AOC’s Tone-Deaf Message: Socialism at the Met Gala
Exhibitionist, virtuesignaling left-wing hypocrites are going to have a hard time topping Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s latest foray into selfpromotion (“Stars and gripes,” Sept. 14).
What extremist, leftwing provocateurs fail to realize — out of blind narcissism or pure stupidity — is that their shenanigans trivialize their own causes and allow normal people to dismiss what they supposedly want to call attention to as unimportant.
David Rabinovitz
Brooklyn
Sen. Joe Manchin was wrong in calling AOC a “young lady.” She is no longer young and is surely no lady.
Tell her to wear her “tax the rich” dress in the House and the Senate. There are a lot of people in both houses who got rich as politicians — not working in real jobs. Mary Durkan
Manhattan
AOC should have accessorized her outfit with a golden purse to enrich her cause by collecting
said taxes — one wealthy attendee at a time.
How ironic that someone who screams about socialism would patronize an event that epitomizes capitalism, highbrow culture and very expensive couture. Let them eat cake!
Barbara Shields
Rockville Centre
Let’s be fair to OcasioCortez — the ludicrous sight of a self-professed socialist hobnobbing at a party where a ticket costs more than the average American’s annual wage is not hypocritical.
Since the days when filthy-rich Hollywood actors carried Communist Party messages, “rule for thee, but not for me” has been at the very heart of left-wing thought.
They sanctimoniously preen their own virtue while browbeating the actual public into humble obedience. AOC’s grotesque exhibition is not hypocritical because it is socialism working exactly as intended.
Robert Frazer Lancashire, UK
Halloween came early to New York this year. The Met Gala used to be the most elegant event; now it’s all about who can have the most outrageous costume.
As far as AOC and that stupid “tax the rich” dress is concerned — it takes guts to wear that at a $35,000-per-seat event. Remember: Beauty fades, but stupidity is forever.
JJ Levine Miami Beach, Fla.