Radical group discovers American zeitgeist

Women’s March, a radical leftist group, has apologized for using $14.92 in an email because of the connection with Christopher Columbus and “colonization.”

In a tweet Tuesday, the U.S. group said, “We apologize deeply for the email that was sent today. $14.92 was our average donation amount this week. It was an oversight on our part to not make the connection to a year of colonization, conquest, and genocide for Indigenous people, especially before Thanksgiving.”

The group, which emerged in 2017 to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration, was mocked on Twitter for linking the figure to the date Columbus reached America.

Several people, including Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer, suggested the figure should be $17.76 — the date of the American Declaration of Independence.

“Let’s all chip in and raise the amount to $17.76. Then they’ll really lose their minds,” tweeted Fleischer.

Jordan Peterson, the Canadian author and psychologist, tweeted, “This is perhaps the most hypocritical virtue-signalling tweet I have ever seen. And that is really saying something.”

“The Women’s March is not a serious organization. If you can’t see the amount of $14.92 without being triggered, seek help,” said Canadian Youtube blogger and commentator Lauren Chen.

But some people were upset by the original email from the Women’s March asking for donations of $14.92.

“Okay for real who thought a “14.92” pledge was a good number to suggest from a group that has already been called tone deaf when it comes to racial issues. Are we commemorating conquest of stolen land?” tweeted Robin Marty, operations director for the West Alabama Women’s Center.

At a march in September, the group advised attendees not to dress in Handmaid’s Tale outfits or bring coat hangers — seen as symbols of a dystopian future and illegal abortions.

At the time the Washingtonian website reported that the group said coat hangers “reinforce the right wing talking points that self-managed abortions are dangerous, scary and harmful.” They added that “Handmaid’s Tale” ignored the fact that “Black women, undocumented women, incarcerated women, poor women and disabled women have always had their reproduction freedom controlled in this country.”