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We Have a Crisis of Democracy, Not Manners
The Failing New York Times ^ | June 25, 2018 | Michelle Goldberg, NYT opinionist

Posted on 06/25/2018 9:37:24 PM PDT by kiryandil

Last year, the white nationalist Richard Spencer was kicked out of his Virginia gym after another member confronted him and called him a Nazi. This incident did not generate a national round of hand-wringing about the death of tolerance, perhaps because most people tacitly agree that it’s O.K. to shun professional racists.

It’s a little more complicated when the professional racist is the president of the United States. The norms of our political life require a degree of bipartisan forbearance. But treating members of Donald Trump’s administration as ordinary public officials rather than pariahs does more to normalize bigotry than exercising alongside a white separatist.

Over the last week, several Trump administration officials and supporters have been publicly shamed. On Friday night, the Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a farm-to-table restaurant in Lexington, Va. That morning, protesters blasted a recording of sobbing migrant kids outside the home of Kirstjen Nielsen, Trump’s secretary of homeland security...

...Whether or not you think public shaming should be happening, it’s important to understand why it’s happening. It’s less a result of a breakdown in civility than a breakdown of democracy. Though it’s tiresome to repeat it, Donald Trump eked out his minority victory with help from a hostile foreign power. He has ruled exclusively for his vengeful supporters, who love the way he terrifies, outrages and humiliates their fellow citizens. Trump installed the right-wing Neil Gorsuch in the Supreme Court seat that Republicans stole from Barack Obama. Gorsuch, in turn, has been the fifth vote in decisions on voter roll purges and, on Monday, racial gerrymandering that will further entrench minority rule...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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To: unlearner

It’s not just Lefties. I wouldn’t put it past the Globalists to forcefully overthrow our government. Look how the Globalists put up Laura Bush a couple weeks ago to destroy Trump.


101 posted on 06/26/2018 3:14:48 AM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: goldstategop
Lies from the failing New York Times from start to finish.

The leftards have no idea how they are beclouding themselves with their constant "Trump is literally Hitler" moon barking. Except for the initial eyerolls that the song of their people induces, I do enjoy the self disctruction.

102 posted on 06/26/2018 3:19:14 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: kiryandil

Typical liberal, projecting onto President Trump what liberals are doing.

Leftists are such hateful, horrible people.

JoMa


103 posted on 06/26/2018 3:44:33 AM PDT by joma89
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Go ahead and expend all your energy to solve the problem in Democracy in America when America is not a Democracy. Trying to fix something that doesn’t exist means you’ll leave the real government alone.


104 posted on 06/26/2018 4:16:44 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: JohnBrowdie

Horrible is an understatement, but I get your point.

I stopped reading after this sentence...

“It’s a little more complicated when the professional racist is the [P]resident of the United States.”


105 posted on 06/26/2018 4:23:41 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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To: kiryandil
It’s a little more complicated when the professional racist is the president of the United States

We had that for 8 years ...

106 posted on 06/26/2018 4:25:35 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Yaelle

Well done. Leftist propaganda and hate-mongering never really changes.


107 posted on 06/26/2018 4:29:14 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: kiryandil

It’s a little more complicated when the professional racist is the president of the United States.


His opinion might matter if he was to provide proof of “racism”. Just because you accuse someone of something (especially when you use that term against everyone that does not agree with you) does not make it so.


108 posted on 06/26/2018 4:35:49 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: snarkytart; All

For further research:

The Red Hen Restaurant asked Sarah Sanders and 7 family members to leave. Sarah later posted her experience sparking controversy

https://archive.li/rrVQI

The Owners Of Red Hen Followed & Harassed Sarah And Her Family At Another Restaurant Nearby After They Left!!

https://archive.is/C7AZQ

5 Fast Facts Including Employee Dialogue

https://archive.is/AQFV7

Ben Cline Describes Possible Meryl Streep - Stephanie Wilkinson Family Connection In Tweet

https://archive.li/NlO5h

Stephanie’s Necklace Bares The Pedo Symbol “Spiraling Circle”

https://archive.is/BaKL5

FBI Documented Pedophile Symbolism

https://archive.is/v5Vwf

Apparent Former Employee Kevin Gardner Describes Silent Owner As Registered Sex Offender, Lists Name & Offence

“The Red Hen restaurant fiasco is getting deeper; child sex offender”

Martin Brodel YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg10pUc34c8YouTube

Screenshot Of Kevin’s Comment

https://archive.is/mS9m0

Reddit - Krisamy

The Red Hen Restaurant - Business Registration/Owner Research

Yes, VA business registry lists only Wilkinson as owner: https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/Business/S254257

But having only one owner listed is not evidence of sole proprietorship, however. Case in point, this is Stephanie Wilkinson’s other business. Again, only one owner listed: https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/Business/S689257

The company website, however, states that there are 4 owners: https://www.housemountainyarnco.com/about-us

So Frazier’s absence from the registry doesn’t prove he’s uninvolved with Red Hen. That said, we don’t have evidence of his involvement, either.

