The Dark Side of the Women's March

The recent Women's March, which took place in Washington and numerous other cities one day after the inauguration of President Trump, may go down as the largest protest in American history. Millions showed up to these events to advocate for women's issues and to protest against Donald Trump. While very few would find fault in a women's march in and of itself, upon inspecting this women's march further, some disturbing information comes to light.

The Women's March was thankfully quite peaceful, unlike Inauguration Day when the group Antifa (the "anti-fascists"), although stymied by the police, were ironically able to carry out their own mini "Kristallnacht" (or rather, "Kristalltag"), smashing windows and setting fires in broad daylight. The Women's March appears to have been non-violent and there were apparently no arrests. However, problems start to manifest themselves when we look at the people who set up and spoke at this protest.

Firstly, we must start with the organizers of the Women's March. There were four such organizers, with one being Linda Sarsour. Linda is a headscarf-wearing Muslim woman who is an advocate for Sharia Law. Yes, one of the four women who set up this women's rights march is in favor of Sharia Law. She has never hidden this fact and is quite outspoken about it, with tweets such as, "10 weeks of PAID maternity leave in Saudi Arabia. Yes PAID. And ur worrying about women driving. Puts us to shame." and "You’ll know when you’re living under Sharia Law if suddenly all your loans & credit cards become interest free. Sound nice, doesn’t it?" Besides support for Sharia, Linda Sarsour believes in conspiracy theories, as can be seen in her tweet, "Underwear bomber was the CIA all along. Why did I already know that?! Shame on us - scaring the American people. "

This must have been known by the other three organizers of the Women's March, as they worked closely together to set it up. However, Linda's beliefs do not appear to have worked against her. This view is mirrored by the ubiquitous "We The People Are Greater Than Fear" poster by Shepard Fairey, the designer of the Obama "Hope" poster, which depicts a Muslim woman wearing an American flag as a headscarf and which was carried by a significant number of attendees to the protest.

One might expect that women's rights advocates would reject the headscarf as a symbol of oppression. After all, in many places in Muslim-majority countries, women who do not cover themselves are assaulted and sometimes even arrested or killed. One glaring example is the 2002 Mecca Girl's School Fire that claimed the lives of 15 girls when they were prevented from leaving the burning school because they were not dressed "appropriately". It seems clear that Islamic societies, which are some of the most misogynistic in the world, have been given a free pass, while the West has been targeted. The oft-cited reason is because they don't want to "punch down", but in actuality, there are numerous victims who are not being "helped up". I can only imagine that it must be infuriating for a women's rights advocate in Saudi Arabia when feminists in the West focus on "manspreading" instead of on the plight of women like her.

Unfortunately, this is nowhere near the extent of the scandal seen at the Women's March. When looking at the official site of the march, the name "Donna Hylton" comes up. In addition, a simple internet search yields videos of her showing her affiliation to the march. When one looks into the details of Donna Hylton's life, one cannot help but be shocked. Due to the work of citizen journalists as well as The American Spectator, people can learn about what kind of person was invited to speak in an official capacity for the movement. Donna Hylton "spent time in prison for participating in the kidnapping, rape, murder, and ransoming of a gay man" (https://spectator.org/the-women-movements-embrace-of-psychopath-donna-hylton/). This torture included squeezing the victim’s testicles with a pair of pliers, shoving a three-foot-long metal bar up his rectum, burning him, beating him, and other horrific abuses over the course of 15-20 days. Finally, they murdered him because due to his injuries, “He [the victim] was going to die anyway, so...” This person made it onto the official list of speakers to talk about "criminal justice reform" and the fact that women in prison need more tampons.

I am sure that many people who attended the Women's March had no idea about any of this, but if they are reading this article, they do now. Unfortunately, some unsavory characters set up and ran this protest in a deeply unethical way and tricked many women and men with good hearts who thought they were turning up for something positive. When one looks for those supporting sexism, racism, Sharia Law, and violent thugs, one might easily skip over the Women's March. However, these things are visible in spades within the Women's March if one dares to "remove the veil" and take a close look. Sadly, "removing the veil" doesn't seem like a priority for many of today's feminists.