et al. That is, the many on the left feel free to apply these to anyone and at any turn, this morning included. But when accused themselves, they deflect and deny any criticism.

This is classic Sal Alinsky who said to label your enemies and repeat it until it sticks. Deny any attempts to label you and turn it back on the accuser. Watch for the “you’re a (fill in the blank)”; “no I’m not. You’re the (fill in the blank)” back and forth and who’s on the side of the actual definition.