Yelp Review

https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-red-hen-lexington-3?select=42KD0LZpRnUBkF1vYWWKKA&reviewid=4X61Y0MtaC__ILLRs_bi_w

Allen Frazier Found On Sex Offender Registration List VA

News & Verification Making Rounds On Twitter

https://archive.is/SixPa

FactFinder2 Digs In,
Allen Frazier - Misspelled In Title

Home Facts: https://www.homefacts.com/offender-detail/VA22138/Barney-Allen-Frazier-Sr.html

https://archive.is/WWac1

- Virginia Sex Offender Registry (enter his zip code 24450): http://sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor/executeZipSearch.html

Family Ties

It turns out that Stephanie Wilkinson very probably is Meryl Streep’s cousin.

Meryl Streep’s mom’s maiden name was Mary Wolf Wilkinson. (Interestingly, Mary’s father was Harry “Rockafellow” Wilkinson.): https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Streep/6000000008178222270

Mary Wolf Wilkinson had a brother, David Pries Wilkinson, born in about 1924. (Note their father is now listed as Harry “Rockefeller” Wilkinson.): https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-Jersey/David-Preis-Wilkinson_4l9rl2

Stephanie Wilkinson has a possible relative David P. Wilkinson (scroll down): https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/results?name=Stephanie%20Wilkinson&citystatezip=Lexington%2C%20VA&rid=0x0

David P. Wilkinson, deceased in 2008 at age 83 and thus born in 1924-25, had a possible relative Stephanie Wilkinson and addresses in New York and Lexington, VA (scroll down): https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/results?name=David%20P%20Wilkinson&personid=px2unu8620n602966lu66&rid=0x0

Here they are again: https://imgoat.com/uploads/7e1cd7dca8/118958.pngPNG https://pipl.com/search/?t=ODhmMzAwZmFmZTJlNTIyZTQ5MDE2ZDNlZWEyYzY3Yzg1OTc1M2Y4ZDhmZGM3MGM2&in=8&q=david+pries+wilkinson&l=&sloc=&avatar=avatar-1

If David Pries Wilkinson was Stephanie’s dad, Meryl Streep would be her cousin.

Stephanie Wilkinson Publications

Red Hen owner Stephanie Wilkinson used to publish a magazine called “Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers.” Some of the old articles are still available online: https://www.brainchildmag.com/

https://archive.fo/IvnUB

This article in the NY Times tells about the end of the mag and some of the essays they had published, including these that have since been deleted, written by:

Moms who liked their breast pumps more than they liked nursing their babies.

One woman who was arrested after dropping her kids off at the mall, including one young enough to still be in a stroller, and going home to take a nap.

Lexington Responds

Lexington throws Red Hen owner Stephanie Wilkinson under the bus:

https://www.facebook.com/historicdowntownlexingtonvirginia/posts/1253637328099879?comment_id=463237437433112&reply_comment_id=1402652743169039&notif_id=1529885977810765&notif_t=feed_comment_reply

Stephanie Wilkinson Executive - Main Street Organization
MainStreetLexington Organization!?

Stephanie Wilkinson is Executive Director of MainStreetLexington which wants to revitalize downtown Lexington.

https://twitter.com/FxEpic/status/1010714402289569792

Frozen Liberty Friends On Facebook

Connects Red Hen Chef To Hillary / Haiti / Alefantis!

“The other owner/Chef is connected to Hillary and the Haiti scam too”

“And listed with James Alefentis Comet Pizza owner as a powerful man in DC.”

https://archive.is/Axe54


109 posted on 06/26/2018 4:36:21 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: kiryandil

...Whether or not you think public shaming should be happening, it’s important to understand why it’s happening. It’s less a result of a breakdown in civility than a breakdown of democracy. Though it’s tiresome to repeat it, Donald Trump eked out his minority victory with help from a hostile foreign power.


