Bringing up baby – 101

LARRY ANDERSON
Larry Anderson

The much-needed defeat of Hillary Clinton hit liberals like a line drive. They weren’t prepared for what they thought was inevitable; indeed, what Hillary herself thought was a given.

Once the shock of Donald Trump’s impressive victory wore off, the hard left began to reveal its true colors once more.

The tone on social media became acidic. Those who voted for Trump were declared stupid, racist, and hopeless; in other words, we conservatives are truly deplorable in the basket sense.

Within these words of hate, accusation, and profanity, those non-conforming to the liberal view were supposed to surmise the tolerance and understanding of the left. Only they have empathy.

The notion of leftist tolerance is perhaps the greatest lie perpetuated in our time. Actually, their idea of tolerance is when everyone does what they say, without question, all the time. When that doesn’t happen, they have trouble handling it.

You know how kids sometimes cry if they don’t immediately get that shiny new cell phone they so desperately need?

Like that.

Indeed, it was reported on some college campuses counselors had to be brought in to console students whose candidate got lost in democracy. Can you picture people who are supposed to be adults clinging to one another and weeping because their candidate turned out not to be the choice of everyone? Can you imagine the need to be counseled over that?

Seriously, there were cry-ins. Delicates gathered in groups to weep and share their fears of living in a world not exclusively theirs. The shock of learning there are opinions other than their own was too much.

Apparently, the idea of shared governance is a concept unfamiliar to the flimsy. It seems the historic fact that presidencies change hands regularly was lost during their educational process. But then too many people have been rocked in the arms of phony liberalism for way too long.

Too many young people have been taught they can do no wrong and can have whatever they want in exchange for nothing. They have not learned the nation thrives on political diversity as well as social variety.

There were demonstrations too against the horror of electing Trump. Some demonstrations turned into riots as the politically wounded took to the streets.

They weren’t going to stand for it, some declared, meaning the legal election of someone who campaigned hard for two years. One extremely excited girl I witnessed on news coverage declared it was the beginning of a revolution, and, by golly, if some people had to die, then that was just the price of making things right.

Good grief. I hope someone explained to the poor child that marching in the streets, waving profane signs, and shouting obscenities doesn’t make a person a revolutionary. It barely makes one interesting.

A few hundred stoners shouting slogans does not a revolution make.

Such behavior can reveal a lack of gratitude for having the freedom to assemble and to have one’s say. Such behaviors expose a remarkable ignorance of America, its complete history, and of challenges overcome peacefully.

This conduct demonstrates an unwillingness to come to grips with reality. The fact is Donald Trump will soon be president, and tantrums won’t change that.

Wanna do some good, libbies? Get a job. Pay your taxes. Give to charity. Raise your kids with two parents. Give something to society besides attitude.

At least stop the drama. Your angst isn’t based on truth or experience. And it is boring.

Now, we all have the right to assemble and to speak freely. I believe in those principles completely, but I also believe those rights end when irresponsible people begin disrupting the lives of others, start fires, destroy private property, threaten, and scream the filth of ignorance.

We all have rights, even when opinions differ. If one wants respect, one has to respect that idea first. It is fundamental to commonality.

The problem is the hard left isn’t interested in commonality. It thrives on divisiveness.

I hope everyone understands that many of the demonstrations/riots that occurred after the election were engineered by radicals bent on this nation’s destruction. They want the exposure big media eagerly provides. These are the people whose reign of influence must end for the common good.

Here is a question: Why does the left think they are the only ones who can have a revolution?

See how little they know.