Stupid think piece about sociocultural significance of Washingtonienne

Sunday's Washington Post magazine section ran a long, stupid handwringing recap of the Washingtonienne scandal, which the subhead claims "raised a ton of questions about where America is headed". (Registration required. Not worth bothering, to be honest.) Naomi Wolf, Michelle Malkin and assorted other nitwits weigh in on the alleged revolutionary sociocultural significance of — gasp! — a 26-year-old woman having lots of casual sex.

"She's a sign," says Daniel Yankelovich, the pollster and analyst who has been studying American values for 50 years. He means a sign of our times, as is Jessica's frumpy 21-year-old contemporary, Pfc. Lynndie England, whose gleeful mugging for the cameras as she mocked naked Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib unsettled the national conscience. Both women have left many people questioning: How did we get here?

Wow, the similarities between the Washingtonienne and Abu Ghraib stories are striking. Can't believe I didn't notice that before.

Unless you're part of that small but fortunate segment of America that headed up Jessica Cutler's butt, or that sheltered segment who thinks sex is exclusively something that a man and a woman who love each other very very much do and then the stork comes, Washingtonienne didn't mean much of anything. Idiotic pundits always try to ruin a good scandal for the frivolous majority trying to enjoy a good snigger.

UPDATE: The stupid author of this stupid article, April Witt, did a followup chat session Monday to answer stupid questions from stupid readers.

Link snagged from Wonkette, who wises off here and here.

 

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