Author Maureen Dowd recently made one of the more unconscious arguments that the left has been using about the January 6th U.S. Capitol riots. After the first hearing on Tuesday had become a complete political drama, many on the left pointed out how conservative influential people attacked Capitol Police, and they testified on their experience on January 6.
in a piece The title is “Why do Republicans hate the police?” Dodd rightly pointed out that when it comes to the officers who defended the Capitol that day, the right wing abandoned the usual “support for the blue” stance. The author uses Fox News’s Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham as examples.
After curiously admitting that Hannity’s monologue last Tuesday night included defending the police, she pointed out that the commentator did not mention the four police officers who testified on the riots before the Democratic Special Committee. Dodd then mentioned how Ingraham jokingly awarded the “Best Exaggerated Performance” and “Best Political Performance” awards in her show.
Dodd also mentioned how some Republican lawmakers unfairly portrayed officials who complained about being subjected to racist nicknames and violence. She wrote:
On Thursday, the four House Republicans representing the dregs of Congress not only made the police officers who tell their stories become drama queens and fables, but they also appeared in a Washington jail to reveal those detained in the January 6 uprising. The plight of the suspect. One of them, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, called them “political prisoners.”
Then, she did the most predictable thing ever: She blamed former President Donald Trump. She wrote:
Since when have Republicans cared more about criminals in prison than their police? Since when did they spoil domestic terrorists?
Since Donald Trump.
Dodd quoted a Daily Beast The article claimed-without evidence-Trump referred to the official who testified as a “kitten” and accused him of trying to portray Babbitt as a “martyr” of his cause. The rest of this article is more like the “Orange Man Bad” gobbledygook that is not worth discussing.
However, it is worth discussing the obvious hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness shown by Dodd and her comrades in the radical media and the Democratic Party. Yes, she did accurately emphasize the fact that conservatives temporarily abandoned their “Back the Blue” slogan when discussing the January 6 riots.
Conservative influencers did not repeat the usual “comply or die” mantra, which is disgusting whenever a black man is killed by the police for failing to obey the police’s order. No one on the right tried to dig Babbitt’s criminal record or portray her as a thug to downplay the seriousness of the police officer’s behavior.
But it turns out that none of this is necessary, because the left is happy to fill this gap. In fact, what they did was exactly what they criticized conservatives for. They viciously demonized Babbitt, and some even suggested that she should be shot. The left is so keen on defending the murder of the police and Ashli the
Essentially, the left feels guilty for the hypocrisy they like to point out on the right.This if only The reason they defended Babbitt’s murder was that she was a white Trump supporter.
That’s it.
If she is a protester of “the life of the black man”, then ten seconds after she is declared dead, the name of the officer who killed her will be exposed, and CNN’s Don Lemon will call for justice. , And Ben Crump will take the first plane to Washington. In short, her race and political affiliation determine how the left feels about her being killed.
When I use the terrible word “both sides”, I know that many of you hate it.
But this time there is no way: on this issue, people on both sides are angry hypocrites. In essence, the attack on the Capitol caused conservatives and progressives to temporarily change their positions. It reveals what many of us already know: Too many people base their views on police and police brutality on the politics of those involved. Faction/race. event. Unfortunately, this is about politics, not about solving problems. These types of problems will not be resolved until more of us begin to value consistency rather than political expediency.
