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Quinn: To feminists, even "a childless feminist who looks like a Bulgarian weightlifter in drag" can be a "real woman"

Summary: On the syndicated radio show The War Room with Quinn & Rose, Jim Quinn stated: "If you don't agree with the feminist scolds, then you're not a real woman -- even if you are a very feminine working mom. But even if you're an actual man, never mind a childless feminist who looks like a Bulgarian weightlifter in drag, you're a real woman solely because you nod your head like a windup clapping monkey every time you read the latest editorial from Ms. Magazine."

On the September 15 broadcast of The War Room with Quinn & Rose, co-host Jim Quinn stated: "If you don't agree with the feminist scolds, then you're not a real woman -- even if you are a very feminine working mom." He continued: "But even if you're an actual man, never mind a childless feminist who looks like a Bulgarian weightlifter in drag, you're a real woman solely because you nod your head like a windup clapping monkey every time you read the latest editorial from Ms. Magazine. Recall how they christened Bill Clinton as the first female president, too?" Quinn then added, "But here's the fun part. Feminists are hooked on their own Kool-Aid. They actually believe the stuff they say. The shrill, angry women that you see on MSNBC claiming to speak for all women actually believe that they do."

As Media Matters for America noted, Quinn previously referred to the National Organization for Women as the "National Organization for Whores." Discussing that comment on a later show, Quinn said: "There is a reason for that. The reason is that's just what they are. They're political whores. They are whores for liberalism in general." Additionally, Media Matters documented that Quinn introduced an August 27 segment about Sen. Hillary Clinton by playing the song "The Bitch Is Back."

The War Room With Quinn & Rose is a syndicated radio program based in Pittsburgh on Clear Channel's WPGB 104.7 FM. Talkers Magazine lists Quinn & Rose on its "Heavy Hundred" list, which it describes as a list of the "100 most important radio talk show hosts in America." According to the show's website, it airs on 17 radio stations and XM Satellite Radio.

From the September 15 broadcast of Clear Channel's The War Room with Quinn & Rose:

QUINN: Feminists have argued for decades that womanhood is an existential and metaphysical state of enlightenment, but they have no problem questioning whether women they hate are really women at all. Since we know from basic science that [Gov. Sarah] Palin is a woman -- after all, she's had five kids, for starters -- it's clear that these ideological thugs aren't talking about actual, I mean, you know, facts or anything, they're just doing what people of totalitarian mindsets always do -- they bully heretics, they demonize enemies, and they whip the troops into line. Basically, they refuse to accept reality, which is the hallmark of liberalism.

The academic feminist left has scared the dickens out of the mainstream men and women for so long, the liberal establishment is terrified to contradict feminists -- neigh upon theological conviction -- that female authenticity is measured by one's blind loyalty to left-wing talking points. This is a version of the Marxist doctrine of false consciousness, which holds that you are not an authentic member of the proletariat unless you agree with Marxism.

Now, it works like this: If you don't agree with the feminist scolds, then you're not a real woman -- even if you are a very feminine working mom. But even if you're an actual man, never mind a childless feminist who looks like a Bulgarian weightlifter in drag, you're a real woman solely because you nod your head like a windup clapping monkey every time you read the latest editorial from Ms. Magazine. Recall how they christened Bill Clinton as the first female president, too?

But here's the fun part. Feminists are hooked on their own Kool-Aid. They actually believe the stuff they say. The shrill, angry women that you see on MSNBC claiming to speak for all women actually believe that they do.

—H.D.

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