There is an old Native American fable about a fox and a scorpion, which has over the centuries made its way into popular culture. It goes something like this:
Both a fox and a scorpion wanted to cross a river. The scorpion proposed that the fox carry it across, but the fox at first refused. "If you sting me while I'm swimming, I'll drown" complained the fox. But the scorpion responded "if I sting you, I will drown too, so I would never do that". Reluctantly the fox agreed, and so they both struck out across the river, the scorpion aboard the fox.
Halfway to the other side, the scorpion stung the fox. And as its life drained away, the fox in rage and desperation asked "why did you do that? Now we'll both die!" To which the scorpion replied "I apologize. I could not help myself. It is simply in my nature."
I would liken the current state of America to that sorrowful tale. There are two dominant forces in this country in 2019: White Supremacy, and Feminism. Like Communism and Nazism two generations ago, they are ideologically opposed to one another. But also like those two powerful adversaries, who in 1939 agreed to carve up the world between them, the two dominant movements of today have also agreed to a temporary truce, as they work to subjugate the rest of America. Feminism is like the fox, and White Supremacy is the scorpion, and they are both trying to make their way across the proverbial river of life.
As we all know, the Nazi-Communist Alliance of 1939 unraveled within two years of having been formed, when the Nazis without warning launched a full-scale invasion of the Soviet Union, which was forced quite reluctantly to join the Allied cause in World War II. The scorpion stung the fox, and both ideologies perished. And there is very little doubt in most people's minds that the Femnist-Supremacist alliance, which is in the process of forming, will likely not fare much better. But until the White Supremacists betray their newfound allies, which it is in their nature to do, they will both appear to be successfully traversing that allegorical river.
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