The political right is supposedly hemorrhaging female supporters, but the real reason behind their exodus has nothing to do with conservative principles and everything to do with hurt feelings over internet criticism.
According to a recent New York Magazine piece titled "The Young Women Leaving the New Right," several women who previously identified as conservative are now jumping ship from the movement. But their reasoning exposes a troubling pattern that should concern every American who values intellectual honesty in political discourse.
BlazeTV host John Doyle isn't buying the narrative being pushed by these defectors. He's questioning whether their political "evolution" stems from genuine ideological conviction or something far more superficial - namely, social media backlash and online meanness.
"We love women, but instead, we have to talk really about this kind of phenomenon of women existing, e-celeb women existing, you know, ditching" the right over internet criticism, Doyle observed.
Think about that for a moment, Patriots. These women supposedly held strong conservative beliefs about limited government, constitutional rights, and traditional values. But when faced with some harsh words on Twitter or criticism from anonymous accounts, they're ready to abandon everything they claimed to believe?
This reveals a deeper problem with fairweather conservatives who treat political movements like fashion trends. Real conviction doesn't crumble because someone wrote a mean comment. The founders didn't abandon the cause of liberty because King George said nasty things about them.
The Backbone Problem
What's particularly concerning is that many of these women built their platforms and followings by promoting conservative ideas, only to bail when the going got tough. Meanwhile, millions of patriotic American women face real persecution - losing jobs, being kicked off platforms, having their children targeted - yet they stand firm in their beliefs.
This mass exodus over "online meanness" says more about the character of those leaving than it does about any problems within conservative movement. If you can't handle criticism on the internet, how exactly were you planning to handle the left's relentless attacks on our Constitution and way of life?