I might argue that progressivism used to remind us that our character, not our color mattered. But then I cannot, because it never did—given that progressivism at its birth emerged as a bastard mix of Darwinism-fueled eugenics and Germanic inspired pseudo-science.
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness
Recently Politico reporter Marc Caputo was angered at rude hecklers at a Trump rally who booed beleaguered CNN correspondent Jim Acosta.
So Caputo tweeted of them, “If you put everyone’s mouths together in this video, you’d get a full set of teeth.”
Politico had not employed such a crass journalist since before it fired Julia Ioffe for tweeting, “Either Trump is f—ing his daughter or he’s shirking nepotism laws. Which is worse?” (Ioffe was then snatched up by the Atlantic, which has an unpredictable policy either of excusing or not excusing the controversial expressions of its newly hired journalists.)
I suppose Caputo meant that Trump voters intrinsically lacked either the money to fix their teeth or the knowledge of the hygiene required to take care of them or the aesthetic sensitivity of how awful their mouths looked. Or Caputo was simply rehashing the stereotypes that he had seen on reality TV shows like “Duck Dynasty” and “The Deadliest Catch.”
Or none of the above: the journalist grandee was just stupid.
That last alternative seems most likely since Caputo then escalated and called them collectively “garbage people.” Or rather, in the manner of a cowardly age of social media, he tweeted that slur when safely at a distance.
What did “garbage people” mean? That by birth or training such toothless, smelly people were subhuman, like refuse? And if Caputo had substituted any other racial minority for his slurs, would he still have his job according to the canons of progressive censure and Internet lynching? Could he have said something similarly degrading about the attendees of after an open borders or Black Lives Matter rally and still have his job? more here
I read VDH’s essay today right after Kurt S.’s “They Hate You” piece. They go well together.
Some of us hate them back and are prepared for the looming Civil War. Don’t worry. It won’t last long. File this under “I’m sick of their weak shit”.
The establishment media are proving Trump is Right.
Journalism is dead, all that is left is leftist ideology and socialist propaganda.
The media has become the enemy of the American People.
Attacking President Trump is an attack against the majority of Americans.
Only 6 corps. control
the media globally at 100%.
Viacom, GE, Disney can’t remember
the other 3.Seotero could do no wrong
and Trump can do no right.I am a garbage people
and one day garbage people will hunt down maggot
enemies of AMERICA like Ca PUTO.
Glock-n-load, eh Brad? 🙂
Loco,
Glocks and 1911’s. Maybe you should try a 1911. The bad thing is mag capacity. I’d carry one any day into the muck and mire. A good one is pricey.
Go ahead, mess with the Curly wolves from up over the hill.
We have lead enough for all
Loco
Seriously if your still in Cali., hopefully Northern Cali, hit me up. I’ll take the day off and we’ll go do some precision pistol shit. Got a MARSOC guy that’s only too happy to come along, and I learn something from him every time. FURS got my email.
Brad, as hot and dry as Cali is are you able to shoot outdoors? Here in Washington all public lands are shut down to target shooting. It’s scary dry up here and there is a lot of fuel just waiting for something hot to spark a fire. 2-3 days of rain would be great, we’ve only had less than 1″ since May 1st.
This article irritated me. VDHanson’s anti-Trumpism seeps through. It isn’t a defense. It isn’t a counter. It’s an “objective” survey of what “created” Trump while buying into the falsehood that Trump voters are hayseeds and crackers and bumpkins, while anti-Trumpers, rude and offensive as they might be being, are elite educated. Horseshit and enough of this already!
Its us against the left AND the GOPe.
We can do it. Right mcconnell -you POS?
In the past 18 months we’ve gone through a jaw surgery, three sets of braces and cap or two.
All paid for with CASH.
Our teeth are perfect and I still think progressives suck ass!