The War On Women And Other Phony Issues

The phony Obama led campaign that there is a "war on women" in the U.S. is wearing thin for a lot more people than just I. More and more, it seems there is talk  by the leftists side of the political aisle about women as "victims". Victims of what? The current law and practice does not allow discrimination based on sex, and there have been very few examples in the past 25 years where anyone has proved where a woman has been discriminated against because she is a female. For anyone to claim otherwise is like the little boy crying wolf every time he wants company. I do think it is a clever political tactic to state a false narrative and then pound away at the most clue less voter until the narrative becomes the unchallenged truth.

The war on women advocates say that anyone who is against taxpayer funding, or the forced provision, of abortion, contraception and sterilization procedures just hates women , and so women can't get a fair shake. Lawmakers and “reproductive rights” activists such as the nutty Sandra Fluke use wildly sweeping statements such as “they're trying to deny women the health care they need” or “they're trying to force women back into the dark ages” as a way of scaring women into the voting booth to vote the war on women party line agenda. The problem is it works.

The average voter today is uninformed about most real issues as they engage more and more with their on line fantasy world and less with the real one. They readily accept the latest trendy narrative, as in the war against women. And that's the point of why the war on women is not just ridiculous but a reflection of the other, seemingly endless political campaigns today that are centered around issues that just aren't what they are portrayed to be.

Another phony political issue is the Obama mantra that there is "income inequality" because the system just hates poorer people and doesn't give then an opportunity to be like the rich that Obama and company say they hate.  A news flash for anyone who believes that the capitalist system is "rigged" because there are winners and losers in it, is that capitalism is supposed to be like that. Unlike socialism, which limits success, capitalism is an open playing field, a survival of the fittest. By nature there are winners and losers in capitalism. Government only has the responsibility to make sure each competitor on the capitalist playing field has an equal opportunity to succeed. Nothing else. It does not guarantee everyone is equally financially. It does that almost always, and when not, government can gently correct the deficiency to make that playing field neutral. But in this age of social welfare/entitlement the income inequality propagandists tell the voters that if they are not as successful as the guy or gal next to them, it must be some inherent unfairness that explains it.

Another of the phony issues of today is the right wing Republican campaign against gay and lesbian marriage. That social preference issue has been elevated to a national one to the extent that one would think all of civilization will fall if same sex couples live together as married couples. How important is that issue to the nation? Not very. Besides, each state decides marriage laws, with the court system adjudicating what the states legislate. So why waste time pushing such issues?

The answer to that and all the other phony campaigns seems to be that because ignorant voters can be distracted with phony issues, and when so they won't see the real ones that the politicians try to hide while getting elected.