Disrupting the Narrative of the New Left, its allies in Academia, Hollywood and the Establishment Media, and examining with honesty the goals of cultural Marxism and the dangers of reactionary and abusive political correctness.
THE NARRATIVE AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.”-George Orwell
Marco has been warning throughout the presidential campaign that North Korea is a rogue state run by a lunatic with a growing number of nuclear weapons. The Kim regime's January 2016 nuclear test was just the latest reminder of its aggressive, dangerous ambitions. Meanwhile, its government ranks as possibly the world's worst human rights abuser - jailing, torturing, and killing its people with abandon.
President Obama and Hillary Clinton have stood idly by while Kim
Jong-un has tortured his people and threatened his neighbors and the
United States. When they have engaged on North Korea, they have only
offered concession after concession in the hopes of cutting an
Iran-style deal that would only empower the regime. Years of this
behavior has allowed North Korea to test multiple nuclear weapons and
build ballistic-missile technology capable of hitting the United States.
Moreover, North Korea is more of a force for instability in the region,
a crucial one with a number of close U.S. allies, than ever before.
This failure must be replaced with a policy of strength and
clarity: Stop the giveaways, ratchet up the pressure on North Korea's
leaders and their Chinese supporters, back up our allies in the region,
restore critical funding to our missile defense programs, and promote
human rights and access to outside information within North Korea.
Liberalism in microcosm: Harvard faculty who championed Obamacare for the rest of us are upset they didn’t get an exemption. BAWAHAHA!!
— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) January 5, 2015
Harvard faculty who promoted and helped pass Obamacare are now complaining that their health costs are increasing. The hypocrisy is real.
— Tony el Tigre (@tonybalogna) January 5, 2015
Everyone knows that a true New Jerseyan roots for the Dallas Cowboys and hangs out with oil zillionaires. Chris Christie 2016!
— David Lawson (@dtlawson) January 5, 2015
MAN OF THE PEOPLE: Jeb Bush picks Greenwich as springboard for potential WH bid http://t.co/XXcqVOPGrt
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) January 5, 2015
@IngrahamAngle What is it about politicians that makes them forget who they represent?
— Kenneth A. Lee (@nousernameneed) January 5, 2015
Wouldn't it be cool if Zombies & Vampires became human if we bit them first? Somebody needs to test that hypothesis.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 5, 2015
I'm not going to beat around the bush here. It is time for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to resign.Yesterday's assassination of two of New York City's finest was only the latest and most devastating brush stroke on a canvas which has been coming into focus for months. When you are the mayor of a city you have many responsibilities, but one of the most vital (in terms of maintaining a functional societal structure) is the mandate to enforce the laws and maintain social order. It is the same for mayors everywhere, as well as governors and presidents. But currently, the state of relations between City Hall and the New York Police Department has devolved to the point of complete dysfunction, and criminals are well aware of this state of affairs. The fault for the creation of this toxic atmosphere is essentially found solely at the feet of Mayor de Blasio.
Former Governor George Pataki summed up the situation correctly:
Sickened by these barbaric acts, which sadly are a predictable outcome of divisive anti-cop rhetoric of #ericholder & #mayordeblasio. #NYPD
— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) December 21, 2014
So caustic is the current state of relations between the Mayor's office and the police that a shocking and dismaying scene took place in the wake of the horrific assassinations. When de Blasio arrived at the hospital yesterday, the uniformed officers literally turned their backs to him as he walked by. And this was at a moment when, in more normal times, they should have been rallying to the leadership of the executive.
The Mayor can not pretend that he has failed to see what was going on in the streets leading up to this horror. While he has been cloistered with those fomenting violence and rebellion against law enforcement, we know that he has been made aware of this video. In it, he has seen his own citizens marching in the hundreds and chanting, "What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? Now!"
The Mayor must surely be aware that this is not constitutionally protected free speech any more than shouting "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater. That is incitement to riot and mayhem. When chants like that are erupting in the streets, you do not tell your cops to put on body cameras. You tell them to put on body armor. You do not hear those calls to tear down the fabric of civilization and tell your cops to get out of the way. You tell them to get out the water cannons.
You do not hold secret meetings with the protest leaders to tell them how sorry you are that your police officers are so awful. You hold public meetings with your police officers and tell them that the executive branch of the city government has their backs and that they have the full support and resources of the city in doing the dangerous and necessary work they do every day.
You do not remind those calling for the murder of police officers that you feel their pain. You reassure every citizen that they will be protected and that they not only live in a nation of laws, but a city of laws as well, and that those laws will be enforced regardless of whatever social unrest is taking place. And if that means that the laws are enforced at the end of the baton, the riot shield, the tear gas canister or even the gun, so be it.
In short, you stand up for the men and women who enforce order and keep intact the thin veneer of civilization. You remind the public that without proper order and respect for the rule of law, our civil society degenerates into chaos and no citizen will have any measure of protection from those who would set themselves up as criminal lords, ruling over the weak and the innocent by means of terror and murder.
The Mayor has utterly failed in this duty. As a result, law enforcement has lost faith and trust in City Hall and the system has veered dangerously toward the type of dysfunction which opens the door to anarchy. We saw that anarchy yesterday on a street corner in Brooklyn, and Officers Ramos and Liu paid for it with their lives. It is difficult to see how any amount of apologies, platitudes or carefully crafted speeches will heal this rift. The Mayor should step down and let someone else shoulder this responsibility.
