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Elite Liberals Need to Check Their Privilege

May 16, 2014

There are many great privileges that come with being a member of the liberal elite. Elite liberals, however, would rather not acknowledge these privileges, especially when they doing so would expose them as massive hypocrites. But eventually, they get exposed.

Here’s a list of some of the elite liberal privileges that could use a good checking:

1. Running a left-wing "watchdog" group that routinely attacks "anti-union" policies while actively trying to prevent your own employees from unionizing

Media Matters founder David Brock.
Media Matters founder David Brock.

2. Writing for a left-wing publication that routinely demonizes its political opponents as racist, and is constantly advocating for greater diversity, but that is, in fact, whiter than the crowd at a Sigur Rós concert.

Look at all the white people (at the New York Times)
Look at all the white people (at the New York Times)

3a. Running an esteemed left-wing newspaper that has published thousands of words advocating for gender pay quality, but that (allegedly) paid its female executive editor significantly less than her male predecessor.

New York Times building
AP

3b.  Or, alternatively, if others are to be believed: Getting fired as executive editor of said left-wing newspaper, and then allowing it be leaked to the press that you were fired after complaining about making less than your male predecessor, even though you actually didn’t.

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Former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson.