{"id":1614870,"date":"2022-08-18T13:48:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T17:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1614870"},"modified":"2022-08-18T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T17:48:54","slug":"ian-haworth-no-one-is-historic-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-haworth-no-one-is-historic-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Haworth: No-One Is Historic Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fian-haworth-no-one-is-historic-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1614870&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h3 class=\"subtitle\">Lest we forget, we had a black president for two terms only a few years ago. <\/h3>\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"body markup\">\n<p>The downside of progress, for progressives at least, is that things that were once historic are simply no longer historic.<\/p>\n<p>But since identity is all that matters \u2014 rather than virtue, competence, experience, etc. \u2014 they continually get increasingly granular in their identity specifications in order to remain historic.<\/p>\n<p>Historic, historic, historic. So much historicness.<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Abrams \u2014 whose claim-to-fame is her vocal and shameless rejection of democracy as she insisted that she was the rightful governor of Georgia \u2014 released an image on her Twitter account in which she partly blocked the sun, alongside the caption, \u201cMy name is Stacey Abrams, and I\u2019m running to make history and serve as the first Black woman governor our country has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tweet\" data-attrs=\"{\" url><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1559699025783394304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tweet-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tweet-user-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/twitter_name\/w_36\/staceyabrams.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter avatar for @staceyabrams\" \/><span class=\"tweet-author-name\">Stacey Abrams <\/span><span class=\"tweet-author\">@staceyabrams<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>My name is Stacey Abrams, and I&#8217;m running to make history and serve as the first Black woman governor our country has ever seen. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tweet-photos-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-photo-wrapper\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1559699025783394304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tweet-footer\">\n<p class=\"tweet-date\">August 17th 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p>And who can forget the \u201chistoric\u201d terminology used when the utterly incompetent White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was brought in to replace the fleeing Jen Psaki?<\/p>\n<p><span>Stacey Abrams is aiming to be \u201chistoric\u201d because she\u2019s black <\/span><em>and <\/em><span>a woman. Karine Jean-Pierre is apparently historic because she\u2019s black <\/span><em>and<\/em><span> a woman <\/span><em>and <\/em><span>a lesbian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Historic, historic, historic.<\/p>\n<p>Except, not at all.<\/p>\n<p><span>Lest we forget, we had a <\/span><em>black president<\/em><span> for two terms only a few years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll say it again: the highest political position was occupied by a person who happened to be black. That was \u2014 arguably \u2014 historic. And also, by some bizarre form of identity-based transitivity, the skin color of every subsequent political position beneath or equal to the President of the United States became irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>As it should be.<\/p>\n<p>Again, why is it historic to have a black woman as a governor when we already have a black woman as Vice President of the United States?<\/p>\n<p>Because what\u2019s the alternative? Do we celebrate every single person for their ever-more-specific identity group, regardless of the status of their actual or prospective job, or their ability in that job?<\/p>\n<p>Why do they insist on using the word \u201chistoric\u201d for things that just\u2026aren\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is simple: it\u2019s because Democrats (and, indeed, some culturally desperate Republicans) know that hiding behind identity is far easier than standing upon ability, with the added bonus that you can reference your identity as a victim-based reason for defeat.<\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, can we <\/span><em>please<\/em><span> get back to a time where skin color doesn\u2019t matter, least of all for totally non-historic politicians?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Follow Ian Haworth on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ighaworth\" rel=\"\"> Twitter<\/a><span>, and subscribe to his new show, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_O8rMtOB-3Y5BQIuMo_IJg\" rel=\"\">Off Limits with Ian Haworth<\/a><span>\u201d.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscription-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"subscription-widget show-subscribe\">\n<div class=\"preamble\">\n<p>This is a reader-supported publication. 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