Un-American: This Week

This morning, turning right on the sidewalk in front of my building, I walked past a burly guy loudly announcing to his friend, "Amerika hat das gemacht!" ("America did this!")

I didn't pause to listen but quickened my pace, not looking back--not wanting anyone to know I was one of those people. Here in Germany, my accent betrays me as foreign, but usually people imagine I'm English.That's not the best of deals either. A British MP, Danny Kruger, is already talking about removing women's rights to bodily autonomy. One bright spot: Germany's just made it easier for women to get abortions, setting a tone I hope will characterize all of Western Europe. But in my hometown, New York, you can now pack a pistol. 

We've heard Christine Blasey Ford's graphic testimony about her experience with Justice Kavanaugh, who when they were both in high school covered her mouth with his hand and held her down, turning up the music when she struggled and screamed. We saw Amy Coney Barrett sign her name in 2006 to an ad declaring that it was “time to put an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade.” I am old enough to remember the Clarence Thomas who called his employee, Anita Hill, into his office to ask her who had left pubic hairs on his can of coke (see 10:03)

He told her if she ever repeated any of his remarks, this would "ruin his career." Who can forget the man's comments about the "Long Dong Silver" porn films he saw--about "large breasts?" This is who's removing the right to abortion, and apparently going after contraception and gay marriage. This is whose wife called Anita Hill to demand she apologize for "lying." This is whose wife tried to get Arizona to give the election to Trump. Persuade Mike Pence to throw out the 2020 election results on January 6. And this is whose wife attended the "stop the steal" rally on January 6, 2021.

Cassidy Hutchinson, thanks for going once more into the breach, and please, keep exposing the gangster who rode shotgun and thank goodness didn't wrest the wheel from a cooler head. But the evil that men do lives after them.