Distaste for the Illogical

“If you want my opinion, I will give you my opinion. I’m not going to be channeling my husband.”

-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

When I first saw this video, I felt myself involuntarily purse my lips and pump my fist twice in complete satisfaction. Regardless of whose stylings you prefer or what your political affiliations are, it feels remarkably gratifying to see inherent international misogyny put in its place by one of the most powerful women in the world.

Having said that, this guy’s fifteen minutes of fame are going to be lived in the most negative way imaginable. He asked a relatively dumb question. Take a look at a list I made of things the man in the audience asked for;

1. The opinion of someone who has been out of political office for nearly a decade.
2. The opinion of someone not in the room, or even on the same continent.
3. The World Bank’s impact on Chinese contracts in Africa.
4. Nothing more specific or relevant than the vague husk of a notion presented in point 3.

Basically, we can surmise the applications of the World Bank in Africa with information on imperialism and years of cold-shoulder diplomacy. Since the World Bank is one of the most highly-funded organizations in the world, the United States (being the principal financier) can’t properly acknowledge any detrimental impacts on any kind of infrastructure anyway, so let’s just focus on the most offensive part of the question, shall we?

“My husband is not the secretary of state, I am.”