Excerpt from Matt Taibbi’s article about incoming missiles prompted by his earlier, half-supportive piece about Matt Walsh’s What Is A Woman?
Day: June 11, 2022
Wokester Death Throes
From Peggy Noonan‘s “The Boiling Over of America,” Wall Street Journal, 6.9.22:
“Progressive politicians have been around long enough running cities that some distinguishing characteristics can be noted. One is they don’t listen to anybody. To stop them you have to fire them. They’re not like normal politicians who have some give, who tack this way and that. Progressive politicians have no doubt, no self-correcting mechanism.
“Another characteristic: They are more loyal to theory than to people. If the people don’t like the theories the progressives impose, that’s too bad; the theory is pre-eminent.
“Progressives say: We are changing all rules on arrest and incarceration because they are bad for minority groups.
“The minority groups say that sounds good in the abstract but let’s make sure it’s good in the particular.
“It proves not to be. The minority groups say: Stop.
“The progressive says: You have to like what we’re doing, it’s good for you! What are you, racist?
“The minority groups say: We’re going to fire you.
“No you’re not, don’t be ridiculous.”
“Watch.
“And they fire him. And he’s shocked.
A Little Slack
Forgiveness is requested for not posting the usual HE quota today. I’m about to drive down to West Orange, New Jersey for some Jett-Cait-Sutton time. 90 minutes door to door.
Westport home of the late Arthur Kennedy (“Lefferts” in Elmer Gantry, “Jackson Bentley” in Lawrence of Arabia.} Also the designated “home” of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo in the mid ’50s.
