A thought about Progressives

Taken from Bookworm Blog 02/03/17

Here’s a thought about Progressives:

My friend John Novick (who courageously said I could use his name) he jotted a quick email to me about his experience in Oakland (Berkeley’s next-door neighbor). He thinks his experience tells a lot about why Trump won and I think he’s correct:

♦ Had dinner in trendy downtown Oakland last night, about 2 blocks from the Paramount Theatre

♦ Got back to my car 9:15-ish to find shattered window, stolen bag, ipad, etc.

♦ Called the police, waited on hold for 10 minutes, listening to the message in English, Spanish, and Mandarin

♦ Operator got on, spent 12 seconds explaining to me that I have to file the police report online. Period. No interaction with an officer.

♦ Get home, before filing, checking out the news I discover. . . .

♦ Bankrupt Oakland, which cannot help me, has produced a $300,000 legal defense fund for illegal immigrants to fight deportation.

I know I’m old-fashioned, but I think the priority should be a tax paying citizen who is spending money in a downtown that is coming back and needs to come back (jobs, tax revenue, etc).

I can afford the couple of grand I lost, but I found the experience, the changing principles disheartening.

I think Americans want America back.

John’s story proves (again) that the American Left has determined that ordinary Americans — not just “white privileged” Americans, but all ordinary Americans, such as those who go out to dinner in Oakland in the evening — are of less importance than illegal aliens, a broad variety of criminals, people allergic to work, and people who have elected to live highly non-traditional lifestyles.

Ordinary Americans don’t agree. They resent the fact that, in their headlong rush to marginalize the hard workers and rule followers, no matter their race, gender, sexual orientation, country of national origin, or religion, Progressives ignored the majority of people in the 2,626 counties that voted for Trump. To these Progressives, America is defined by the 487 counties that gave themselves over to Hillary, with everyone else being (say it with me) racist, bigoted, homophobic, Islamophobic, sexist, and therefore unworthy of a say in American government or the right to take pride in American norms.