In Case Anyone Needed Further Proof...

In my last post I asserted that the last acceptable prejudice was anti-conservatism. I claimed that "many on the Left act as if they have an absolute right to be rude to conservatives, to mock us, to insult us, to ignore us, and to simply stop being friends with us." The examples abound on a non-stop basis. Here are a few recent ones.

A Tweet from Stephen King: "A train load of Republicans on their way to a pricey retreat hit a garbage truck. My friend Russ calls that Karma." Yes, let's make fun of injuries, death and destruction. Jonathan Tasini, a regular commentator on CNN, Tweeted this: "Wow, btwn train full of Goopers hitting truck and this (Trey Gowdy announcing his retirement from Congress), G-d is working hard today to clean up the stink. Thank her..." The "stink," aka Republicans.

Jimmy Kimmel: "It just so happens that almost every talk show host is a liberal and that's because it requires a level of intelligence." While some claimed it was a joke, the point is that he said it knowing it would get a huge laugh, and it did. Because, after all, conservatives are dimwits. Although I would not mind seeing a debate between Mr. Kimmel and one of those dimwit radio talk show hosts, such as Dennis Prager, Larry Elder or Michael Medved.

One reader emailed me after reading the last post to tell me he had been hiking when he ran into another person on the trail. It was an isolated area and apparently the two of them were the only hikers in the area. As they crossed paths they stopped and chatted for a while. When he returned to his car there was a note from the unknown hiker on his windshield: "Nice to talk. Here is my personal info. Maybe we can get together. If you voted for Trump, though, the offer is definitely retracted."

In case anyone claims these stories are simply anecdotal, and not reflective of the mainstream Left, think again. The premier left-wing newspaper is the New York Times. Following President Trump's State of the Union speech, the Times' lead editorial of 1/31/18, said this: "...underneath distracting surface spectacles like his trolling on Twitter, he is delivering the most ruthless, conventionally conservative domestic policy in memory." So, for the NY Times, "conventional conservatism" is "ruthless." Got it. The Times editorial continued: "Nowhere is this more evident than in the way he is packing the courts - including the Supreme Court - with far-right justices." Hmmm...a conservative President appointing conservative judges. Didn't left-wing Obama appoint far-left justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan? Conservative Presidents don't have the right to appoint conservative justices because...why? Oh, that's right, conservatives are ruthless.

Lastly, we have MSNBC's Joy Reid's Tweet after Trump's State of the Union speech: "Church..family..police...military...the national anthem...Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950's-era nationalism. The goal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump on the terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for." I hope that Joy Reid and others on the Left continue with their out-of-touch elitism. What people like her do not realize is that it is not only conservatives who respect their church and family, the police and military and yes, the national anthem. After seeing a reduction in both attendance and TV viewership following the kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games, it was hardly a surprise that the league went out of its way to showcase numerous military veterans during the Super Bowl.

To sum up, conservatives are garbage, stink, are dimwits, Trump voters and ruthless. On other the hand, we value church (synagogue for some of us), family, the police, the military and the national anthem. I can deal with the demonization and demagoguery. After all, we are sustained by our faith, families, and basic American institutions. Not too shabby.