Posted on 08/18/2019 4:09:08 AM PDT by Kaslin
When accused pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein died over the weekend, the president of the United States retweeted a far-right conspiracy theory that claimed the Clintons murdered him.
On the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a police officer, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris repeated false rumors about Brown’s death — specifically the now-proven lie he was killed mercilessly while attempting to surrender with his hands up.
When the Miss America pageant decided to drop its swimsuit competition, Gretchen Carlson described it as a “cultural revolution.” The New York Times described it as an effort to “redefine its role in an era of female empowerment and gender equality.”
When the national anthem played on NFL fields across America a few years ago, some players used that as an opportunity to protest how police treat African Americans.
When the president saw the kneeling, he used their protests as a political football and ran with it to energize his base.
When a white nationalist went on a killing rampage in El Paso, people blamed the president for creating a climate of hate. This didn’t stop even after – just hours later -- a left-leaning Democrat shooter who’d “bemoaned the election of Donald Trump” went on a shooting spree too.
When the president and first lady posed for a photo with the family of the two-month old baby orphaned when both parents sacrificed their lives to protect him in El Paso, people sent death threats to the remaining family.
When George W. Bush went to Louisiana to visit victims of Hurricane Katrina, a rap song called “George Bush Doesn’t Care about Black People” became one of the most popular protest songs of all time.
Not everything should be politicized. That’s not to say that there are no political ramifications for events. There definitely are, and we should explore all of them – civilly, without trying to inflame one another against our fellow Americans.
The distinction is important. That’s why I appreciated what Sonny Bunch wrote in The Washington Free Beacon. "Politics is important; political decisions have consequences; and passionately arguing for your preferred political outcomes is nothing to be ashamed of," he wrote. "A politicized life is a different beast, however. It treats politics as a zero-sum game or a form of total warfare in which the other side must be obliterated. It alters every aspect of your being: where you shop; what you watch on TV; what sort of music you listen to; who you associate with. If you're not with the politicized being, you're against him -- and if you're against him, he is well within his rights to ruin you personally and economically. You, the political other, are a leper to be shunned."
I don’t demand my technology company align me with me politically, I don’t demand it of my friends either. How much more interesting dinner conversation is when there’s good natured disagreement!
Second, we must be able to call out members of “our own side” when they transgress against basic human decency. Yes, that means that people “in your tribe” will be angry at you, but that’s what it takes. Just a little courage.
Third, fight to keep at least some “safe spaces” in America. We have to start from the most basic topics. Shaving, for example, has become a political minefield (thanks to the now infamous Gillette ad). Food now requires an ideological test, thanks to Ben & Jerry’s “Resistance” flavors and critics of Chick-fil-A trying to run them out of town. Even Martin Luther King Jr. Day is now a competition of “what whacky political position would Martin have supported” instead of a commemoration that all Americans should be able to stand behind.
Ideally, it would be great if the “safe spaces” were sports, entertainment, and music, so Americans of all stripes could have some topics we could discuss without getting increasingly angry at each other. Also, we should resist the urge to politicize shootings, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and any other natural disasters.
Our nation is at stake here. We’re all Americans.
Let’s take our politics seriously, but let’s answer to a higher calling than tribalism and knee-jerk politicization.
stop pretending it’s “Americans of all political persuasions” who are politicizing everything
it is 100% Communist aggression which is doing that
tired of this “both sides” nonsense - that is Commie propaganda
They tried to overturn the election... they created a domestic terror group to attack political opponents... they even rape hoaxed a Supreme Court justice!
Nobody else is doing anything of the sort. This is all them. Not us. Any implication that our guys do anything similar to what the Commies do in this regard should be rejected with prejudice!
Accusations of “politicizing” Epstein’s death seem off to me. His case is inherently political.
Mark Meckler is a leftest toad who should be writing for the Compost. He thinks this article is fair and balanced. It is neither. Townhall can do better.
Please stop using the liberal term white nationalist which is a hijacked word. White supremacy is the word the left is branding all of us with with their “not so clever” play on words.
That alone will depoliticize 50% of all conversation.
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The politicians can’t stop. That is what they do.
The Left are intolorant. They have advanced their intolorance behind demands for tolorance. THEY have politicized everything. We have backed up for 50 years. There is now nowhere to backup to. Thus an irresistible force meets an immovable object. Get used to strife
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“Can’t we all just get along?” HELL NO! What time is it?!! A time for peace?. NO!. .IT’S WARTIME BABY!! Do you want a country? Land of the FREE? You can’t compromise or “get along” with EVIL. The Evil notions of the Left must be defeated and cleansed from every aspect of society that their ideology has defiled. . .we must convince the majority of Americans of the righteousness of our cause and of our values that, ultimately, affirm the existence of God. The Left, ultimately, is rooted in the rejection of God and His sovereignty. Thus, this is a HOLY WAR of survival!!. . .otherwise. . next stop. . .legitimization of pedophilia. If we lay down and go there just to “get along.” IT’S OVER!. . and the judgement that will rain down upon the nation (as God leaves) will invoke the weeping and wailing of all of us.
The Constitution is ALL that counts in this house.
Unfortunately, that is not the dominant thought in many, many American homes.
IMHO.
Our government has long ago (many decades) ceased to uphold the Constitution, under both political parties. Governance has become about personal power and financial enrichment.
When the president saw the kneeling, he used their protests as a political football and ran with it to energize his base...
Er, maybe he was just DISGUSTED by what they were doing.
Here, let's do it as a rhyme:
The politicians can’t stop. That is what they do. All you have to do is ask Ceaușescu.
Both? Both?
Uh, bull Obama.
In a country that steals so much from the productive through the coercive force of government at all levels to give to the unproductive, everything is political.
Theft by government is still theft. Theft by democracy is still theft. Theft by threat of force by a government agent is still theft.
JoMa
Mark...... there can be no coexistence
America must be ridded of progressives
No we aren't. One side politicized this. Call yourself an American and you are a white racist terrorist [clinging to flags, guns and bible - and oh that silly little piece of paper too].
Everything is symbolic. Nothing is just what it is. Everything has been politicized. Doesn’t have to be this way. If the media would just ignore the instant polarization of everything - but that won’t happen. The media is the one that spreads every wacko insane leftist meme as soon as it happens.
I think that the Democrats have realized of offensive their strategy of calling patriots terrorists has become. Biden is trying to walk it back and claim that there are decent Republicans he has worked with [PS Joe, we want the names of the traitorous spineless sell-out collusionist RINOs you have in mind].
And if you read that guy’s manifesto, he was a Greenie extremist.
Excellent reply. It is the communist driven lefties and Democrats who have done this and continue to accelerate it. It’s part and parcel of the communist stratagem “the end justifies the means.” Burning down the republic is their #1 goal. Sowing strife, ill will, disharmony an pure hatred is their toolkit.
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