A Tempest in a "T"-Cup...
So here's my daily fun: My Twitter compatriot, @BlackRepublican, re-tweeted the nonsense of Marc Lamont Hill. I'm glad BR does, because I have no desire to follow him on a regular basis.
Marc Lamont Hill is a host/contributor at the Huffington Post and HuffPo Live. He is also an associate professor at Columbia University, and a former Fox News commentator. His last bit of opinion/commentary that captured the interwebs was a piece on "The 15 Most Overrated White People". Had a white columnist written such a piece about "The 15 Most Overrated Black People" (and there are way more than 15), the Left would have been up in arms. Maybe I will set my hand to that particular list--but I digress... Marc Lamont Hill is one of the Left's creations, the same as Touré; so he is allowed to spout fallacies and pablum about race and conservatives under the guise of original thought.
Taking nothing away from the good work of Twitchy, the re-tweet in question was one where Marc Lamont Hill decided to diss Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice because she accepted the invitation to be one of the FIRST women to join the Augusta National Golf Club. The club has been exclusively male throughout its history, and Secy Rice, along with Darla Moore, eliminated that barrier.
Stunning logic here. But I felt this arrogant tweet warranted a response:
It still rankles me that our own people will not give Secy Condoleezza Rice her due. No matter what her political affiliation or anyone's issue with President George W. Bush, it does not eliminate the fact that Secy Rice is an accomplished Black woman and a historical figure. She was FIRST in many respects, blazing trails for Black women in academia, government, and world affairs. Yet, the Left finds any excuse to denigrate and demean her legacy and her choices.
And tell me, how many women golfers are fighting to wear a green blazer in Atlanta? Is it even a valid argument? I have my doubts about that.
I decided to expand my comments on Marc Lamont Hill's "Token" reference:
From there Marc Lamont Hill's logic became even more... circular:
So there are no longer necessary FIRSTS in Marc Lamont Hill's world. Interesting...
But I couldn't let that one let slip by either:
Marc Lamont Hill continued to double down on his line of reasoning--or lack of it:
Perhaps he speaks from experience? Are there many under 40 associate professors of color at Columbia University? I speculate that if Marc Lamont Hill were not a Left-wing youngster of a particular race, he would not have the perch he now enjoys. A perch, frankly, that was blazed for him by Secy Rice and other blacks who had to suffer more discrimination and denigration than someone of his generation, or mine for that matter, ever have.
After hitting bottom with that last comment, he continued to dig:
By calling Dr. Rice "selfish", Marc Lamont Hill just destroyed the first part of his statement.
Marc Lamont Hill finished his attack on Secy Rice with this complete falsehood:
Black Republican's final response was worth the price of admission:
Eye roll indeed, along with shaking my head.