Hayley Geftman-Gold: Poster Child For Liberal Hatred

Above, Hayley Geftman-Gold.

Former Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew once famously referred to liberal elites as "an effete corps of impudent snobs." 

Things really haven't changed in the 47 years since Agnew made that statement, as the inhumane Facebook post by Hayley Geftman-Gold shows. They still have their "holier than thou" attitude and that anyone who doesn't agree with them are to be considered subhuman.

The American Thinker has an excellent article by Thomas Lifson on how Gelfman-Gold flushed her career down the toilet and how liberal elites think of the common people.

It begins with:

Hayley Geftman-Gold, the now-fired CBS lawyer who was until yesterday a vice president in their strategic transactions department, has become the poster girl for ruling class progressive hatred and condescension toward working class whites.  With two Ivy League degrees (Penn undergrad, Columbia Law) to her name, standing as “an officer of the court” in the New York State Bar, and powerful position in shaping the future of a major media purveyor of news and politics, an entrepreneur husband, and a fashionable Brooklyn Heights address, she is clearly a member of the ruling class, junior division.

But her now infamous Facebook comment bit her on the behind:

Yet she threw it all away – the six figure income, the corporate and social position -- with a now-notorious Facebook post that went viral almost immediately (and subsequently was taken down).

Geftman-Gold is now sorry about destroying herself. She wrote last night:

Earlier today I posted an indefensible post in a Facebook discussion thread concerning the tragic Las Vegas shooting, a statement I sincerely regret. I am deeply sorry for diminishing the significance of every life affected by Stephen Paddock's terrorism last night and for the pain my words have inflicted on the loved ones of the victims. My shameful comments do not reflect the beliefs of my former employer, colleagues, family, and friends. Nor do they reflect my actual beliefs – this senseless violence warrants the deepest empathy. I understand and accept all consequences that my words have incurred.

As Lifson points out, "she might even be sincere." Frankly, she has no other choice. She is a very attractive young woman, but that attractiveness only masked a hateful heart. A friend had a favorite saying: "Beauty is only skin deep. Ugly goes right to the bone."

 But, she can redeem herself if she (as Lifson suggests):

Study the career of Chuck Colson, a man who actually found redemption following actions he later sincerely regretted.

But there's still the underlying problem of the attitudes liberal elites have that poisoned public discourse. Conservatives generally feel that liberals are just wrong, while liberals feel that conservatives are evil.

Lifson quotes Manhattan attorney Lauri Regan:

With the rise of antifa and violence becoming the norm in shutting down free speech on campuses and elsewhere, it was only time before violence would be condoned by these self-righteous elitists who lack humility and decency for their fellow Americans. It used to be Muslims across the globe cheering successful terror attacks. Now we have hateful liberals doing the same thing.

To read more, go here.