Only 753,039 voted for Comrade Bill, out of 8,405,837 residents. Do the math Howie. Shame on those who couldn't be bothered. @HowardKurtz
— Moira Fitzgerald Ù† (@Moira1987) December 23, 2014
Special msg for banks: There are many black artists succeeding in all genres. The reason you haven't is because of your piss poor attitude.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 19, 2014
Your inability to be responsible for your own mistakes, bullying others, the inability to be humble or have self control. It's YOU!
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 19, 2014
you created your own unfortunate situation by being a bigot and don't have the mental capacity to realize yet. Probably never will.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 19, 2014
Now! rant, Make it racial! make it political! Make it whatever but I guarantee it won't make you likable & THATS why ur crying on the radio.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 19, 2014
Enjoy continuing to bang your head against that metaphoric brick wall & Savor this attention. I'm the only way you get ANY.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 19, 2014
You're poisonous and I feel genuinely sorry for you because it's obvious at this point you are a MISERABLE, angry human being. Regards!
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 19, 2014
Dz Hollywood really fear NK sleeper cells - or is it really potential email exposure that chills them into submission?
— martha maccallum (@marthamaccallum) December 19, 2014
Leading from behind. RT @passantino: Wow. Obama on Sony pulling The Interview: “Yes, I think they made a mistake"
— Phelony Jones (@phelony_jones) December 19, 2014
Black America better off? Hello? Crime in Chicago? Unemployment? Median income? @JackAllTimeLow
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) December 19, 2014
Obama just said black America is better off now than when he came into office...
Interesting how much we're ignoring reality today.
— Matthew (@Matthops82) December 19, 2014
"And now I'm going on vacation," said the Pres., wishing reporters "Mele Kalikimaka," which means "Merry Christmas."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 19, 2014
If you had Toure for "first MSNBC personality to excuse North Korea's actions on-air," then please, come on down and collect your winnings.
— Jeff B@AoSHQ (@EsotericCD) December 19, 2014
.@jimgeraghty In Toure's case, the better analogy would be to yelling "fire can't melt steel" in a crowded theater.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 19, 2014
@Jennafnc From my now 25 yr old son's babyhood: have gobs of wipes & scissors. U don't want to know WHY I had to cut him out of his onesie 😉
— Felicia D Murphy (@FD_Murphy) December 19, 2014
Shorter @BarackObama: we can't let North Korea shut down a Sony film, but we can let Al Qaeda ban a YouTube video. And jail the filmmaker
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) December 19, 2014
Obama: Where'd you learn to intimidate filmmakers?
Kim Jong-un: From you, okay? I learned it by watching you! pic.twitter.com/qGanZqesaC
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 19, 2014
No, free people do not have a responsibility to not offend psychopathic dictators who are normally in the business of executing their fellow citizens when offended. We are not subject to Dear Leader's censorship rules unless we voluntarily submit ourselves, which is what all these companies have done by refusing to release "The Interview."
This argument is similar to the one I was surprised to see Greta van Susteren make last night, which I disagreed to on Twitter and John McCormack addressed on air:
Completely disagree. RT @greta: anyone who has been to NK knows how dangerous it is and would not have been so stupid to make that movie;
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 17, 2014
Sharon Waxman, a journalist who has worked for the Washington Post and founded The Wrap asks, "What is the thought process behind making a movie in which we decide to depict, for our amusement, the assassination of a living foreign leader?" The same thought process behind "Team America" and "Naked Gun" and a thousand other films both serious and funny which depict the deaths of living foreign leaders because we are a free people who can make art and social commentary on any number of things and people who are dangerous. The notable exception of late has been, of course, Islam. Now we've added the vanity of psychopaths. Neither is healthy. She then likened this goofy comedy to yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater.
I put up a petition to have "The Interview" released, which I've never done before, but I found this episode especially, intensely disturbing. I was trying to get to the bottom of why and this is what I came up with. It's that it seemed like an easy win. Like, sure, maybe the majority of Americans aren't deeply engaged on foreign policy matters and don't contemplate or really feel the consequences of various appeasements on the world stage. But surely this American culture would at least stand tall for a dumb, stoner comedy and the promise of future dumb, stoner comedies. And, yet even on this…crumble and fold. Yikes. The addition of the cave on "Team America" has just added to my despair.
I probably shouldn't be surprised there are a fair number of people who think mere offense is a reason to get rid of speech and artistic expression. It's the core of what pretty much everyone learns in college these days. As illustrated by this liberal intellectual who calls "The Interview" white privilege or something:
Good Lordy. RT @jamilahlemieux: You can't defend a buddy comedy about a dictator. That's not how you show that you care about his victims.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 18, 2014
Uh huh. RT @jamilahlemieux: It's not about his dictatorship, it's about ethics in letting dudebros do whatever they want. Good night.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 18, 2014
Boko Haram kidnapped 185 women and children, killed 32 people in raid this week, Nigerians say. http://t.co/d4Wnlq9oPZ
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 18, 2014
Let me guess - Sharpton will suggest a significant donation from Sony to his organization. Complete shakedown artist. http://t.co/xGR7mYb2W4
— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) December 18, 2014
true story: Amy Pascal started a one on one meeting with me by saying "before we start, I have to ask, how can you be gay AND Republican?"
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 18, 2014
Harvard students protest Sodastream machines as "microaggression to Palestinian students and their families" - http://t.co/jNRW80vjod
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) December 18, 2014
