The Left is a shadow of its former self

Was I duped when I was on the left and believed that I was fighting to overcome racism so that everyone man or woman could be judged by the content of their characters? Was I duped when I was a feminist who wanted women to be treated equally by prospective employers?

I still believe that people should not be judged by the color of their skin or their sex. I don't believe that sex is merely a social construct, however, and that the sexes are interchangeable or that the state has to enter into complex social engineering to equalize differences in interests and abilities.

It's disgusting to me that the new left is siding with Islamic extremists. I am not anti Muslim. In Europe the women's shelters are filled with Muslim women fleeing physical abuse. Who is speaking up for them? The victims of Islamist extremists are mostly Muslim. Who speaks for them?

Where was the left in defending Rifqa Barry, a teenaged Christian convert who begged the courts not to return her to her parents because she feared they would have her killed for leaving the Muslim faith. Is it because she is a Christian now and therefore not worthy of consideration?

Robert Spencer says:

Daily Kos sides with Islamic supremacists who want to extinguish free speech and oppress women and non-Muslims

He could also have added supremacists who want to oppress Muslims who do not follow to a "t" their particular utopian ideology.

The old left used to fight for free speech, but then it was fighting for obscenity and the f-word.
Now the new left is opposed to free speech unless it targets and defames Jews and Christians.

And the men on the left? I have never seen such a misogynist bunch in my life.

Update: Gay and Right links to a story about the Hamas bombardment of a Mosque in Gaza that killed 22 Palestinians, including a 12-year old girl, and injured 1oo more. One does not have to look far to find evidence of Muslim oppression by extremists.