Posted on 04/28/2021 2:07:35 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Just when I thought that America couldn’t possibly get any softer, people start suggesting that there’s a role for the police in preventing knife murders. The snowflake generation strikes once again.
Is there any tradition that the radicals won’t ruin? As the brilliant Bree Newsome pointed out on Twitter, “Teenagers have been having fights including fights involving knives for eons.” And now people are calling the cops on them? I ask: Is this a self-governing country or not? When Newsome says, “We do not need police to address these situations by showing up to the scene & using a weapon,” she may be expressing a view that is unfashionable these days. But she’s right.
Disappointingly, my colleague Phil Klein has felt compelled to join the critics. In a post published yesterday, Phil asked in a sarcastic tone whether the police should “somehow treat teenage knife fights as they would harmless roughhousing and simply ignore it.” My answer to this is: Yes, that’s exactly what they should do — yes, even if they are explicitly called to the scene. I don’t know where Phil grew up, but where I spent my childhood, Fridays were idyllic: We’d play some football, try a little Super Mario Bros, have a quick knife fight, and then fire up some frozen pizza before bed. And now law enforcement is getting involved? This is political correctness gone mad.
It’s hypocrisy, too. Who among us hasn’t come within a second or two of murdering someone else with a steak knife? My best friend in school, Bobby “The Blade” Simpson, used to throw shivs at the smaller kids in the music room. Did we need the authorities to step in when that happened? No, we did not. As MSNBC’s Joy Reid argued smartly on her show last night...
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Maybe in the next stimulus package, Bliden could issue rubber knifes to every teen in America. It would make the job a little easier for the men in blue. That way, they could just stand back and laugh at them while they hack at each other. Issue everyone a “My First Knife Fight” toy and make Babylon Bee rich at the same time.
very good.
“Teenagers have been having fights including fights involving knives for eons.”
That was perfect.
Just needs audio of snapping fingers.
That’s a very funny editorial.
However, I fear this attempt at satire will be taken seriously by many.
As another FReeper made his puissant observation...”Nicole Simpson was in a knife fight.”
So this must have been the good olden days...
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Oh yeah...
And little boys have been playing with toy swords and guns since forever but the Left still wants to ban it. Go figure.
Exactly what I was going to say. Those cops that shot people with out guns were justified because the cops were in gun fights correct? To bad the guy shot didn’t know he was in a gun fight!
The Sharks and the Jets, the blades appear at about 2 minutes in ...
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