The only “collusion” with foreign power was between the Clintons, DOJ, and FBI. After a year and millions of dollars no evidence support this claim.


110 posted on 06/26/2018 4:37:33 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: Salvation

“Do parents even teach their children manners any more?”

Impossible to teach what one does not know ...maybe some of the parents have no manners.


111 posted on 06/26/2018 4:42:48 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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To: kiryandil

Signed, Carlos Slim.


112 posted on 06/26/2018 4:44:04 AM PDT by MarMema (John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly Michigan.)
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To: Yaelle

Yaelle get’s it.


113 posted on 06/26/2018 5:05:02 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: kiryandil

So if Trump = Richard Spencer
Obama = (I don’t know who the prez of Zimbabwe was)


114 posted on 06/26/2018 5:17:38 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: kiryandil

You truly hit it out of the park in post 48.

I actually learned something!

Thanks.


115 posted on 06/26/2018 8:16:11 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Get off my lawn and GTFO of my country.)
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To: snarkytart

He molested a toddler!


116 posted on 06/26/2018 8:17:31 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Get off my lawn and GTFO of my country.)
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To: poconopundit

Fun Fact:

It was a family friend of the Bushes who tried to kill Reagan.

Hinckley actually had a lunch date with Neil Bush the next week.

Of course, he had to cancel.

The Bush family wanted Reagan dead.


117 posted on 06/26/2018 8:22:24 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Get off my lawn and GTFO of my country.)
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To: BenLurkin

Here’s the thing with ‘Enforcing laws is racist’.

I think we attach too much to the idea of what a law is. Obama used the law to discriminate all the time. He’s not the first guy to do it.

The Germans had the ‘blood and honor laws’ in 1935. The idea there was to eliminate Jews from German society. The blood and honor law lead inexorably to the Final Solution of the Jewish Question in 1942.

‘Will of the people’ and ‘For the kids’ have been used to justify all kinds of legal and extra legal crime against otherwise law abiding citizens since we’ve had systems of law.

What makes the US experiment different was the founding documents. The 14th amendment made legal discrimination far more legally feasible (oh yeah, irony in buckets) to discriminate against any group perceived to be in control, real or imagined.

I remember when the Defense of Marriage Act was the law of the land. When Obama got the laws written such that marriage was essentially whatever you wanted it to be, the defense most of the apologists for that abortion was, “Gay Marriage is the Law of the Land, DEAL WITH IT.”

I think the preoccupation of powerful people going into the next twenty years will be upon the following mission statement: “How do we control as many as possible with as few responsibilities to the people we control?”

Armies are overhead, welfare is overhead, even the sustenance of economic activity is overhead. What makes Amazon and Google so dangerous is that Amazon threatens to bring real fascism into the realm of possibility, while Google/Facebook makes complete control of every single person’s most intimate information possible.

Most people don’t know that fascism means central control of industry and commerce by the government. Ironically, it’s the right wing version of communism, but without the ‘we’re in this together!’ bit.

THE ONLY think that government has been good at since Reagan is its classical economic role as a for-fee erector of barriers to competitor activity by a smarter or more capitally dominant player in that market.

It’s a business, the US government - the regulatory industry. It’s THAT, and where it was going next I suspect, that forced Mr. Trump to finally run (with the help of folks on the inside that could demonstrate where it was going in a lead-pipe credible manner).

So, yeah, enforcing the law CAN be racist. However, enforcing US border laws and policies that are considerable more liberal than the ones you’d find in Mexico, for example, is not racist.


118 posted on 06/26/2018 8:36:18 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: faithhopecharity
One thing we lost was state governmrnts selecting their states’ US senators. Direct election waters down the representative republican protections against demon-crazy. See what it’s led to? McShame. Flake. A dozen more complete nut jobs at least.

Yes, it has become a "popularity contest", and you end up with feckless 0bamas like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker.

119 posted on 06/26/2018 8:56:12 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: an amused spectator; HiTech RedNeck

“Yer dumber than dirt, n00b.”

I don’t think anyone here for more than a decade is exactly a noob, but not very many have been since 1997 (though some of us were lurking in the 90s). To folks such as yourself, everyone except Jim Robinson is a noob.

HiTech RedNeck occasionally struggles to articulate what he means, but he always means well. I’m pretty confident his statement was not an accusation, just an observation of the current lopsided political climate in which the good guys are punished for looking the wrong way, but the bad guys get away with murder... literally.


120 posted on 06/26/2018 10:13:20 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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