[From article]
The truly interesting thing about the scandal has been the reaction of the left. The majority of leftists seem to have rallied to her, while a sullen minority complained about Lena Dunham’s enjoyment of white privilege.
The idea that Lena Dunham is receiving a pass due to her whiteness strikes this author as bizarre. If anything Lena Dunham has benefited from female privilege and leftist privilege. A male Lena Dunham would not be the beneficiary of such a vigorous defense in outlets such as Salon; similarly, no conservatives have even benefited from such a no-man-left-behind attitude as exists on the left.
[. . .]
Careful analysis reveals that the left is every bit as narrow and factional as the right, it just does a better job of papering over these differences.
tp://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/the_left_and_lena_dunham.html2014/11/the_left_and_lena_dunham.html
November 7, 2014
The Left and Lena Dunham
By Ben Cohen
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