It was quite the closing argument from Kamala Harris surrogate Mark Cuban.
Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and television star of ABC's Shark Tank, has been outspoken in his criticism of former President Donald Trump and support of progressive socialist Kamala Harris.
As Election Day neared, Cuban became increasingly unhinged, until he finally dropped this bomb of idiocy:
It was the perfect depiction of a Freudian slip - revealing an unconscious belief of the mind that the conscious mind does its best to hide. As Phetasy observed, Cuban (like many progressive men) has a misogyny problem. Campaigning for a woman, he hopes to mask the fact that he holds women in intellectual disregard. They are not his equal, and they are not to be championed, respected, or even acknowledged if they do not believe as he thinks they should believe.
That's incredible arrogance and condescension.
Thanks to the free speech platform of X, Cuban's remarks quickly went viral and the billionaire took much-deserved heat from a bevy of conservative women who, to be kind, could run intellectual circles around him.
'I worked for Donald Trump,' former Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in an appearance on Fox News. She called Cuban's statement 'profoundly offensive,' adding that she, 'consider[s] myself a strong woman. I consider those around me strong women.'
It also provided his nemesis an angle of attack, with President Trump slamming the Left's "weakness" and "insecurity" about independent minded women.
I could be wrong, but in an election where Kamala Harris desperately needs the gender gap to provide her an even larger boost than Democrat candidates normally enjoy, it doesn't help that one of her featured campaign speakers and high-profile surrogates insults the dignity and intellect of women.
And while I know many of these political statements are made from shallow thinkers that rely on emotional manipulation to convey a façade of profundity, I think there's value in parsing this claim from Cuban. Which of the following takes more "strength" in our culture? That is, which of the following is going to bring with it a greater chance of derision, criticism, or professional censure:
A woman who publicly endorses and supports Kamala Harris?
A woman who publicly endorses and supports Donald Trump?
We all know the answer to that question.
It takes no strength of character, no resolve, no depth of conviction as a woman in America today to announce you are supporting Harris to become the first female president in the country's history. It's almost a public expectation. That doesn't mean women are weak for supporting her. It simply means they don't stand to lose anything in social or professional circles if they do.
For a woman to proclaim she's a Trump supporter, however?
It brings almost immediate reprimand, and public censure.
Even when you're sitting at a meal with friends:
Even if you're passively displaying a yard sign:
So Mr. Cuban, if it's strong women you're looking to applaud and celebrate, I'd suggest starting with the ones with the spunk to swim against the current.
The ones who will brave criticism to vote according to their conscience rather than conform to what they're told to do by overpaid male television stars.
What do you say?
